Wherever I Wander

Week 4 in my mixed media collage journal,

paring back 

to find the true meaning

of my art.

The poem uses lines of poetry
& inspiration from
Edward Thomas
Christina Rossetti
Robert Burns
& AE Housman.

I used Tim Holtz Pocket Cards,
a Paper Doll,
Distress Marker
(antique linen),
Tissue Tape,
with printed text,
Faber-Castell watercolour pencil
& a piece of printed decoupage paper.

Robes of White

Week 3 in my mixed media collage journal.

This year I am using
a book of poetry
to inspire my art
with a project entitled
Poetry Reimagined.

My page this week
takes inspiration from poems by
DH Lawrence
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Wordsworth
John Clare
& James Thomson.

I used a variety of items by Tim Holtz
Pocket Cards, Tissue Tape,
Remnant Rubs & a Paper Doll
together with
Faber-Castell watercolour pencil in grey,
Stabilo All Pencil in black,
Daler-Rowney white gesso primer,
Deco-Art Black Gesso,
printed text
& label washi tape from Stampington.

A Vision of Spring

New page in my mixed media collage journal,
inspired by the second week of Wanderlust 2019.

Our current theme is
Typography.

Ideas from Athanasia Papantoniou
were to include staples
& dry letter transfers,
to work vertically down the centre of the page,
leaving space around the edges.
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This year I am also using
a book of poetry
to inspire my art
with a project entitled
Poetry Reimagined.

Poetry Reimagined

This poem takes inspiration from
Robert Bridges
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Emily Dickinson
Thomas Hardy
& Jean Adams.

I used Tim Holtz Pocket Cards,
& Tissue Tape
together with
Faber-Castell watercolour pencils,
Daler-Rowney white gesso primer,
dry letter transfers,
printed text
& an image from The Graphics Fairy.

The Lark's on the Wing

The second page in my new journal,
this time inspired by
the first week of Wanderlust 2019.

The first theme is
Typography.

This year I am also using
a book of poetry
to inspire my art
with a project entitled
Poetry Reimagined.

Poetry Reimagined

The first poem takes inspiration from
Robert Browning
Robert Bridges
Francis Thompson
& John Milton.

There is a nod to the new year.

2019

A reference to my
Word for the Year.

reDISCOVERy

I used paper from an old typing manual,
text torn from an old dictionary,
Tim Holtz Pocket Cards,
Tissue Tape & Remnant Rubs,
together with
Faber-Castell watercolour pencils,
Daler-Rowney white gesso primer
& a postcard image from Everything Art.

reDISCOVERy

reDISCOVERy

This is my word for the year.

A word to focus my thinking,
direct my being
feed my passion
& drive my approach to each day.

Life as I had known it
changed during the last few weeks of 2018.

2019

A year of adventure rediscovering
who I am
what I do
where I go
who I become.

I am creating a moodboard
to collate relevant items
& images to inspire me
& remind me
throughout this year.

This is the first page in my first journal
& a photograph of it
will be the first image placed on it.

My first journal of the year
is a small spiral book by 7 Gypsies
with the word Ledger on the cover.

I used paper from an old typing manual,
a bird image from a magazine,
printed quotes from Hot Off The Press,
decoupage craft paper by Trimcraft,
Dymo word,
Faber-Castell watercolour pencils
& white gesso primer by Daler Rowney.

A Simple List for January

This month's
To Do List
inspired by a regular feature in The Simple Things magazine.

Each month they publish a list of things to try.

Give someone you love
a big hug.

Make looking
after yourself
your number one
resolution.

Spend all day
in your pyjamas.

Try cooking with a
new ingredient
each week.

Relish the time to
ponder new beginnings.

Have a digi-break
from 8pm onwards.

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I typed my words on background images
from Emily at Sweetly Scrapped
then adhered to Tim Holtz Resist kraft card.

Each card can be used
as a prompt to try something new,
to go on an adventure that month
or just spark your creative imagination.

The cards measure 7.5 cms by 5.5 cms
& they are kept together in an altered matchbox.