Art Journal Week 51

This is my art journal page for week 51.

Firstly, this is a quotation that has been with me throughout 2016,
so I thought it needed a special place in my journal.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is
Sharing your Soul, through Creativity.

I have used graphics from past classes at BGU.

For my last double page spread, I looked back through my journal
to find my favourite background from the whole year.

This technique was from Weeks 27 & 28.

One of the most simplest, yet most effective, has a white gesso base,
a thin layer of watered down acrylic paint (again I used Pistachio),
then I dabbed the excess off with a paper towel,
which left a soft mottled look.

To draw the grid I used my template, as always.

My card template after one year.

Firstly I outlined the grid with a normal graphite pencil,
then I drew over those lines with my Black Stabilo All pencil.

Taking my waterbrush, I went over those lines to create a strong outline.

Art Journal Week 50

This is my art journal page for week 50.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Comparision.

I have used graphics from past classes at BGU.

The Artist Trading Card (ATC) is for The Craft Barn Alpha Challenge.

You can read more about it here.

The background has a white gesso base,
with Distress Crayon (Picked Raspberry) by Ranger
 & Gelatos (Red Cherry) by Faber Castell,
with some washi tape to finish.

Here are my art journal pages for weeks 49 & 50 side by side.

Art Journal Week 49

This is my art journal page for week 49.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is New Beginnings.

This is the first prompt set by Kylie Fowler,
the new owner of Lulu Art in Australia,
who has also decided to take over Lisa's inspiring weekly art journal prompts.

I have taken the words from the last card in my 2016 ICAD series.

I have used graphics from past classes at BGU.

The background has a white gesso base,
with Distress Crayon (Picked Raspberry) by Ranger
 & Gelatos (Red Cherry) by Faber Castell,
with some washi tape to finish.

Art Journal Week 48

This is my art journal page for week 48.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Community.
& it is the last prompt from Lisa Hayes, the owner of Lulu Art in Australia.

She has sold her business to move on to pastures new.

I have chosen a quotation by Jane Austin.
"It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do."

The Artist Trading Card (ATC) is for The Craft Barn Alpha Challenge.

You can read more about it here.

I have used graphics from past classes at BGU.

The background has a white gesso base,
with a layer of DecoArt Americana Neon Blue acrylic paint,
mixed with a little white.

Hard frosts this week, but then we did start a new month,
the last of 2016.

Hello December. Hello Winter.

Here are my art journal pages for weeks 47 & 48 side by side.

Art Journal Week 47

This is my art journal page for week 47.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Enthusiasm.

I have chosen a quote by Bo Bennett
"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration & a pinch of creativity."

I have used graphics from past classes at BGU.

The background has a white gesso base,
with a layer of DecoArt Americana Neon Blue acrylic paint,
mixed with a little white.

Brrrr .... It has been a lot colder this week.

Art Journal Week 46

This is my art journal page for week 46.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Passion
& I have used something I wrote a few years ago.

The Truth Card (& inchies) use graphics from BGU.

The Artist Trading Card (ATC) is for The Craft Barn Alpha Challenge.

You can read more about it here.

The page background has a white gesso base.

The grid was created using a Black Stabilo All pencil & a waterbrush.

Here are my art journal pages for weeks 45 & 46 side by side.

Art Journal Week 45

This is my art journal page for week 45.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Attitude.

I have used the quote suggested by CMP, by Maya Angelou.

If you don't like something
change it.
If you can't change it,
change your attitude.

I have used graphics from past classes at BGU.

The background has a white gesso base.

The grid was created using a black Stabilo All pencil & a waterbrush.

Art Journal Week 44

This is my art journal page for week 44.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Laughter.

The Truth Card uses graphics from BGU.

The Artist Trading Card (ATC) is for The Craft Barn Alpha Challenge.

You can read more about it here.

The page background has a white gesso base,

followed by two layers of acrylic paint (Butternut).

The grid was drawn using my Black Dylusions Paint Pen.

We began a new month this week.

Here are pages for weeks 43 & 44 together.

Art Journal Week 43

This is my art journal page for week 43.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Chase your Dreams.

This Artist Trading Card (ATC) is created from an art project
I made from Brave Girl University (BGU).

This project was a free course
(no longer available)
based on an original art piece
made by Melody Ross.

Melody calls her "my creative muse".

On this page I have used other graphics from past classes at BGU.

The background has a white gesso base,
followed by two layers of acrylic paint (Butternut).

The grid was drawn in using my Black Dylusions Paint Pen.

I added some Dymo tape as the finishing touch.

Art Journal Week 42

This is my art journal page for week 42.

The prompt this week on Colour Me Positive is Have a Break.

Sometimes a change is as good as a rest.

This week I took a trip to London to visit The British Museum,
to see the Sunken Cities exhibition.
A display of some of the relics found during the diving project in the sea,
just off the coast in Egypt.

No photographs were allowed,
but if you check Instagram you will find a few images.

Someone else wanted to get in on the act this week,
as you will have spotted in the photos above.

The Artist Trading Card (ATC) is for The Craft Barn Alpha Challenge.

You can read more about it here.

    

The page background has a white gesso base,

followed by two layers of acrylic paint (Pistachio).

The grid was drawn in using my White Dylusions Paint Pen,

which decided it wasn't going to work properly,

so I enlisted the help of my uni-ball Signo

& my uni POSCA white pens to add the doodling.

Here are pages for weeks 41 & 42 together.