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16 February 2018

Time to Remember

This is another collage page in my Wanderlust journal,

inspired this week by Carolyn Dube's lesson.

This month's theme is
Castles.

I used the image of a castle wall
& a group photograph both supplied by Carolyn.

The rest of the images are from Eliza's collage collection.

Finally I added some washi tape.

I may go back to add some shading with a Stabilo All pencil,
I'm currently unsure as to whether it needs it.

The result is certainly not as colourful as Carolyn's example,
but I enjoyed watching her lesson none the less.

21st February 2018

I went back to add in a little shading.

The main area I wanted to define was the man's white shirt,
against the pale postcard image.

I then did the same to the three figures next to him.

If you compare the two photographs,
although the effect is subtle,
you can see the difference.

31 January 2018

Your Life in Your Hands

Another piece in my Wanderlust art journal,

this time inspired by Kasia's lesson.

The images on the first page were taken from a magazine,
as per her prompt.

They were too large to fit on my page, so I photographed them,
then imported the image into a Word document to reduce the size.

I also flipped the image around,
so that the eagle was flying in the opposite direction,
mainly for visual balance,
but also figuratively as it is now flying
towards the future, not the past.

My poem was written using the three prompts of
past * present * future

I am using spare pages from my Wreck this Journal book,
for collage pages for the Wanderlust course this year
so for the second page the

trace your hand
page seemed apt.

The hand, one of Eliza's collage images,
was outlined with a black Stablio All pencil

& lightly blended with a water brush.

The butterfly image was also from Eliza.

* * *
it was another time & place
a different world
filled with tired shadows &
fading voices of yesterday

whilst blackbirds sing in the sunshine
I sit quietly with my thoughts
resting deeply in contentment
in this moment, here, today

my hopes with freedom soar so high
across the seas & through the sky
read my words, hear my voice, listen to my story
tomorrow, her arms wide open, beckons me

* * *

17 January 2018

The Journey

Another piece in my Wanderlust art journal,

this time inspired by Jamie's video.

I am using spare pages from my Wreck this Journal book

& these two pages seemed to fit well with the wandering path theme.

Begin
commit to your journey
Faith
believe in yourself
Detail
plan & prepare for success
Practice
good things come to those who try
Take one step at a time
there will be many steps on your journey

Validate
make sure your destination is somewhere you want to go
Document
ensure that you can measure your progress
Trust
accept the fact that you may not see progress with every step
(& that you may make mistakes along the way)
Celebrate
when you achieve a goal, take a moment to celebrate
Restore
some days you will just need to stop to have a rest