Here is another journal spread that I recently created. I'm beginning to understand and enjoy the "Art of Play". Journaling has helped me come to terms with this as more and more I'm realizing that my journals are for, me, and me alone. My art journal doesn't come with any deadlines - just free play for me and experimenting with all the stuff that I have around me in my art area (art "area" will be another subject for another time). I also love to write down my thoughts, first, on my journal pages for a couple of reasons. First; most of what I want to say is quite personal and I just love to get the feelings out then I can proceed with the art work. Funny......when I go through my journal pages, I know instantly what I was feeling or saying on that given day just by looking at the art I created. Secondly; my handwriting is terrible! It is - I can print, neatly, but I just don't feel it's attractive "journal fodder" :). Someday a calligraphy class :)
I wish you all a safe, happy, artful upcoming weekend! Happy Father's Day to all the men who are super role models, caring, nurturing, and responsible, who help and have helped our children become the good people they are!
Thank you, all, for your visits, here, and your continued positive feedback, friendships and support!
Much love......................Marilyn xxoo
Turning to my journal again and just playing with things I have around me in my art area. I found the word intersect in a stash of word clippings I have and found it calling to me. I used it after I added the words in the hearts ....family,friends and art. I do find they intersect in my life! I actually think without one or the other, I wouldn't be complete. :)
I hope your week is going well for all of you. My week always gets a jump start with my Mondays and Tuesdays with Sophia! She's 18 months, already, and just keeps amazing her "Gamma". She's more aware, now, of even the littlest things in life; ya know those things we, as adults, take for granted every day like airplanes, the sound of trains, bugs, flowers, etc......through childrens' eyes - nothing like it!My very best to all of you for the remainder of your week!
Much love - Marilyn xxoo
These are photos of another spread in my recent journal. The page with the bird was done with a magazine transfer. The other page incorporates my color-drop watercolor flowers.
Both backgrounds were created with decorative packing tape, gesso,acrylics and some collage here and there.I hope your weekend was a good one for all of you. Our weather, here, wasn't the greatest - kind of rainy, damp and cloudy but there is hope for today with some sun! Ya gotta love the every day!
Stay safe and well; enjoy your week ahead.
Much love - Marilyn xxoo
These pictures are of the next pages in my journal. I am so enjoying the time, I can get, to play! The house in the first picture is my own hand-carved stamp. There are lots of layers with these pages and I got to use some cool 7Gypsies tissue papers as a starting point.
Things have cooled down, some here, and the temperatures are a bit more where they should be at this time of year. I hope you are all experiencing some peaceful weather.
I'm wishing you all a safe and happy weekend and hope it's an artful one for you.
Love much.............................Marilyn xxoo
This is my first post using my new computer and the new photo-editing program. I've got lots to learn but it's been a fun exploration. Photoshop Elements 9 certainly has lots to offer and I have a feeling it will take me a very long time to know the whole program. But; as long as I can do the basics, for now, I'll be happy.
These are photos of two pages in my most recent journal. I'm becoming much, more comfortable combining watercolor into my art. The "peace" page in the upper-right-hand corner, is a sample of my color drop flowers with the help of Martha Lever's online workshop. You'll see lots of hearts in different forms, with these pages, as I go, and this falls in line with Christy Tomlinson's 3HeartsJournal workshop.
Again; it pretty much is just me having fun playing and doing what I want with my journal. I'm beginning to understand that more - the art of playing! I'll have more on this in a future post.
We are in the HHH's here now with record highs and humidity levels. We are supposed to get some storms, later, to bring on a much welcome cool front! I just cannot believe the weather and Mother Nature's wrath all across the world really. And; the Arizona fires! Just awful! My heart goes out to all who are effected.
It's good to be back although Blogger is still a little fickle. I'm having trouble commenting on a few blogs here and there. Anyone else still having some Blogger woes?
All be safe and hope you're having a good week.
Love - Marilyn xxoo
Happy Weekend everyone! I am posting this just to say I have to take a little Blogger break, this week, to get to "know" my new computer. My old computer was acting up, this past week, and it finally crashed! Between my computer and Blogger issues - it's been a challenging tech week :)
I still have some things to transfer over to my new computer and I'm getting a new photo-editing program, this week, so I'm going to take this coming week to get more familiar with the computer and program; I'm sure there will be a huge learning curve :)
However, I'll still be able to visit you to see what beautiful art you are creating.
Enjoy your weekend; may it bring you peaceful weather with sunshine and some artful moments for yourself!
I'll be back soon!
Much love - Marilyn xxoo
I'm beginning a new journal and this is the first page.
Feeling a bit ambitious, I found myself signing up for two online workshops. One is Martha Lever's Color-Drop Watercolor workshop through Creative Workshops. Fantastic!!!!! The second workshop is Christy Tomlinson's 3Hearts Journal. WOW!
I had to think of a way that I could combine these two projects into one journal and I think I'm accomplishing it. Martha's workshop is totally new stuff, for me, and she is guiding me, with her wonderfully warm and comfortable style, to become more friendly to watercolor. I've always struggled with the "control" issue of it and now I'm finding I give in to it and let it do what it's going to do and even drop in some more color!
Christy's workshop is jam-packed with video after video of journaling techniques; some of which I've been familiar with and this is helping me reunite with those techniques that I've been missing.
It's really all about play and just going with what we have, at hand, for the most part, creating what we are learning or re-learning, in our own way, and having fun!
It's so good to be back to posting! I've missed all of you and I hope Blogger issues are beginning to clear up for all.
Also - thanks to all who participated in my 500th post giveaway; I really appreciated the support. I've said it a hundred times or more - my wings are spreading further and further because of you! Thank you!
Hope you are having a good week so far!
Love - Marilyn xxoo
