Art Journal Take Two

The following pictures are from the first art journal I started. I was broke and didn't have much. So I used a large journal and glued pages together to make them thicker. I glued three pages together then tore out three so that once the book is done it won't be straining the binding.

If you click the images they will enlarge and you will be able to see more detail. When I get a good laptop I will use my good dslr camera and it instead of my phone.



This is the cover. Painted it brown and used scraps of scrapbook paper and stamps.




The first ever mixed media project I ever did was this page layout. I used some face and eye sketches from a old sketchbook. I added magazine cut outs. And painted the background. The quote says, "Few are those who see with their eyes and feel with their hearts," by Albert Einstein.




This one was done with oil pastel. Inspiration was a random image someone showed me.

"Love is shown in your deeds not in your words. Love blooms where the whole world can see in, in your thoughts and actions."




Paint, chalk, scraps, ink, and drawing.




Chalk and stamps.
"Hope is the thing with feathers, and perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all."
Emily Dickinson




Pastels and sharpie
"Let your creativity bloom"





First test with making colored wash sprays and sharpies. Oh and a stamp.




A collage piece. There are lots of layers in this one. Painting. Magazine cutouts. Stamps. The doll is made from napkins. Her body and face was ink.




Left over ink on stencils from a project. And practicing with new stamps.




Out of all my projects and art journal this is the page I dislike the most. It turned out too busy for me.
I used thickers on a page. Covered it with polkadotted tissue paper and used matte gel to paste it over. Used some ink over the words to help them stand out.
Added stamps and stenciling. And some buttons.

"Life is an adventure you must explore"




The heart on the left was a cut out from a page where I was practicing dripping ink.
The words are lyrics from a song our worship leader wrote. My favorite.




Using a credit card to paint. Added some stamps.




Using cheese cloth as texture I felled it down. Then used sprays and paint. I also used modeling paste with stencils. Tissue tape strips and prima flowers were added as well. More stenciling.


And that's it for this journal so far! Any details you have questions about please ask!


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Art Journal Take One

Hey there! Today I decided that I would show you all one of my art journals. (I have four... Well five if you count my moleskine)

Over the the next few Saturdays I shall showcase a journal and then as I add to those journals I will do updates. Sound good? Hope so.

I apologize if the pictures aren't great. I'm using my iPhone.
If you have any questions about details, please feel free to leave a comment!!!!




This is the cover of one of my art journals. It is actually the third one I started. It was sent to me from a friend off of a mixed media Facebook group. We did a swap where we had to create a cover and one page in an art journal four our partner. This is what my partner did for me. If you want more details about that, there is a video on my YouTube channel.
(createwithapurpose is my screen name) maybe I will edit a link here once I get on a computer)




This is the page my partner created for me. My favorite part is the stitched look on the hearts.




Here is the first page I created in this journal. I was playing around with some new stamps I bought from Tuesday Morning and some home made color sprays. (Water and acrylic paint)




I had a hard time getting this in focus to read. I did this page during church one morning. It was inspired by the song a friend was singing during service. I adore this song. I just used sharpies.




This one is just a background I did using Gelatos by Faber Castell. I was testing them out along with a stamp my mom bought me.




Here I was just doodling with a black sharpie.




Another black sharpie doodle. This one was inspired by a picture a friend of my did and posted to Instagram.




This I also did in sharpie and was inspired by Pinterest.




Again, sharpie. I was practicing some zentangles.




Sharpie doodle, yet again.




I ordered from a mixed media/scrap booking company at the beginning of the year (feb or march ish) and wanted to use some immediately. So this page was created.
I did the tag first. Then the background on the page. Then over a few hours during commercials (I was watching a movie on tv with my mom) I would randomly add things.
There are stamps, crackle paint, scraps of paper, metal clock, stickers and stamps all on here. I also used some more homemade sprays and doodle pens.




And last but not last forever, here is the sketch I shared with you all last Artful Saturday.
Cheers!
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Last minute still counts right?

Artful Saturday still managed to make its debut. About half an hour before Sunday! ;-)

I'd been meaning to write a post all day. But the day snuck away from me before I realized.
So its not the repost of old art blog pieces and as random and last minute as this post is, it's still here!

I thought I'd just share the last two sketches I did recently and a few artistic quotes I came across the last two day.

Sketches first:

This first one I saw is an arrow idea I'm tossing around as one of my arrow tattoos. I plan to have several small ones on random places but that's another post.




This second one is a little picture I saw on Pinterest and thought was adorable. The left side is the original and the right side is my attempt. It's called practice for a reason.




Generally I stay away from realism. Because it takes the most practice and concentration. Yet, I want to get better so I better stop being so lazy about it!

Time for the quotes now!

Which I also stumbled upon on Pinterest!











The second piece was a quote from Pablo Picasso.

And that's that! I promise more forethought will be put into the next Artful Saturday post. Stay tuned! And tell your friends! Please!

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Monday Musings: New Chapters

Monday Musings.... Ya like? I'm sticking with it. Monday Musings will be my posts about my personal life. They will be updates, rambles, and thoughts from my own little head. Mostly.
Along with Monday Musings, I will be doing Beautiful Tuesdays. These pieces will feature posts about beauty, (Hair, Makeup, skin care, clothes, inner beauty). Then on Saturdays, I will be updating on my art journey. For those posts, I have decided to start out by reposting some things from my other blog, the art one. Once I repost some of those, that blog will be deleted seeing as it will have merged with this one.
I also thought I might do random specials which will have names later and be posted whenever inspiration bites. 

Oh, speaking of this one. I mentioned a new look in my last post. What do you think? A little more girly with a vintage aspect. Just trying this on for a bit to see how I like it. It may change again a couple of times til I find one I'm comfortable with. I want some opinions though when I change it. After all, I'm not the only one looking at this blog. Or am I?

New chapter time!

In about two months I shall enter into the Paul Mitchell world of Cosmetology! I've been up to my elbows in paper work and phone calls and finances the last week or two trying to see if this will happen. And God answered some prayers, my parents jumped on board as well so on September 16th I will be a Paul Mitchell Student. I go on the 15th of this month I believe to sign some papers and turn in my application and deposits. I'm ecstatic and this feels surreal. It may not hit me until I walk through those doors on my first day of class. My goal will be to try to keep you guys updated if you are interested.

Well that is all for this Monday. Enjoy and leave feedback. Please! :)