Monday, February 25, 2008

More Blank pages




Blank Journal Pages


I love my new Lumiere metallic acrylics!! They make my pages look amazing. These are a few blank journal pages waiting for some words. My first art journal is almost complete. I started this last June I think, and I titled it "A Year in Faith and Art" It has been a year in both, that's for sure. Blogspot is not letting me upload more that one pic at a time, so I will load some separately. The red and black pages are completely inspired by Artist Ingrid Dijikers. If by inspired, I mean that I completely stole her idea, then she inspired me ALOT!!! I just loved the look, and her artwork is so amazing. I am in awe when I see her stuff. Check out her blog in the bottom right of my page under Favorite links.

Friday, February 22, 2008

The Journey Unfolds


I will be taking a 3 day journal class in April when I go to "Art and Soul." The class is being taught by Misty Mawn, and I just got my retreat package today. Inside was an 8" ceramic fish that I am supposed to alter and then bring to the retreat, to show. Still working on that, but another cool thing I got was, a little fish, handpainted on watercolor paper, by Misty herself. It is very colorful and I love it. Here it is. It now holds a place of honor in my new journal.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

My New Deskmate


My friend Dana, (whose amazing artwork you can view at http://artbydana.blogspot.com/ ) made this great little piece that sits on my desk. The image is from a custom stamp I had made, that I put on the back of my artwork. She then added some elements, embellished and soldered into this great little bit of eyecandy!! I love it!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Zentangles with a Twisty Twist!





The final four for the Face Swap. My hand is in a perpetual cramp, and I suddenly realize I need to dig my reading glasses out of my purse. This form is totally addicitng. And because there are different repeating patterns, no two are the same. Fun.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Zentangles with a Twist


One of the ladies in ATC_World, came up with the idea to add a face to zentangles. Whether it is stamped, collaged or drawn, once you add the face, then zentangle around it. I love this stamp, and I think it worked great for the concept. These were fun to do, and it kept it from getting kind of boring. Different, I really like them both. Although, the one on the right reminds me of a Yankees uniform.