I sat down at a gessoed page in my ex-library book art journal
without a clue as to what I was going to do. No idea.
First things first--I needed color. I decided on my Alex creamy crayons
since I hadn't used them in a while. I selected the light blue, orange, and purple,
blending them with a baby wipe. Over those colors, I wiped on some
yellow acrylic paint with a credit card.
Now that there is color....what next?
Finding a scrap of gelli print, I tore it into strips
and glued them to the page.
Do I have a plan yet? Nope.
I'm loving my spackling paste these days, do I grabbed the
Dylusions Letter Jumble stencil and went to work.
About this time, an idea was formulating.
The gelli print strips reminded me of branches.
Branches need leaves. Branches have birds.
Viola! The details started coming together.
If you want to watch it all unfold, check out the video below. Thanks!
I'm not much of a believer in New Year's resolutions, but I've found inspiration in choosing a word of the year. Rather than a specific list of goals, it gives me a focus to apply to many areas of my life.
Last year my word was "action." Looking back, I can see many areas where taking action came into play and because of it I accomplished a lot of things.
This year my word is "experiment." When I decided on it, I was thinking specifically about my art. I tend to play it safe, stay with the tried and proven, stick with the routine. This year I plan to step outside my comfort zone, try and possibly fail, but in the trying to also learn. If it works like last year, I expect my experimenting to spill over into other parts of my life as well.
