Monday, September 2, 2013

a page a day ...

... okay so one, or maybe some ... of my friends suggested we do a challenge ... specifically do one art journal page a day ... for one month ...

i dont know where my friends are at with this, but i decided to take up the challenge ... despite the fact that i am very new to art journalling ...

I am starting with some pages that have a bit of a background on them ... not much but a bit of colour ... and i will be adding background elements to them (well most of them) and adding the "me" stuff as well.  

I am currently having problems with my camera, it being the victim of a very dusty atv ride this summer so the lens does not always open, so i will take photos when i can ...

so here is Sept 1
 I actually started this one on vaca this year .... totally inspired  by a Foo Fighters song and the mass of stars in the night sky up by Merritt ...

 I started the background at a class using Tim Holtz Distress stains ... I added some paint and ink and Gelatos (love Gelatos and friends who teach you techniques wink wink)  I did stamping with paint as well ... total fun.
 September 2  sometimes I just love basic backgrounds as they are ... i like free form rather than patterns or structure in art so spreading and misting distress ink worked for me on this one, and  a soft sketch using my white uniball signo gel pen did the trick .... i still have my penciled in sketch lines on the paper, but i figured that it was part of the process and thought i would leave them in rather than erase them.
And my other photo obstacle .... bad enough having a camera that is not working properly, but i also have my little Honey, who expects to be in every photo ... oh the obstacles she creates .... gives me a happy heart!

thanks so much for stopping by

peace, love and paper, all ...
jo


5 comments:

Pondside said...

I like your pages and the glimpse they give of your personality! Good luck with this - I look forward to seeing more as you go along.

Cheryl said...

This looks it's going to be fun to watch whatever your camera allows you to show us as it unfolds. I love the first two. And your obstacle is adorable.

Jenny said...

I love these!

The bottom one is especially gorgeous to me!

Lynn Stevens said...

Great pages Jo and well I can't say enough about your Honey! LOL
Shes a star in every way!
Hugs Lynn

Izzy said...

i haven,t started the challenge, i brought my Journal to Germany and am just doodling and writing down my daily diary. i will take a crack at this when i am home and have Access to all my supplies