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