Shimmer and shine

I finally finished playing around with this girl in my journal. I added the texture with molding paste. and added more color with Neocolor IIs. I bought some shimmery inks the other day and I wanted to see what would happen if I filled in the space around the stenciled texture with heavy gel medium mixed with the shimmery ink. I love the effect! I can't wait to try this out on a big piece of watercolor paper or canvas.

See the great shine and shimmer! LOVE IT

Experiment

Since it's been really cold here, I've been playing in my art room. Gia wanted to make a new journal - - one we could work in together. Isn't that a fantastic idea? Partner journaling. We haven't started it yet.  She loves the vintage covers and it's BIG. 50 pages!!!!!

I've also been playing around in my journal trying out 3/4 facing faces in Tam's style. I love her girls! I'm pretty satisfied with this girl, but I don't like her nose. I always say that! I have a thing about drawing noses. I stink at them. Anyway, if I like the end result I might try another one but bigger.

Journal Time

Yesterday was my weekly post over at Artistcellar.  I am having a good time being part of the Design Team. My journal spread yesterday was about what I journal about. Good? Bad? Everything? Come take a look at my process and share what you put in your journal.

I took some time to go through my art room and found a journal from a few years ago. Here are two pages that I love. Both are done with Tombow markers. Playing with these are fun as the blending is great!

Speed of Life

Recently I bought Pam Carriker's new book Creating Art At The Speed of Life: 30 Days of Mixed Media Exploration. 

As I scanned through the book, I immediately decided to do every lesson. It might take me longer than 30 days, but I am going to do them all.

I LOVE taking workshops in person. There is really something to be said about being like-minded people who just get what you do. They love paper. They get excited about markers. They share what they've seen on so-and-so's blog or website. You get the idea.  About 5 years ago, I flew to Portland to take a soldering class from Sally Jean Alexander. I had the most spectacular weekend and a few years ago I flew to Ohio to take an art journaling workshop from Teesha Moore. Again, it was an amazing weekend.

I thought as the kids got older it would be easier for me to go take workshops, but oh was I wrong. There just isn't the time and I can't clone myself. So, I thought this will be a great way for me to participate. Sure, I've registered for many online workshops and I start but never finish. I think having a book might be the answer. We'll see. I will post my assignments and see how I progress.

I followed Pam's directions as to how to make her journal. It's a great size.   I made the color wheel and am ready for lesson #1. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow! It's supposed to be cold and rainy here.

Gelli Tape

I used clear packing tape and made some really cool sheets on the Gelli plate. I brushed on colored shimmery powder and silver leaf on the sticky areas and adhered them to the back of a cell phone cover. Love this process! You can check out my detailed post today over at Artistcellar.

Punch of Pink

It's Tuesday people and this means I'm the Design Team blogger today over at Artistcellar. Come see my full post that goes with these pictures!

Gelli

Needed to get my juices flowing so I played around with the Gelli plate today. The first one I did right in my journal. The other I glued into my journal. Love the color combinations!