This weekend I was nursing a nasty head cold.....and I had to throw in a little Art Journal LOVE to help me heal and feel better!
I'm a huge, HUGE fan of the ArtJournaling.Ning.com site. There is so much Creative Juicy fun happening over there...and for this month, Leslie, the leader of this great network, is hosting an Art Journaling challenge. Each day she presents a new prompt to get you jumping into your Art Journal! Lots of people have been creating beautiful pages and sharing in conversation about it. Fun stuff!!
But I have a confession. I've been struggling with the challenge. We are already 15 days into March and I've only completed one of the prompts: Blue.
It's not that the prompts aren't interesting or anything....it's more or less about me....and how I usually stray from being told what to do. Yeah, even with something so simple as a one or two word prompt!
So, this weekend, when I sat down with my Art Journal between slices of sunshine, I decided to art journal about prompts...and basically my resistance to them. I'm really happy with how it turned out!
And that's the beautiful thing about Art Journaling. Everyone has their own approach, their own Art Journal LOVE relationship. You might eat up prompts like I eat guacamole! And it's all good!
(PS--Tomorrow I'll let you in on how I made that fun raised patterned texture in my journal page! See you then!!)
8 comments:
xoxoxox
:)
you are simply the most beautiful and creative butterfly i've ever met.
I hear you about being told what to do. I've joined so many art journal classes and I love them dearly, but I never do the prompts. Hahaha.. Your page is gorgeous, art is gorgeous, you are gorgeous
Beautiful blue and butterflies!
Giulietta
love the colors and the butterflies! have i told you lately that i love you?! ;) hugs!!
maybe you will fell better now that you have been mentioned over at my place.
get well, and don't sweat the prompts...it's all good
I'm loving the challenge so far (even though the last 3 days I haven't done much, but that's because my sweetie is off work for a few days and I don't have time for my art journal!) but my problem is taking pictures and uploading them. I want to share, feel like the challenge is not 'complete' if I don't have pics of every or nearly every day, but for some reason I can't explain it's a struggle taking the pictures and uploading them to Ning and my blog and Flickr... need to get my bum in gear and 'just do it' I suppose. ;)
I love your first photo with your beloved supplies in the slices of sunlight...something about it speaks to me.
I am grateful you share your work with us and all the great sites you recommend.
Keep shining!
-G
i LOVE your butterflies and that dreamy, soothing, refreshing blue palette ... good grief, you did this while sick? You ARE the art journaling Wonder Woman complete with paint stained wrist cuffs!
i too have only followed a couple of the March suggestions ... i start off with good intentions and then my brush takes me hostage ...
Post a Comment