Another Art Journal page

I didn't want to post anything yesterday, with all the terrible news from Boston.
Today I have this page which started as a more angular design, got lost in the layers, took a very scary turn until finally ended in something I agreed with. Has a little collage rice paper:

Thanks for visiting, have a wonderful day ♥

20 minutes...?

I have been timing myself to paint a bit faster in the hopes to loose my brush work. I get too much into detail and although it can be fun, I also admire the more abstract, free paintings.
So.. it was great to find Gritty Jane doing a "20 minute painting" activity. Perfect timing for me.
Now the thing is... do I stop at 20? So far I have, look a the piece... and keep going a bit more hahaha
I just can't help myself! But it is a nice incentive, to have the impending time stop. For those that perform better under pressure, you should try it!
This is my 20 minute stop:

 

This is a few minutes later:

Few more minutes...

And this is where I finally stopped. I regret nothing! :oD

I was so caught up in this, that I didn't even think of hands.
But that's ok. Thanks for your visit and your wonderful comments. ♥
Since it has details in orange, it's going to the "Mandaring Orange Monday"

Goodies and a video!

These are some goodies I bought from Michaels: A large journal (9x12/ 23x30.5 cms) and some little dye pads with awesome colors! I'm sure they are not waterproof but that's ok.

Also my desk was re organized a bit and I discovered the hand made journal I started last year following a tutorial by Teesha Moore, it ended up under some books to make it flat; so I'm working on it and decided to start painting on it too. So exciting!

I really don't know why I have this journal fever now. I love books, but I like working on non-attached paper, so go figure.

Look for more pages shown as I work on them, I am having ideas overflowing my head!

And now.... here is the video from yesterday's post:


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Thanks for visiting.
See you tomorrow, I'll be posting more hands!

Well then...

Some days are so frustrating! yesterday was one of those days... too many little annoying things to mention, and no internet connection. I just kept telling myself "this is nothing, this is nothing."

I decided to dedicate the time to paint and plan projects and better yet, take a video! I had everything settled down, clicked to start and after a few minutes puff! The battery died. And of course I am using the camera that uses a rechargeable battery. Which takes like 3 hours to recharge. ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)  agh!
So I got the other camera, went to get ready for another painting and I cut my finger with something invisible. lol I have no idea what it was! But a chunk of flesh was missing from my index and it hurt a lot! Well then! 
I decided to take a deep breath and do something else.

At night the stars were better aligned I think, because everything went smoother. With a bandaged index I started a new page in my art journal and today I finished it, the video will come soon (hopefully!)

Dream!
Update: Thanks for all your comments! My finger healed after 2 days, just a little red dot now ♥ The video is HERE

I hope your day is beautiful and harmonious.

More hands and a video

For my hands today: Tah-Daaaaa! Hand painting nail polish to another hand. Thanks for the suggestion! ♥

I bumped into a cool hands video. This is kind of close to the way I draw my hands, only I do it by hand B>) ...and make my lines outside, not just small marks for the fingers, but that's drawing preference mostly.
The music is a bit repetitive and annoying IMO, so maybe you can just turn off the sound. It worked for me ;o)

Colorful Page

I think this mixed media art page is turning out very colorful and Spring-like... makes me happy!

A nice contrast with my day yesterday, full of contretemps, nonsensical things and red food coloring on my white blouse... ugh...

She is not finished at all, but I wanted to show you a fun WIP. Tomorrow: more hands! Thanks for all the great ideas and suggestions for fun hands!!

Holding hands

Two more for the "Hands in April" challenge! 

 Since I am posting 2, I will be skipping tomorrow, to post another journal page. I am actually going to be trying to make a video and have it ready... sort of difficult for me, but let's see, maybe the video won't be ready tomorrow, but the page deffinitely.

Thanks for all your suggestions! Keep them coming! :oD

Live long and prosper!

Thanks for the suggestion to do Dr Spock's hand, it was fun, and I would've never thought of making that one!

Next I guess will be holding hands, an ugly scary hand, and I am thinking, maybe a baby chubby hand... that would be a challenge!
What other hand ideas would you like to see? Thanks for your comments!
You can join the fun and try to make some hands, you'll surprise yourself with the things you can make!

Journal page

These are the steps for a page in my art journal. It is loosely based on this painting, and I say loosely because the proportions are off and the result is comical... but I really wanted some texture and do something  from centuries ago. This detail is a Madonna by Duccio painted in the 1300's

First I made a drawing, which proved to be a hard task on the left side of the journal. Then I added a base of ochre:

Keep reading...

Love! 2 hands today

Thanks for the awesome suggestion of making "heart" hands! I had fun drawing these:

They look a bit too .... hmmm what is the world I want? Scary? Whitchy? haha I mean, they could've been a bit more plump, softer maybe.  Maybe the lines are too harsh, not sure. But overall I am happy with them :o)

I will not post hands tomorrow, because I want to share a journal page in steps, so it was great to have 2 hands for today.
Any other ideas out there? :oD

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