Have you ever found yourself going round and round?
What do you do, when life changes the way you think? When you are not seeing in color?
How do you get back to this....
......I ask you
Art Journaling
Cabinet Card Art
Have you ever tried altering cabinet cards? These are the sepia toned images you can find at the flea market, from around the 1850'5-1920's. You know, the ones where no one ever smiles. I can never figure that one out! Here is one of my book covers with an altered card.
You can see a set of my altered cards on my Flickr site here. The key is to mask the image, itself, then you are free to alter the background by sanding , painting, stenciling, rubberstamping, or anything you can think of. Once finished, add some rub-ons or phrases and these become pretty interesting little works of art! Try one!
Prince Edward Island Memories
I finished up my journal pages from the trip to PEI and thought I would share a few with you. I tried not to 'over-do' it this time, and just did small summary sections for each day. That seemed to make travel journaling more in my grasp....making it possible to finish in a reasonable time frame.
A map of the island and the primary villages we visited.
Right, was the "century house" that we leased. So cute inside.
We saw numerous lighthouses, but this one had a Marconi Station.
Couldn't resist a sketch of the beautiful lupins.
........exploring a new place is such a pleasure. Thanks Erin!
Elly
This is a dear little elephant. Part of my menagerie of stuffed friends. She comes from Whendi's Bears, which is packed with vintagey goodness. Go take a look!
Doodles
A fun page to do...
.......what are you doodling today?
Temporary
.....what do you count as lasting?
Catching up with more sketches
More misc sketches I have done in the last couple weeks.
Lillies
Because I am in full-tilt sketching mode these days, everything in my path is subject to be my subject! In our little town, we have a retired postal worker. He has the outward appearance of a grizzled bachelor, but he sprouts a mean green thumb! His home is surrounded by gardens...both floral and vegetable. Out front, he sets up a card table, with cut $4 bouquets and produce of various kinds. The payment system is an honor jar. An HONOR jar! I keep expecting him to quit using it, but year after year, the jar is there. Money and all. I love that.
Then I sketched....
....what are you sketching today?
Newest Journal Complete
I needed a new journal with a little more space on the pages for drawing and watercoloring. I love the Remains of The Day style, but I didn't have enough drawing room! I decided to have fun with the cover. One thing led to another and the magna-doodle was formed! Naturally, I couldn't leave the pages completely plain! I showed a few of the embellishments in a previous post. Here is the end result.
