Large Dylusions journal with marks made in black paint |
Covering up the mess |
I kept at it, off and on for a few days |
Okay, I still need to practice the mouth. Lots and lots of practice |
In one of Julie Fei-Fen Balzer's art journal videos, she explains how if she tapes in a fold-out page, she will add paint, stencils, and stamps to make sure the 3 pages meld in the final project. So I took a piece of canvas paper that I had used in a Seth Apter online class, cut it to size, and taped it to the journal pages I hated. That was my base. And then I did something I haven't done in a long time. Gave myself permission to have fun. Go with the flow, just add color and stamps, and hey! What's over here?
I like it. I'm happy with the big face, because she reflects how I feel at this moment in time. Kind of surprised, bewildered, curious.
The last photo is a water color drawing in another art journal I did this past Sunday. Not doing any more until I sit down and draw countless mouths. Over and over. Not comfortable with the mouth yet, and it shows. I have been using photos from Vanity Fair magazine to draw from. I recommend this. Great photography with wonderful shadows. You can learn a lot when you start with a good photograph.
Go. Have fun. Enjoy. Play in that art journal.
Linda
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