neon.black rev 2.1
Sat, November 21, 2009 at 06:03PM Print Article "Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
you shall begin it serenely
and with too high a spirit
to be encumbered
with your old nonsense."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I've embellished the art journal backgrounds the kids did for me with brayers. You can see the original at Art Journaling Kids: Acrylic Backgrounds. I didn't want to paint with acrylics, and I didn't want to collage, but I was in the mood to doodle & write. You've got to do what you are in the mood for - why do anything else in your art journal? It's not a chore, it's to explore.
On the left, I made lines with a white Permopaque marker I'm experimenting with (not super impressed on this matte block printing ink, but I will try on other backgrounds) and wrote with turquoise Sharpie Poster Paint (which is rumoured to be discontinued by Sharpie - why on earth?) somewhat like Slow Journaling. The subject today was writing, why I don't make time for it. I think the truth is that I want to write, but I don't choose to write. Obviously I make time for a million other things.
Then I drew a mandala doodle with neocolors, because the way they pop on black ink is just addictive. Have you tried black gesso yet? Have you tried neocolors on black gesso while sipping a cup of earl grey tea? While avoiding the laundry? What did you skip in order to do art today?
That's journaling for DAY 20 of NaNoJouMo! Check out the other pages in the tekenfilm altered children's book project.
2 CHALLENGES. 30 DAYS. 60 CREATIONS. GO.
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Reader Comments (3)
Hmmm . . . I have a confession to make . . . .. I DID skip laundry this afternoon to play in my studio! LOVE the exuberance of the different markers on the black gesso. And that neon effect . . . . WOW!!! Hugs, Terri xoxo
Like you, I want to write...I just don't make time for it the way that I should. I'm not even making time for art the way I mean to do. Hmmm....now you've really got me thinking.
Love the colors and the close-up of the "write write write" is a great shot.
Peace & Love,
~Barb~
Craft Therapy
Tammy these are both great! I love the differences between the two! I'm totally with you there, you gotta do what speaks to YOU in your Art Journal! I think it's neat how the kids did the background for you and then you
get to embellish it!! Such Fun!!