This week’s question is: “Why did i do that?”
I thought about this one for a long time and then decided to do it about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately. I seek validation from so many people. Oftentimes from sources where I’m unlikely to get it. And I don’t trust myself or my abilities and this is something I need to get better at. Each time the validation doesn’t come I find myself asking “why did i do that to myself?” because it hurts so deeply.
I did this tag to remind myself that I need to “trust me” and my ability to judge my art, my writing, my photography, my coding, etc. and not seek validation elsewhere.
I looked down my list and realized hand-stitching was one of the few things I hadn’t done so I stamped a few hearts and hand-stitched them.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
I really like how this tag looks — the paper’s a lovely color and the amber buttons are perfect. The hand stitched hearts are also great. Did you use a ball point pen for the outlines? Maybe I’m crazy but I wonder if a black felt tip would have looked better?
Love how buttons are so solid.. perfect for conveying trust, i feel 🙂
heh believe it or not that stamp comes like that. a heart with an outlining circle. i debated whether to stitch the circles where the letters were too but decided against it….still wonder if it would have been better 🙂
Maybe it was the right call, it might’ve looked too obsessive/neat with stitches around everything, if you know what i mean. i actually like the circled hearts; just hearts wouldn’t have been as nice.
btw, i don’t do art at all, used to get Cs in primary school, erased far more than i drew. that’s probably where my question came from — i used to make pencil drawnings and color them in, and then erase out the pencil markings 🙂 that’s why i wondered if you needed the circles around the letters 🙂
lol i think it was a good question and i didn’t use to do any art at all either. now i seem to be doing more and more everyday so you never know 🙂