We’re back to Life Book this week. This is week six which is taught by Tam. The Lesson was on playing with spray inks. Spray inks are not and have never been my friend. I just don’t like how they are never easy to use. I have sprayed my face, hands, and all the items on my table in an effort to use them before I just gave up.
When I saw that this week was sprays, I almost walked away, but I decided it was a sign and that I had to at least give it a try.
so I did.
Even though the paper wasn’t perfect for it, I did the spray part on the right page first and then I drew the profile on the left and painted it with oils. The oils are still a challenge for me to use and I am trying to learn. They also take forever to dry.
Once it was done, I did some pen-work like Tam did and wrote my little reminder message, which says: We accept the love we think we deserve.
That’s from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. A book I love.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s inspiration comes from the Craft-A-Doodle book. Specifically from the artist Pamela Keravuori whose projects were my absolute favorite.
I drew this page and then colored it using Faber Castell qrt pencils and aquarelles. Then I used some other water color pencils and I used some pastels. Some neocolor ii’s as well. Then Stabilo All to trace it all once more. I colored the background with the gelatos.
prompt says: today i know that i feel best after I have
I wrote about how i feel best after I’ve taken some time for myself.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
I realized this week that I never shared my last OLW page from 2013 with you. Last year, I didn’t do any of the OLW assignments past June. The individual assignments didn’t inspire me and I felt kind of blah the second half of the year so it just never came together.
After I beat myself up for a while, a long while, I decided to do one mixed media page that would allow me to reflect on my word and all its gifts to me throughout 2013 and then let myself move on. I had some fun and wrote some journaling and ended up with this.
With that, I was able to release 2013.
This week’s page is also from The Walk. Week two. One of the assignments this week was to collage a self portrait and then write/collage a list of things about yourself. What you’re good at. What’s your essence, etc. I decided to draw mine and made this girl.
My girl is holding a box. Last year, when I was in a Coaching course, we did a visualization exercise where we were to find out our Captains and what came to me was this little girl and she gave me a box. When I opened it, it was filled with light. Over that course and the next few months, I’ve come to believe that it represented the light we each have within ourselves and she was giving me mine and telling me to open it so it can shine through me. And also that this is what I want to do with others. Help them let their light shine through.
So once I drew my girl, I made some lines in the background and journaled all over it.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week was all about wings. I randomly googled wings and picked the first one I liked. I then drew and painted the inside with white paint. And then I used my peerless watercolors and some watercolor pencils to add some color inside the wings. And then I used the Stabilo All to outline each feather. And there we are.
prompt says: today i know that i am still afraid of
I wrote about how i am still afraid of not knowing what the future will hold.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week was one of those where I just didn’t feel inspired by anything and after spinning and spinning, I settled on an oldie but goodie by Abigail Halpin who is just amazing. I drew my little girl, colored it with some crayons and pencils and called it done.
Some weeks are just like that.
prompt says: today i know that i want to change my mind about
I wrote about how i want to change how i see myself.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
And this one is from Life Book week Five. The assignment this week was to do draw a cotton candy girl and some sweets. I decided that what I wanted to draw was a piece of Dr. Seuss cake and a reminder that the goal when eating is not to feel full but to feel nourished.
This page has a lot of texture. I used heavy body paints and lay them down thickly. Even though the colors make me smile, I am not a huge fan of the page overall. It just doesn’t feel like me, not sure why. But alas, this is more about experimenting and having fun and I did both this week.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This page is inspired by these lovely owls. This page uses some gelatos, some watercolor pencils, and some neocolor watersoluble crayons.
prompt says: today i know it feels good when i…
i just wrote down all the things that make me feel good like nathatniel’s baby smell and holding david’s hand, etc.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s page is for My Mind’s Eye. I couldn’t connect with the work for Life Book this week so I decided to do something different. I tend to be one of those people who always worries and assumes things will go less desirably than planned and this is a reminder I need in my life regularly:
give up that there’s something wrong, life can be sweet if you let it.
This page is pretty simple, just some hearts and a title with a lot of my favorite yellow paint. It’s warm and shimmery and makes me happy.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
I saw this pin last year and I’ve been holding on to it for a long time. This week, I decided I had to try it. So here’s my result.
I used the Neocolor II water soluble crayons to color this page.
prompt says: today I know that i love to talk with
i just wrote about all the people I love to talk to in my life and how wonderful it feels.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
And this one is from Life Book week four. The assignment this week was to use three things you loved. I decided to use a lot of tissue paper and create texture. I then made a tree and a little bird. I know it’s not super sophisticated, but it’s really textured and was a lot of fun to make.
I have been frustrated with not knowing the answers to some of the questions in my life and so I decided this week’s art would be about how it’s ok to not know and how if I listen it will all eventually show up and how things are unfolding just as they should be. So that’s what my little bird is doing. She’s sitting and being okay with not knowing.
Here’s a side look hoping it shows the texture.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This is based on the amazing, amazing sketch by Jen Olson here. I used color pencils to color her.
The journaling says “today i know how it feels to feel so relieved after” and I wrote about how I stress when I have a bunch of things in a row that need to all work out and how I stress and stress until it’s all finished.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
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monthly projects from previous years
some of my previous projects
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