AFC - Day #31 FINAL DAY!

 

For today's art journal entry I was playing with colored pencils.  

I loved playing and sharing this month in my Art Journal.  I tried lots of different things I haven't tried before.   I loved experimenting with different mediums and learned alot about how some of them work best.  I encourage you to go and play in your art journals!  Just Do It!  Anything goes!  It's great therapy!  Thanks for coming by and sharing this challenge with me.

AJC - Day #30

Sketching!  One more day to go!

AJC - Day #29

Sorry that this post is later than usual.  My internet was down all day.  I just got it fixed by my trusty computer geek guy.  He had the darn thing fixed in under 5 minutes.  Nuts!  It's amazing how the internet is so much a part of me.  I can't imagine life without it.  Isn't that sad!?

I've been in a sketching mood!  I sketched this from a magazine photo.

AJC - Day #28

Just a little sketching, a little watercolor pencil and a little ink pen.  I wasn't going to post this page, I don't really like how it turned out, but, after all, Art Journaling is just playing, right?  So now it's out there in space somewhere.  Thanks for coming by!

AJC - Day #27

So far so good, I think I'm gonna finish this challenge only 4 days left! Yeah!  Here's day 27:

Today, I just felt like going back to basics.  Coloring!  I drew up a quick pic with my Stabilo Woody watercolor pencils and then I added a cut-out of a girl with big green eyes and then a favorite of mine, an owl.  The girl and the owl are colored in with Copics.  I realized I don't have alot of flesh tones in my Copic marker stash.  I need to work on that.

Have a wonderfully creative day y'all!

AJC - Day #26

 

What is Art Journaling if you don't include at least one Zentangle.  I love zentangles, it's gets me in the "zone" fast and it lasts for a long time.   I had to color the "moon" yellow, I just couldn't help myself.  Watching the black ink on the white paper can be mesmerizing and therapeutic.   I love looking at smaller sections of the finished work because it creates all new looks and feelings.

AJC - Day #25

For this page I used Gel Sticks by Faber Castell here.  These are fun to work with, lots of color and their creamy goodness lays on sketch paper very nicely.  I water-brushed over the colors and then wrote over the tree with a favorite poem using a green Copic marker, "I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree...".  Lucky for me I was able to get the whole poem on the tree, start to finish, without smudging it.  Success!

Just a few more days left to this challenge.   

AJC - Day #24

 For this page I was playing with different colors of Copic Markers on one page.  Then I decided to take the opposite page and draw a profile.  I colored it in with Copics also.  Then I cut the image around the edge.  If you notice, the sheet is still attached to the sketchbook.  Now that page can flip back and forth.  I found the quote on the internet after searching "color quotes" on google.  I really like this quote I found.  Weirdest thing is,  that it was quoted by Marcus Aurelius.  Nicely said Marcus!

AJC - Day #23

I really didn't have any time this morning to create, so I decided to give just 5 minutes to the effort.  I also decided on one medium + water.  Watercolor crayons here, except I have a set of 12.  I set the timer and started coloring away, I had no plan and no ideas of what I might want.  I wasn't looking at the colors too much either.    The above pages are the result of that.  And, Yes, it counts!  LOL.  I might want to play on these pages some more later with other mediums, if I do, I'm countin' it too!  hehehe.

AJC - Day #22

Here I made a watercolor background with Dr. Ph Martins watercolors.  Such rich pigmented colors, a little goes a long way.  This is a sketchbook I am using, not watercolor paper,  so it doesn't work really well when it's all wet.  But, I love those colors, they're a little pricey but worth it if you can swing it.  I cut out some images I wanted to play with and then just doodled on the whole thing while watching TV, is there anything better than that, doodling and being brain dead watching (or I should say "listening" to) TV.  Very soothing!  LOL!

Filofax - FYI

Just FYI, I moved all of my Filofax posts to my new blog here.  Hope you stop by and let me know you're there by following.  Thanks alot for visiting!

AJC - Day #21

For these pages I played with Water Soluble Oil Pastels by Portfolio.  First I colored in a background with 4 of the colors and waterbrushed over them.  Then I made swirls and lots of them.  Who doesn't love a good swirl?  I like how colorful it looks.  And I love that quote!  See you tomorrow! 

Go and play with art today!  Share a link of what you do in the comments section below.  I'd love to see your creations. Thanks for coming by!