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!

AJC - Day #20

I wanted to do a simple sketch, after doing the Flamingo and enjoying that I decided to do another.  I thought I grabbed a regular pencil but it turned out to be a Ticonderoga marking pencil.  I used it anyway.  I think I'm finished with it at this point. 

Filofax Mix-Up on Ebay order

I was thinking how nice it would be to have a Filofax for taking sermon notes at church.  I knew I wanted to get an A5 to do just that and could kick myself for not buying the Chameleon when it was $40 a little while ago on the USA Filofax website.  Makes me sick to think about it.  But, anyway I decided to get an A5 Holborn Zip, after watching this video by FiloObsessed.  But alas, they don't exist on the FF USA website.  So I did what any self respecting citizen would do and I went to Ebay.  That's where I found it.  A beautiful Holborn Zip in Wine:

It came with free shipping, but I paid a few buck extra to get it faster.  About 3 days later, it came in my mailbox.  I was so excited to get it open and touch it and smell it, but to my surprise it wasn't MY Filofax but a completely different one, actually a more upscale one to be truthful.  This is what I received:

It was a gorgeous Filofax but it wasn't the one that I wanted.  So after many ebay messages back and forth with the seller we realized that the labels were switched at some point.  Someone, not 2 hours from me, in this whole great big country, just 2 hours away, had received my beautiful Holborn.  Well, to make a long story longer, she sent me my Filofax and I sent her this one.  We should have our correct Filos by the middle of next week.  The company that we purchased these from offered us refills of our choice to compensate for the mishap.  I got the magnifying glass, the world map, a ruled notepaper pad and 2 envelope pockets.   So all is well,  after-all, I should receive my Filo in a few days.

In the meantime I'm preparing beautiful papers to put inside it.  I'm "Filo-lifting" the idea from Gail right here.  I bought the papers she used right here and here.  Can't wait until I get the Filofax and get it all set up. 

If anyone knows what the lizardy looking Filo above is called I'd love to know.  The inside looks just like the Osterley. It's not on the FFusa site.

AJC - Day #19

I'm adding Day 19 today because I won't be around my computer tomorrow.  This page started out as a dumping ground from unused poured out paint and such.   I decided to do something with it.  I just doodled and doodled.  No plan, just putting color on paper.  It was a nice release and I'm using it as one of my days.  LOL

Have a happy, creative and restful weekend y'all!

See you on Monday!

AJC = Day #18

This time I tried my hand at sketching.  I love flamingoes, I mean, who doesn't love a bright, big, pink bird, right?!  I found a picture of a pose I liked and just sketched away using an ordinary no. 2 pencil.  Then I used a bright pink Copic marker to color in a background, I might've gotten carried away with the pink copic.  There were already some marks on the substrate from previous art journaling messes.