6x6: On a Roll

Trying to stay caught up is challenging in and of itself!

But here's the next set of journal pages!
#artfulevidence

Week 62: Locks and Keys:  Be Amazed    I had these chipboard keys out so decided to use them for this page. I've always liked the scene in Harry Potter when the keys are all flying in the room and he has to catch one. I tried to replicate that with some success. I forgot how much I love the Pomegranate Seed Dylusions spray. It's such a beautiful color. I added copper glimmer spray and edged the page with copper paint. I thought the three phrases worked well together: Take Risks, Stay Curious, Be Amazed.

Week 63: Trees: Spooky Tree.  I tend to draw more flowers than trees so I decided to branch out (see what I did there) and draw the tree rather than stencil. This was practice for a larger canvas and I got a good idea of how I wanted the canvas to look from what happened in this little page.

Week 64: Purple and Gold: Go ye ever bold.  While I, indeed, loved the color combo, I had just used this color combo in the Magical week. (Remember that unicorn?) Why didn't this color palette spark visions of magic, myth, and fantasy? Here's why: in the Magical week, I was inspired by a photo of the colors...no labels, no names. This week the words are there. Purple and Gold but no visual representation of them. So the words inspired this week. All I could hear in my head was the recitation of my high school alma mater so I added it to the very simple page. Sometimes you just need to download what's taking up precious space in your brain.

Thanks for reading!
Have a fantastic week!
-Wy

6x6: Caught Up

These pages finally caught me up on this project! And some of them are pretty good.

Week 58: Nesting Time: Egg  I just couldn't bring myself to use the rubber stamp I have of a lovely little bird's nest with three eggs in it. So I tore up paper. Some of the background colors were splash over from the other side so I just rolled with it. I think I like this page more than it deserves. Mostly because of the colors.

Week 59: Doors:  Do Not Open     This page expressed the anxiety I was feeling at the time. I had some things on my plate that were stressing me out. I just wanted to slam the door on them. But it always manages somehow to creep back in through the cracks.

Week 60: Magical:   I shared this photo already but will add it in here. I was inspired by a Lindy's challenge for the color palette and by this challenge for the theme. More details about this page can be found in it's own blog post.

Week 61: Patterned Paper: Germs    I don't know where I caught a little cold but I had a rotten cough for a few days. But inspiration comes from the weirdest places and my patterned paper turned out to be doodled germs. I've doodled these guys before and they've been called many names including amoebas, bugs, doodleys, slimers, and splats. It's very relaxing to just take out a pen and make some shapes, color them, and add some eyeballs. This page was a bit different as I decided to make the background black before doodling over it with gelly roll pens. Love these guys!


Now I am officially caught up with the blog, too!
I won't jinx it with any predictions so I'll just say I'll see ya when I see ya.
-Wy

6x6: Still Going

I got a little lost on the 6x6 challenge but I am, as of right now, caught up!

So I started working on thick cold pressed watercolor paper...it's a disc bound journal from Joggles. I'm still warming up to the paper. I've used mixed-media paper for a long time and I love it's smooth surface. Watercolor paper is textured and I'm not really used to it or it's super absorbency. I'm not a fan of it just yet. I've also discovered that this paper warps horribly. In fact, more so than my Dylusion journal paper. I'm going to try to be more mindful of the comparison in future projects because I'm not certain it's the paper or the User. I'm wondering if I'm just throwing more fluid stuff on the watercolor paper because I KNOW it's designed for that. Whereas the mixed media paper isn't designed that way so I use less water. I don't think I'm doing that BUT who knows? Maybe subconsciously, I am.

So. Whatever. Wanna see some photos?

Week 53: Children: Miss Muffet    I shared this on my FB page or Instagram but didn't realize it wasn't in a blog post! So this was the second page in my new Joggles disc bound journal. I mostly just wanted to play around with some cooler shades and these are some of my favorites.

Week 54: Under the Sea: Crab   All I could think of was that song from the Little Mermaid. Good excuse as any to try out a funky frame on the sides. (Mostly to cover up some mistakes!)

Week 56: Spring Flowers  (There's a week missing, you're correct. This is where I fell dreadfully behind and Week 55 just didn't turn out so hot. So no big loss.)  Playing catch up was no fun so I decided to just get something down. My feeling on it: meh.

Week 57: Resist Technique: Star Owl    This page held me up for awhile because I wanted to use embossing powder for my resist but that is all the way UPstairs rather than in my basement where I was trying to work on this journal. I didn't have a good idea of what I wanted to emboss either. I was thinking a stamp image or background stamp. After doing a few future pages, I came back to this one and decided to use Versamark through a new stencil I got. The stars are embossed with an iridescent powder that gives them a nice glittery appearance. The owl is stamped onto mirror cardstock and painted with fluid acrylic. That was an experiment of mine to see how to use this type of cardstock and I really like the metallic effect it lends to the page. I'm happy to know I can use this cardstock for more than alcohol inks. (that's why I originally bought it)


I have more pages coming up in a future post. Should be up by the end of the week!
Thanks for holding tight! I know the posts have been few and far between the last few months but I'm feeling some art mojo and I hope to be back to a post a week soon!
-Wy

Lindy's Challenge: Magical

This post is an entry to the Lindy's Monthly Challenge. You can find details about how to add your own project on their BLOG. You can also find their challenge group on Facebook under Lindy's Creative Gang.



I used this color palette for a 6x6 journal page (#artfulevidence) that I was also doing in another group.

The theme in the 6x6 group was Magical and all I could think of was Lindy's product called Magicals and how this color palette lent itself toward a pretty little unicorn.

I used Lindy's Magicals in Witch's Potion Purple, Hi Maintenance Magenta, and Prima Donna Purple (just a touch as I liked the blue notes in the Witch's Potion better). I used the powders dry and applied touches to a wet page. Then, I added more water from a spray bottle over the top to get the colors to blend a bit more. I like the splotchy appearance of the Magicals so I try not to overblend. Over that background, I added a stencil with Glory of the Seas Gold Starburst spray. It's hard to see in the photos as it only really shows as you move the piece toward the light but it gives a nice layer to the background. To give the background a touch more metallic, I also splattered gold metallic paint over the top.

The unicorn image is a rubber stamp image from Unity Stamps colored with Mermaid markers. The gold accents including the key and ATCoin are chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments and I painted them with gold paint. Then I just bulked up the collage with a lot of bling I had in my stash.

I really like the way this page turned out and I may be using more gold in my work as it makes a nice pop with these pinks and purples. I tend toward silver with these colors but the gold lends a nice warmth to the piece. I'm excited to add this Magical page to my 6x6 collection!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Wy

6 X 6: More

Playing catch up.
Here's a few more pages. Enjoy!

Week 50: Music: Night Music.  All I knew is that the music paper strips were going on there. I was feeling like spraying some ink.

Week 51: Crowns: King Fish.  This is the back side of the week 50 page and it was so inky that I just decided to cover it all up with black paint. I had a peice of paper that I had wiped my brushes off on when I did all my fluorescent colors for the mosaic page. I figured a large stamp might look good on it. My choice was butterfly or fish...I was in a fishy mood.

Week 52: Inspired. Spring Tree. I completed a whole year of the 6 X 6 challenge! This theme was to be inspired by someone else in the group. I took a look back through some of the albums whose themes I had really enjoyed and selected a work from the Greenery album. Rosemary had done a wonderful tree with a swing on it. I switched out the "swing" for "spring" and left my tree a little sparse. I really enjoyed this little peice.

Whew! A whole year of 6 X 6! But not the last as I just started my little 6x6 journal. These pages are the start so you'll be seeing more of them.

-Wy

6 X 6: A few more

6 X 6 pages   #artfulevidence
Still working away on these pages! I got a little behind in February and my vacation didn't help but I'm pretty caught up now. Here's a few photos:

Week 48: Distress.   Background fits the theme with a mixture of Distress inks.

Week 49: Lace.   Hard for me but decided to use a doily stamp in background instead of real lace.

Week 47: Texture.  Oops, this was done out of order. I had an idea to paint a mosaic so I decided to use texture paste to make it fit the theme. Opened all my fluorescent colored paints for this one.

 Thanks for checking it out!
-Wy

Sixers

I have fallen deeply in love with the 6 X 6 format of  "art journal". I am currently working with  just loose paper so it's not a bound book but I take the same approach as I would my art journal pages. Most are inspired by the #artfulevidence challenge by Rachel Black. (Find her on YouTube for videos for some of the challenge themes.)

I find myself doing other pages that aren't based on the challenge. So decided to just share pages as I do them without regard to any "theme".

Here's a few of late:

Bright Colors: Dyan Reaveley style. I used my much loved but little used Gelatos for the background. I need to use them more.

 I was inspired by the photos shared on social media about the "super blood wolf moon" eclipse or whatever they were calling the Lunar Eclipse this time. Particularly this one   by Dick Beery.

I had this idea back when I did my Silhouette ATCs. The silhouette is Poe and he's taking in The Starry Night. The starry night is a stamp (Technique Junkies) as well as Poe's head (Carmen's Veranda). I added the frame and quote from Poe. Not much work on my part but I love it.

See ya.
-Wy
"Silence isn't empty; it's full of answers."

Challenge Page 6X6

This 6X6 page was inspired by the new Challenge at Lindy's Creative Gang.

Here's my journal page:

I used Lindy's products for the background colors. For the brown color, I used Distress ink Vintage Photo. The Lindy's Starburst sprays are: Edelweiss Moss Green, a fresh light green with gold shimmer; My Mojito Green, a dirty green color with silver shimmer; Whale Watch Blue, a soft blue-gray color with pearl shimmer. I often use Whale Watch blue as a gray or a neutral because it seems to go with everything. There's only a dab of Mojito Green up in a corner as I wanted to test it out to see if it was too dark for what I had in mind.

I just needed to get my #artfulevidence project in the bag to really start off my new year right.
Thanks for dropping by!
-Wy

6X6 (12)

Happy New Year! Welcome 2019!

My posts for December were few and far between but I'm hoping to get back on track with the New Year.
So to kick it off, here's the final pages of my 6 X 6 challenge with Rachel Black. #artfulevidence
This ends out 2018 and I hope to continue into 2019 but I don't know how much I'll share on the blog.

Week 41: Bees: Make Life Big  I just wanted to use up stuff. It ain't my best but it works.

Week 42: Holly: Holly.  I felt like doing an all-over pattern. I love Holly but any stamps I have of it are tiny. Didn't have a stencil either. So I figured I'd draw a Holly leaf then use it as a pattern to draw them on my paper. I had fun coloring them with my markers but then I wanted a touch of gold. I embossed the letters and added the frame via embossing powder and double stick tape.

Week 42: Glitter: Winter Snowflakes. I'm not much a fan of glitter. I did have some Stickles lying around but it was pink/orange. I decided to use it anyway. This came together fast and furious to say I had it done before the new year. Not a favorite of mine but I used up stuff and that's ok.

If you're wondering, why there are only 42 weeks, it's because the challenge didn't start at the top of the year. It started in February last year so a full year will bring us around to that time in 2019. I'm hoping to stick it out till then anyway.

Happy New Year!
-Wy