SPILLING OVER

The theme for the March Sketchbook Challenge is Spilling Over.  This is Toby "Spilling Over" in a shoebox he decided to take a nap in.  This is painted in watercolors.  I was having trouble getting this posted, but now I'm back in business.  

Have a Happy Easter everyone!

OPPOSITES

This is my entry for the February challenge "OPPOSITES".  Violet is the opposite of yellow on the color wheel so I thought some violet bananas were in order.  They were painted entirely with Twinkling H20's shimmering watercolors.  Since the paint is shiny, this is the best picture I could take.  I kept getting a hot spot from the flash. The actual journal page is much more violet, this picuture looks more fushia.

 

I can't wait to see what March's challenge will be.  I won't wait till the last minute to do my entry!

HIGHLY PRIZED



My Stuffed Snake



This is the stuffed snake my favorite uncle won for me at Adventure Land in Addison, IL, some 45 years ago. I still have the snake but it has seen better days. My uncle was only 21 when he passed away. This always reminds me of him.

Below is a picture of the snake today.  He is missing his tongue, but I thought my sketchbook should have one!  I could never part with it.

This is the actual stuffed snake.

AAA Rescue

Here's my journal page titled AAA Rescue.  After a fabulous day creating my first journal page at CREATE 2010, I went to start my car and my battery was dead!  I had left the lights on for 10 hours.  I ended up calling AAA to give me a jump.  Brad came to the rescue and got the car going.

I painted the background with opaque watercolor and glued on a picture of the car and used the tracing paper technique for the tow truck.  Then using more watercolor, grounded the car and tow truck.  I also did some stamping.  That little thing to the left of the car is my rendering of a car battery.  LOL!

First Ever Journal Page





My First Art Journal Page

 

I saw something about Art Journaling in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine and I was intrigued.  I wasn't sure how to start or what it was really about so when I saw that there was a class at CREATE,  I jumped at the chance to learn more.  In August 2010 I signed up for a class called Inspired Journaling Every Single Day with Melanie Testa.  She had us start out by writing down our fears, then we proceeded to cover the page with our favorite color.  We used all kinds of techniques.  It was a great way to try a little of everything. 

The top bird, butterfly and the flowers in the lower right-hand corner are ripped from napkins.  The main bird was traced onto tracing paper then glued on with a glue stick and then painted to add some color.  I added glue-on crystals to the crown for some glitz.  I wanted to try everything Melly showed us, so there is alot going on with this page.  I was satisfied with the results!