It has come to my attention that a lot of woyww-participants prefer a short post showing only the picture of the workdesk. I am not the type for very short posts – so feel free to skip the ‘tale’ and scroll right to the bottom of this post to find my workdesk.
Last month, I showed you the following picture of my scrapbook albums and asked you which album I should open and which layout I should pick out to show you…
The first request that came in was from my SIL Yvonne (Goodmorning dear! How are you doing up there? How’s the weather in Canada? Big hug for you and bro!) and she asked me to open album 5 and show layout #20… here is what I found
I made this layout in January 2010 for the Gutter Girlz – a challenge blog that is now merged with A Year in the Life of an Art Journal.
The challenge back then was:
THE PROMPT: Kiss My ASS
THE SONG: Bad Reputation by Joan Jett
PRODUCT/TECHNIQUE: Chain
This layout spawned a blogpost in which I asked my readers to criticize it… and the reactions made me reflect on criticism in blogland – and how we always are so nice to each other and yell ‘gorgeous’ even if we don’t mean it… I won’t repeat it all here, but you can read the old post ánd comments HERE
The next page shows that my taste in colors has not changed much since then, but that’s not why I show it to you. I regularly get questions from people who ask me how I do my lettering – where to start et cetera. I though I’d make you some photos of the process of this page that also shows the ‘birth’ of the title/text.
This is the ‘basic’ page. I made this with the ‘resist technique’ (using oil pastels) that Michelle LaPoint-Rydell teaches in our workshop Mixed Emotions.
At this point, I didn’t like the page much. I found the lines that the oil pastel left too rough and thick. I’m used to working precisly and this technique just does not allow you to… I did like the fun colours and hearts though, I thought it looked kinda ‘flower power’, so I decided to go for the ‘sixties-look’.
First, I made a border from paper scraps cut out of old magazines. When you focus on details and pattern only, you can find wonderful little pieces or parts of photos to cut out and that – glued together – make a bright and funky border.
I started to like where this page was going!
Sometime along the process, I was beginning to hum a song… the image must have evoked that. Although it was not a ‘sixties-song’, I decided to use the Elvis-text on this page.
First, I sketched out the letters with a soft pencil. This gives you the possibility to erase the lines and start over when the lettering is not to your satisfaction or when the words don’t fit.
When the letters seemed fine, I ‘sketched’ them again with a white sharpie. After that, I erased the pencil lines.
Next: I coloured the letters and defined the shapes even better.
I finished by outlining the letters. I also gave the border more contrast with a black marker. Last moment, I coloured the ‘head’ with a yellow crayon.
WOYWW #194
And here’s the photo of my workdesk (taken on Tuesday afternoon)
To see more workdesks, hop on over to Julia’s blog Stamping Ground to find the list of participants.
Y’-all have a nice week now.
Thanks for stopping by dear ones, you know I am always happy to see you!
Gorgeous creativity and ideas.
Happy WOYWW Heather # 72
Oooooh Marit! I love seeing how you create and I especially like seeing how you made your newest resist technique page! WOW!
Loveeeeeeee both of these pages!! Loving the Gutter Girlz one and love love love the hearts page!!!
Hi Marit I don’t mind a long post if it is an interesting on with fab work included – you passed!!!! Love, love love your journal pages! Sorry can’t be critical……..well except to say I wouldn’t have minded one more photo of a close up of the Week 7 page 😉 Happy WOYWW to you from Helen 82
I like seeing your process. It’s a lovely page…and I mean that!
How interesting and colorful. love color cannot wait to start in my journal.
Lieve Marit, wat leuk dat je na je “rustpauze” weer zo veel moois op je blog laat zien.
Hier is het slechts -25 graden en we hebben net weer een sneeuwstorm overleeft. Kus van mij en Rick.
Great page ! Thanks for sharing all the juicy techniques too !
Happy Crreating, Lovely One !
{{ so fun
to see your process, marit …
when i do this myself —>
“” hum a song “”
then i know
i am on the right track !! }}
I love your page and how you came to it such a lovely idea
Wishing you a really great WOYWW
Ria #73
I wanted to see the whole post of course!! Did you see that you won something on ??? blog? I was like REALLY? She plays along 1 week and wins???LOL!! You have always had good luck my friend!! Good for you!!
I used burlap flags on the piece on my blog, and previously, I had used a stencil and black acrylic paint on a different burlap project. But I made so many that I had one already waiting. I cut it out and glued my burlap fleur de Lis to the actual burlap flag. Did I make sense? I hope so!
I also want your opinion on something. You monoprint, and you may have seen that I love monoprinting now!!! I use a cookie sheet. I thought you did too???? Anyway, there is this new product that everyone is talking about called a “Gelli Plate”. Have you heard of it? I am trying to find out if it is that much better than a cookie sheet. Can you help explain this to me??
Happy WOYWW!!!
xxD#104
Daar gaat toch maar niks boven werktafel foto’s. Leuke pagina’s ook, vooral de kiss my ass, haha, daar moest ik om lachen.
Nice layout based on a song title! Beautiful ink work! I like they way you store your layouts in albums much like I do.