Sorry for the delay and thanks for waiting my friends!
I was really busy writing articles yesterday and didn’t have time
to work on a page that lay waiting to finish or write a blogpost…
But here I am!
I finished the page this morning, and then there’s something else
I want you to show (yes, it’s dry by now 😉 )
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I started my first art journal in April 2009 and some of you may
remember this? It is the cover of that “Leonard Cohen Art Journal”.
I made pages all through
that year based on his
song lyrics. I didn’t bind
the pages ’cause I had the
intention to add one more
page using a particular song
(“Anthem”) but I couldn’t find
the right image to go with it.
I also had a strange kind of
superstition to make that page.
In August 2009 I said this
about it: “…there’s something
strange, something weird,
something very scary to it…
’cause somehow I have the
feeling that when I finish this
journal, Leonard will die…”
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Last week I decided to NOT make that last page and I bound the pages.
Why? Well, for one: I think my style of art journaling changed too much
since I worked on a Leonard Cohen page. A new page would never “fit in”
with the older ones. And then there’s Leonard, who still lives.
I just refuse to make a last page and cause his death.
I saved him a few extra years last week! 😀
View from the side:
View from the top:
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I added the content on the first page.
You can find all the pages of this book here in my gallery.
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Another page for A Year in the Life of an Art Journal.
I see only now that I worked on the wrong assignment…
I accidentally skipped a word!
Oh well, I’ll save that word (“Light”) for the next time.
So I used the word “Slow” and you also had to use spirals
on the page. My puddles are sort of spirals I guess…
I also made this page with the challenge of Scrapping the Music in mind.
The song this week is “No Rain” by Blind Melon.
We had a lot (and I mean A LOT!) of rain here in the last days,
so the sentence from the lyrics “watching the puddles gather rain”
spoke to me! I love to stare out the window when it rains, it’s almost
meditative – “slowing down” it is!
I made this on aquarel paper and the technique is one that Michelle
had a lesson about in the workshop “Mixed Emotions”.
I drew with oil crayons and painted it with water colour paint afterwards.
This “resist technique” fitted the theme well!
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Last week, I got a request from Bernice…
she asked if the workshop “A Creative Journey” would run
anytime soon. I had no plans for that but thinking about it,
it would be fun to run this workshop again in January/ February!
I decided to do just that if there are enough people who wants
to take this class. Info about it can be found here.
You can see what students in the former “Art Journey” class
made with the lessons in the Public Gallery.
Soooo….
If you are interested and would like to take this class in January/February,
please send me an email and I will put you on the list.
As soon as there are over 7 interested in this class, the button in the shop
will be activated and registration will be open. With enough participants,
I will pick a date in January/February to start.
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And for the Dutchies: registration for the Dutch Let it Loose is still open!
Find the info here!
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It’s 5 o’clock in the afternoon, and still raining.
I hope you have better weather where you live,
but whatever weather it may be: keep smiling and keep creating!
Make this weekend a nice and cosy one!