Think You Can! - Mixed Media Monday

Happy Monday all! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, and a Happy Valentines Day!

I have a page from my Art Journal to share today for; 

I based the page around a poem in a calligraphy quote book, which I found at a second-hand book store.  I know it will be used heaps in many future projects! I just tore it out, and continued to tear around the poem, and stuck it onto my page.

 

I used Dylusions colour sprays to colour my page, in pinks and purples.

 I used one of the Jane Davenport face stencils to help me draw this face in profile, which I hope looks like a woman thinking. I used Gelatos and Big Brush markers to colour her.

 

 I added some splatters using a stamp, and mini chevron stamping for interest and texture.

and added a stamped font title, which is what the poems main message is all about, to 

"Think You Can!"

[Poem Text Below Picture]

Thinking by Walter D. Wintle

If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don't,
If you like to win, but you think you can't
It is almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost
For out of the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are
You've got to think high to rise,
You've just got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can.

This poem is also known as "The Man Who Thinks He Can".

Isn't it a great poem, and so very true? I found it very inspirational! I really love creating pages in my Art Journal for inspiration, and positivity! I find it helps to lift me up in mood and spirit, to have profound words along with artwork I have created. It's great therapy to do, and look back through.

I hope you liked my page, I have more to share - I have been a bit of an art journaling fiend lately, so I will be back in a few days to share another! Thanks so much for stopping by and all of your wonderful supportive comments!

Journal52 - Mixed Media Monday

Hello again friends, I hope this week had been a good one for you all. 

 

Today I have two more Art Journal pages to share with you, as part of the year long challenge I am participating in, over at Journal52. Where we get a "prompt" each week to create with. I've already showed you my first two pages from the first two prompts. Today, here are my Third and Fourth pages;

Week #3's prompt was "You make me Smile"
I was a bit perplexed at this one, because many things make me smile - and it seemed I just didn't know where to begin! I thought and thought, breaking down the prompt to the main word of "smile" and all I could think of was the bright yellow happy smiley face from the Hippie era. Then I thought of tie-dye, and colour... and, well, I just ran with that:

 

I love Hippie era things, and things from pop-culture.  I also love colour. This page - although simple - actually makes me smile. For the background I used Faber-Castell Gelatos, only slightly blended, to keep with the tie-dye effect. And just yellow cardstock circles, with drawn basic smiley faces.

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Week #4's Prompt was - "Building Character"
Encouraging us to draw a character, or theme a page around character traits and symbols.

 

For this I decided to draw a character with the help of my Jane Davenport face Stencils. I used gelatos and big brush markers to make my face. I also decided I wanted to pop headphones on her head and have a music themed character page. I'm a big believer that Music really helps build character and identity, and affect your emotions and such. What you listen to effects how you feel, and what you think, how you act etc. Listen to all angsty bitter music, you will soon feel and act with angst and bitterness. Listen to happy pop tunes, you will feel as such. And so on and so forth.

 The blue background has tone-on-tone stamping of a sheet music stamp, but it didn't come up on the pics!  I also decided to add a streak of purple highlight to her fringe-hair, to add to the "character" of the face. I'm quite happy with how this girlie came out.

So there are my two pages for Journal52 and my Mixed Media Monday.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Unique Face - Mixed Media Monday

Hello Friends!! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I got a bit of craft on in my Art Journal;

Here is my mixed media page using the Jane Davenport face stencils;

My background was done by first sticking down the negative leftovers from a page of cardstock letter stickers, and going over them with gesso, and then some Dylusions sprays. 

The letter sticker diecut/negative gave a fun texture, I also then went over it with a writing lines stamp. Here is a closeup view so you can hopefully see the texture and stamping in the background;

 The face was sketched with the Jane Davenport face stencil, and then painted. I went in with Faber-Castell Big Brush markers for highlights, shadows and details, etc.

I chose this great quote for my page, printed out from my computer, and went around each section again with Big Brush markers.

I figured the face and girl I made was pretty unique, so went with the quote well.

 

The last step was to put some splatters around, with India Ink.  

 

and that is my page in my Art Journal, for this Mixed Media Monday!

I hope you like it, Thanks so much for dropping by!

Hugs xoxo

Face Friday

Hello again Friends. TGIF! Its Friday! (At least for a few more minutes, here.)
Usually I do a Photo Friday post on Fridays, but today I thought I would mix things up a bit, as I have been crafting again in my Art Journal.

I have made my very first attempt at drawing and painting a face! With a little help from the Jane Davenport Girls Stencils.

Check it out:

I know its not perfect, or going to win any artist awards or be raved about, but I am quite pleased with how it came out as a first attempt. I used a Jane Girls stencil, (by Jane Davenport) that I recently got, and just traced it with pencil. They are great basic face stencils that just give you the starting points for basic face drawing and design.

Here is the completed page in my Art Journal:

I first sprayed my page with some Dylusions sprays, I love their rich colour!

Then traced the stencil, and went over it with some skin tone paint.

I then went in with my Faber Castell Big Brush pens to add shading and highlights to the skin areas, and also colour the lips and eyes.

I then sprayed black Dylusions for her hair, I wasn't sure what I was thinking because at that point I was SURE I had ruined the whole thing! 

But as I kept looking I suddenly realize she was very much looking like the late Amy Winehouse! Totally unexpected!

So I went in with my black big brush marker, to detail the hair, and her eyes.

 

I decided to just go with the Amy Winehouse theme, and searched online for a quote that would speak to me, that I might use on the page... I found this one by her which really resonated with me at the time. 

It says: "There's No Point In Saying Anything But The Truth Because At The End Of The Day You Don't Have To Answer To Anyone But Yourself!"

 

Isn't that so true? I used my Dymo embossing labeller to make the quote, I just popped in thin strips of cardstock for it to emboss onto, instead of the tape! Then went over it with Distress ink, and a big brush pen. The final step was to splotch some black dylusions around the page for that grungy effect. 

 

So there you have it, my very first face attempt, in my Art Journal! I've been working on a few others this week, and hope to show you more soon!

I hope you liked seeing this one, Thanks so much for dropping by and all your lovely comments and  friendship - it all truly means a lot to me! 

Love xoxo