A quick look at new weekend art, done with a few supplies and tools thrown into my pool bag. Loved being able to combine some family time with being creative!
The quote from e.e. Cummings really spoke to me. I’m finding my courage…but hope that I’ll never truly grow up!
Some paper embellishments glued down and painted and marked. Love how these add depth and fun.
The bird was a magazine cutout that I embellished.
Enjoying the hand-lettering.
Have a good week!
I’ve been crushing on art journaling. Getting my hands dirty and just mixing colors, papers, textures until I find something I like. But I’ve noticed that sometimes, I create and I end up with something that didn’t quite translate what was in my head. And I finished, thinking, “done is good.” But as the day went on, I just couldn’t let it go.
And that’s ok.
I went back and changed things, and ended up with a result that I’m much happier with. So here’s how it went. I finished the first time, and here’s what I had. I like it alright – but there was something about the bottom that just didn’t work for me. I letters weren’t what I wanted.
I liked how the top turned out. I even liked the background on the bottom, but the letters – nope. The sentiment was what I wanted, but I felt like it lost some of the impact.
Later in the day – I decided to go back to it. See if I could make it more what I felt. So I added some gesso to the bottom, and let it dry. Walked away to think about it.
And I already liked it better. But, ya, I wasn’t done.
I added some rubber stamps to some old book pages, and embellished them a bit, and then added some water colored flowers I had made as a trial a few days ago.
So much better! I’m much happier with how things turned out. Now it’s done.