SO i have been so busy with my kiddos out for spring break that yet another week has slipped by! I hate it when I neglect my blog so...
Here is a little of what I have been up to! I decided to take the plunge and take an online class. I have been on the fence about one - and the perfect class for me came along! The Art of Wild Abandonment by Junelle Jacobson amd Christy Tomlinson! I have followed Christy for several years - and one of my new years goals was to work in my art journal more - so this class was perfect!
My spring inspiration was this photo:
I wanted bright yellow tulips - so I took artistic liscence and did what I wanted! I do love the pink though and will definately be doing this again in pink!
I started with a page in my are journal and I adhered torn up dictionary pages on top with Gloss Medium. Then I gesso'ed on top to sofetn up the text and prime the surface for my watercoloring. Then I sketched out my scene with a mechanical pencil. The I went to work adding watercolors - starting with the vibrant yellow first. I let that dry then added the green and blue above and below.
I added the scripture "Faithfulness springs forth from the earth and righteousness looks down from heaven" Psalms 85:11
I doodled and sketched around my watercolors with my doodle pen from Scarlet Lime. And I added white accents with my Signo Uni Ball pen from my store! I splattered on top with white and black inks.
I am VERY pleased with how it turned out. This is actually my first completed piece from the class - I am a week behind because of internet issues! Blast! That is also why I have beem MIA on me blog! Some firewall thing or something - that I ask eric everyday - is it fixed yet???? I am still not able to get email on my computer - thank goodness for my phone!
SO I hope you like my journal entry - and are inspired!
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Wow Heather, this is frameable! I've been wanting to take a class too - maybe over the summer. Love it!
Posted by: Chris Franco | March 23, 2012 at 05:11 PM
WOW -- I love it, Heather! I am also taking an online class "Scrapbooking Your Faith". This is the 4th and final week; and I'm still working on week #1. LOL You know how slow I am! Have fun with your class!
Posted by: Connie Duckert | March 24, 2012 at 04:13 PM
Heather this is beautiful! TFS :)
Posted by: Stacy | March 24, 2012 at 05:03 PM
these are awesome .. have fun on Spring Break!
Posted by: Chelsea | March 25, 2012 at 06:03 AM
Wow Heather this sooo beautiful. You are such a blest artist and friend. -Teresa Z
Posted by: Teresa Z | May 15, 2012 at 08:03 AM