DECEMBER DAILY (still imagining) # 13
…so little time, especially this time of year! Believe it or not, this is a helpful holiday topic, journals, journals, journals! I LOVE MY JOURNALS, all of them! This pile represents the many directions my creative curiosities take me. I draw, doodle, write, paint, mist, layer, color, and more. It’s a mood thing. Sometimes you’re in the mood to do one artsy thing, or another artsy thing. Don’t be afraid to explore, “be all over the place” with your experiments and techniques. It will help you find your creative passion, some things will feel more natural and gratifying, and others will leave you frustrated.
At least we HAVE the live tree and it’s in the house! It smells wonderful. There is nothing creative or artistic about this Christmas tree, but it will be transformed when (in mother tone voice) some of my young adult children decide to make an appearance with some holiday spirit to help.
But while we are waiting for the artsy tree pics let’s play “Find the Kitty”!! Can you spot the bengal cat in all these photos? They are the nosiest cats on the planet, and all three of them had to investigate the foreign object we brought into the house.
The view out our backyard, our property backs up to a forever wild nature preserve. As snowy, and as cold as it gets, it’s always so gorgeous. Unless it’s April and there’s still snow, and that has happened!
DECEMBER DAILY #8
My new stamps launching in January have will have a completely different “funky, artsy” feel, a different kind of whimsey, so stay tuned!
Throughout the year my stamps will be showcased on a new blog called “Coloring Arts” which will feature techniques, free art, tutorials and online workshops. It’s the “One Stop Coloring Spot” for creative expression with Copic markers, inks, paints, mists, and much more. Stay tuned!
December Daily #6
“Hello Gorgeous”!!!!…Barbra’s iconic line in movie history. By now you’ve figured out that these journal pages were created while i was watching my classic movies, this one “Funny Girl”. Adored every minute of this timeless story with Babs and the, oh so handsome, Omar Sharif.
When i am watching and painting and writing, the words seep onto the pages as i hear them in the background. It’s a fun way to journal without consciously thinking about proper grammar or earth shattering messages, just write the words as you hear them. Deliberately plan to write while you listen to music, favorite songs and artists, TV shows, movies, and see what comes out onto the page.
The vivid background pages are layers of Ranger Color Wash (sailboat blue, wild plum, purple twilight, butterscotch and cranberry) with die cut flower shapes as stencils. Spritzed the colors with water, blotted, and used my heat tool to dry in between layers. Doodle and lettered with white paint pen when all dry after the “intermission”…(the movie paused and “INTERMISSION” read across the screen. Remember when movies had real intermissions? So nostalgic.)
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| “Live with promise. Love with passion. Laugh with gusto. Have faith.” |
..Baby it’s cold outside, and fresh snow sprinking all day. Today’s “Whimspiration” is in cool blue tones in watercolor with black text. The writing on this was done with a black Sakura Glaze pen, nice and shiny. (not showing up very well on camera or computer.)
Crazy for the sparkly and shiny, when my Ranger Pearls Mists arrived, i just HAD to try the turquoise over the entire page! Really GOOD stuff, a very richly pigmented reflective shine. Just the way i like it.
..A little black and white inspiration today, whimsical doodle in the most wonderful little sketch book. Strathmore has a brand new product line of “Visual Journals” with a collection of paper surfaces that will take on assorted creative materials like ink, paint, paper, collage, marker, crayon, pastels, and more. I’m crazy about them! This is a Pitt pen on the Visual Journal Drawing book. Love how it took the black ink.
The book is sitting on background fabric from a JoAnn Fabrics collection that i designed last season. (and all sold out) There will be more of these fabrics in my Visual Journals to come.
December Daily #3, done.
Joanne Sharpe Arts 