For this week's Documented Life Project challenge, we were to use acrylic paint (a go to of mine when it comes to art journalling) and the quote "Cry me a river".
I started by tearing up some 'under paper' that I had on my desktop, and those colours led me to randomly paint the journal page using Key Lime and Teal Zircon Silks acrylic glaze. I love the intense colours and that subtle sparkle you get with Silks!
I collaged those torn bits of under paper onto the painted page, and in the process I discovered that the glue I was using, when dried and rubbed off with my finger caused an interesting lighter marked area on the page.
I liked that effect so I started making glue circles in a slight arc near the top of the page.
After the glue had some time to dry a bit, I wiped the excess off leaving the circles you see. I added a bunch of doodles to the collaged papers and circles and then I started searching on Pinterest for quotes that related to the challenge quote (I didn't want to use the quote given, but wanted to find something that related to it).I found this quote:
Cry a river.
Build a bridge.
Get over it.
That immediately had me seeing the collaged papers as pillars and the circles as the linking bridge...
...a few more words and an arrow and I was done!
Linda,
ReplyDeleteYour art is BEAUTIFUL! So glad you showed up in my Pinterest feed! I have a little journal I keep quotes in & I just added yours: "For me, art is the answer...no matter what the question!" LOVE that & love that you're a foster mom for guide dogs! :-) Hali
Thanks Hali.
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