Well hello! For those who saw my sneak peek, earlier, welcome back. If not, you're still in a for a treat!
Today I'm sharing the next page in my mini art journal for the September Art
Marks Challenge from
Rae Missigman and Sandi Keene.
Day 26 - Replenish
I'm also entering the following challenges:
Creative Fingers Challenge #264
Crazy is Our Fame Challenge
For some Art Marks Challenge history, you can click here. And Rae's Instagram account here shows what she made for each prompt. I made a little art journal out of envelopes and baker's twine. Simple but effective. Though what Rae did with her pages was amazing, while also being simple. She has this chunky journal with a fabric cover and she used tape to add her challenge pages to the existing journal. Really amazing. It reminds me to not stick to doing things only one way. That there are always options when it comes to art.
To replenish usually means to refill, in a sense. However, sometimes, if you take a break to replenish, you actually change something. Taking time to replenish also is a time for introspection. Sometimes that involves change. You realize as you're refilling the tank, that you need to make changes to refill the tank. What do you need to replenish? How do you do it? Have you ever taken time away to refill your tank and realized you needed to make changes in order to do that? Or to make your refill last longer?
Sometimes I get intimidated by a blank page, and sometimes I get intimidated by a page filled with color and marks. The background for this page is a small section of underpaper. I really liked what was on the paper, but I still struggled. I wanted to keep certain parts but I wasn't sure how. So I decided to cover it up a bit and then add to it. I first used a scribble stencil with some black paint. And I thought about how while replenishing my energy, I've realized I've had to make changes. I grabbed a couple die-cuts that were in that vein, and then used some card packing I had saved with the graph paper design and cut a scalloped border to go along the bottom, outlining it with my orange Uni Posca paint marker.
The fairy and the heart are digi stamps, from Oddball Art and Octopode Factory respectively, and colored with Tombow markers and colored pencils. Then I used my Sakura Solid white paint marker and emerald green Uni Posca paint marker to make my top scalloped border. I use paint markers a lot, and while I could use regular paint and a think paintbrush, a paint marker with a fine point works much better, especially if you're in a situation where you can't have the extra supplies. It also helps with doodles. It's much easier to doodle with a paint marker because it's like a pen. So I have several paint markers from a few different brands. Although not all paint markers are the same. Some paint markers have different tips, so it is important to consider what you want to do with the paint markers.
In general, getting my paint from here
works out very well for me. Even the store brand is good quality. Sometime you have to do a couple layers to get a good coat, but it all depends on how opaque you want the paint layer. I find that sometimes I like the thinner layer so the underneath layers peek through. That gives my art texture and dimension, which I love.
Thank you so much for coming by and I hope you enjoyed this art journal page. Bye for now!
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