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Nothing like waiting to the last minute or the final hour to work on the Art Journal Journey theme for this month… TIME
Honestly I wasn’t working directly towards the theme but after placing the focal image down the idea that she was in a hurry came to mind. Then it was just a point of find the right words to fit her look.
I find it ironic that the happens to be an ermine on the page….part of the weasel family…often associated with being sneaky. Fun how things work out sometimes.
I’ve been slowly but surely working on the list since Rinda of Gallo Organico posted it way back in the beginning of June.
I missed the first check-in the end of June. This summer has gotten away from me. I have to admit, each year that passes, time speeds up exponentially whether I like it or not.
So on to the list….
1. A bouquet of flowers: This was in the waiting room at the eye doctor. Silk flowers arranged in a vase is technically a bouquet.
2. An ornate door knocker: I found this at an antique/junk store not too far from home. The town is super small and hosts shops that are only open 3 days a month. They call them “occasional sales”. The rest of the month you are limited to several bars, a coffee shop and a gas station.
3. A person walking a dog (or other animal): I nabbed this photo before the parade on the 4th of July. You’ll be seeing more photos from that same day…just wait.
5. Architectural columns: This was taken at another of the “occasional shops”. Super fun antiques, remakes and junk to peruse.
7. A turtle: Two for the price of one. We knew just where to spot a turtle at the arboretum. They love that log in the pond.
9. A tent: A couple more photos taken on July 4th. The top is the beer/entertainment tent for the carnival and street dance that is held on the evening of July 3rd. The bottom photo is the cub scout float in the parade.
10. A college or university: I took some classes at this community college many, many years ago. It’s just a few miles from The Mall of America and IKEA. I love IKEA…MOA, not so much.
12. A public restroom, bathroom, or toilet: These were only a fraction of the port-a-potties on site for the Independence Day festivities and there were still lines as it got later into the evening!
13. A merry-go-round or carousel: Also from the carnival…
16. A panoramic view, taken while standing someplace high in the air: I was going to use this photo for my natural body of water but the more I looked at it I realized that we were really much higher than Lake Minnewashta in the distance. This was also at the arboretum.
17. At least two people wearing matching outfits or uniforms: Again from the parade. I could have had SO MANY for this one as well but most of my photos had the backs of heads in them. This one I was able to crop most out. :)
19. A ticket booth: I bet you can guess where this one was taken!
20. A natural body of water: I honestly could have dozens of photos in this section. Minnesota IS the land of 10,000 lakes after all. This was taken at the arboretum. Its a really nice pond with natural wetland surrounding it. They built some boardwalks so you can walk all the way around it. Just beautiful.
If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for any one item on the list, except for Item #21:
I’m not giving up on finding the rest on the list but I will post my alternates anyway.
Alternative A: People eating outside: From the carnival before the parade
Alternative B: Someone holding an umbrella: Very smart idea this man in the wheel chair had to shade himself during the parade.
Alternative C: A rocking chair: I love my folding rocking chair! My kids laugh but I don’t care.
So lets see here…I got 13 of 21 so far and 3 alternates. Not too shabby. But I still have these left to find.
4. People playing a board game or card game
6. A metal bridge
8. Someone “plugged in” to social media
11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish
14. A traffic signal
15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it
18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle
21. A photograph of you with a sign reading “2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt”. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
Wish me luck!
The colors for this Week 3 of The Summer of Color hosted by Kristin of Twinkle, Twinkle gave me some trouble. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to proceed so I didn’t until today.
1 purple + 1 purple + 1 yellow
I happened upon an image of a little girl all in yellow in a magazine ad. I figured she’d work perfect for the yellow portion. I used gel medium to adhere the magazine image to some printer paper so she’d have a little more stability as I cut around her.
For the background I once again decided to use gelatos…
So far they haven’t failed me. Although I was surprised at how pink the lavender gelato appeared on the page. I decided to just press on since the tube was clearly labeled lavender.
Instead of doing a straight up checker board I went with random rectangles. The blending gave a slightly dreamy quality in my eye.
I searched through my collection of phrase fragments until something came together.
These colors definitely had me stepping…or perhaps leaping outside my comfort zone. That’s what challenges are for, right?!?!
I had no idea where this page was going other than I wanted to use some new paint daubers and a black spray I picked up on clearance at Michael’s. Once I got the colors on I let the page sit a few days not know what to do with the dark mess I had created.
I knew I needed to lighten things up a bit…scrapbook paper to the rescue. What am I actually supposed to scrapbook with that stuff?? Really?
I noticed the eyes of this model almost exactly matched the green on the page…kismet. All that was left were some clever words to finish the page.
I’m going to link up with Art Journal Journey with this one since I feel as if I’ve touched on the theme of Masculine/Feminine. A man’s “thoughts” speaking of this woman.
Week 2 of The Summer of Color hosted by Kristin of Twinkle, Twinkle has me loving the colors! I absolutely adore this color combo.
1 pink + 1 pink + 1 orange
I used a hot pink gelato through the middle of the gesso’d page…spritzed it with water and blended it with my fingers then tipped the book back and forth to make the color run.
I found a piece of scrapbook paper in the pastel pink shade and punched a variety of circles to place across the center. 
I happened to have some fun orange mesh, washi tape and some brads all in the same shade of orange.
Since I have such a difficult time leaving a page without words, I decided that vellum would be a good choice to add the required word. I can’t explain it but for some reason words make me feel at peace with a page.
Even after my word, I felt it still was lacking something….orange splatters fit the bill. I’m very happy with this page as simple as it is.
Thanks once again to Kristin for this fun summer challenge!!
I’m playing along with Art Journal Journey again. The theme is masculine/feminine.
I started this background for a different challenge then abandoned it as it wasn’t going the direction I had envisioned. This gave me a great starting point to draw a face.
I’m certainly not great at faces but drawing with the eyes closed certainly helps. The way I figure is if I keep trying they’ve got to improve over time!
I added some paper and fabric collage with some found text to balance out the pages.
I’ve been waiting all year, heck since last year, for this post.
The Summer of Color hosted by Kristin of Twinkle, Twinkle is here and I’m ready to share my page for the first weeks challenge.
1 blue + 1 blue + 1 green
I decided to use gelatos since I have a nice selection in coordinating colors.
I scribbled the three colors straight on the book pages then spritzed with water. I blended with my fingers then closed the pages onto one another and quickly pulled them back apart. This gives a fun mix of the colors over top of each other in a very unique way.
My quote “The one who plants a garden plants happiness” guided me to stamp some flowers with faded denim distress ink across the bottom of the page.
I ripped bits of the baby wipe I used earlier to simulate clouds.
I stamped my quote on some dress pattern paper since I had it laying around. In hindsight I wish I’d taken the time to dig out some white tissue paper instead.
The words in text came last. I saw them in my bin of saved phrases right there on top and decided they were meant to be on the page as well.
Thanks to Kristin for once again hosting this great challenge.
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