Final 30 day challenge update

The final update of my 30 day challenge.  Plus a bit of a twist at the end!

So the challenge was finished.  But there wer still pages left in the sketchbook, so I kept going.

I painted the inside of the covers and the facing pages with acrylic paint.

I used the same colour on the outside of the sketchbook and did a quick collage.

I've enjoyed being a little bit creative every day.  30 days is a reasonable amount of time for a challenge.  I'm in awe of Mary doing the 100 day project.  She has already done 80 days.

And now she is putting out a challenge of her own.  31 days of words found in Thessalonians 1 & 2. Mary will be writing a Bible study each day to go with it.  I think I'll give it a go.  Probably still making collages whilst meditating on the verse(s) Mary highlights for that day.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Challenge update 3

Here are the next pages in my sketchbook for the 30 days of collage challenge I set myself.

I was only going to do 3 posts about this challenge but I've decided as I will have 4 pages left in the sketchbook after today that I will carry on to fill the book.  My final post about the challenge will be on Saturday.

I may even have done something with the cover!

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Challenge update 2

I don't want to overload with photos, so I'll only include 9 days of collages here today.

 

 

I'm still enjoying making these little collages.  I'm over half way through my 30 day challenge.

Thanks for joining me today

Bernice

Challenge update

As promised, here are my collages to date.  If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you will already have seen them.

I'm enjoying my 5-10 minutes of creativity a day.

How are you getting on?  Done anything creative lately?

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Challenge reminder

Are you going to join in?

Remember I suggested a 30 day challenge for June!

Here are my paints, papers and inks ready to start on Monday.

I am going to make a collage everyday through June.  I'm not going to have a theme, but there will be a colour scheme.  Plus I'm limiting the size to the size of the sketchbook.  The aim is to fill a page each day and maybe at the end I'll have ideas to develop as pieces of work.  But for now, it's just about playing.

Here are a couple of collages I made in January at Committed to Cloth.

I'd love it if you decided to join in. You don't have to do a collage. You can choose any creative pastime you enjoy. I suggest you do something you already know how to do. Stay in your comfort zone for a month. Innovation might come from it, but comfort zones lessen anxiety. However I would definitely limit the size of what you do.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Challenge!

Can you believe we're over half way through the month of May!  I feel May has gone by quicker than April although I don't know why.

During May I have been doing a challenge of colouring or collaging a one inch square every day.  I've been doing it in my Word of the Year journal.

Although I love working small, an inchie is even too small for me.  So I'm going to set myself a challenge for June.

A 30 day challenge to make a collage every day.   My friend Mary is doing the 100 day project and is producing amazing collages.  You can find her on Instagram @foundonbrighton

I'm going to limit the size of the sketchbook so that I know I can complete a collage each day.   I am going to use a Dina Wakley 6" square sketchbook.   I'm going to continue with the colour scheme I was using for the Virtual Studio ideas plus add some papers, inks and possibly fabric.

I'd love it if you decided to join in.  You don't have to do a collage.  You can choose any creative pastime you enjoy.  I suggest you do something you already know how to do.  Stay in your comfort zone for a month.  Innovation might come from it, but comfort zones lessen anxiety.  However I would definitely limit the size of what you do.

Let me know in the comments if you think you might join in.

I'll post a reminder of the challenge at the end of May.   I'll show my collage pages here on June 9th, June 20th and June 30th. 

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice