Art Every Day Journal

I have continued this week with my art diary/journal.  I started using the Dylusions stamps and was concerned that it looked a little too Spring-like.  However by the end of the week it looked more like the Beanstalk from a Pantomime and quite seasonal!

Divine Romance week 4

The creative exercise for week 4 was to get out with a camera and take photos.  Just what I like to do.  Plus I had set myself the goal of taking one long walk each week, so why not combine the two?

I went to Blythe Valley Countryside Park which is just beside the M42 Junction 4.  It surrounds the Blythe Valley Business Park and I had never walked round it before.

I took 122 photos!  I reduced these to 97 by removing the blurry and the not very good.  Although one of my goals is to use the Manual setting on my camera ~ I didn't on this occasion.

I've yet to fully complete the exercise as there are questions to answer, which include:

Was this an activity that you enjoyed or found difficult? What about it did you find enjoyable/difficult?

• Out of the pictures you took, what resonated with you the most?

• What is it about those pics that spoke to you? Was it God speaking to a current life situation? Or maybe speaking to your creative heart? Be as specific as possible.

• How could you use this information to inform your art-making process?

You will be able to find my answers (when I've done them) by clicking here or on the Faith & Art tab at the top of my blog.

Doodles Unleashed

Doodles Unleashed is a 4 week online course at Strathmore.  This is a free course with Traci Bautista.

I'm also taking part in a photography challenge called 365+1.  This involves taking a photo a day and Suzie provides us with a theme for the day.  Today's theme was excitement.   Now possibly my dining room table doesn't excite you or the obvious mess (although this is quite tidy for me), however the excitement lies in the iPad (a Christmas present) on which I am able to watch Traci's video as I work.

Previously I watched the art videos upstairs on the desktop and then ran downstairs to do the work before I forgot and then ran back upstairs for a reminder viewing!

Traci showed how to make layers on your page by spraying ink through stencils or over masks.

Then adding more layers of paint, oil pastel and black ink. Then doodling with marker pens.

And finally doodle with a white correction fluid pen.

The final effect is not very 'me'.   However I'm really glad I gave it a go.  One more technique to cross off the 'Is this possibly my style?' list.