Handmade Tyvek Travel Journal

It really does look like antique and worn leather..

I find it so lovely to touch..

   I thought I would share some of the details

of my collage and mixed water media pieces..

before I tuck it away..

and it was fun to work in..

I made the decision to just play and toss

away any self imposed rules..

and I sometimes seem to have a lot of those..

so.. dear reader...

 I just jumped from collage..

to water media and back and forth again...

What I enjoy about mixing water media

 is the wide range of colors..

and the ability

to use a fine tip pencil for definition..

and to saturate

 large areas with the crayon...

playing with found papers and bits..

and documenting the travel

is a gentle way to pass the time..

and record the adventure..

the raggedy threads in the collage below came from the string
bag I used for my beach gear..
and I thought it made the collage below..

It was evocative of the flotsam and jetsam of the 

beaches here..

shells and seaweeds...

that drift in and puddle together..

the water always mesmerizes me...
I can watch it moving for hours
and it never fails to fascinate..
each wave is different..
if you photograph them you can see the differences..
the light and movement create such fluid abstract beauty,
that I cannot help but try to capture something that continuously holds my
fascination.
Over and over I try to capture the movements of
the
blue. 
 

So off she goes..

to live with the other journals..

to remind me of our adventure..

our peace and serenity..

Studio work continues 

and I am putting together more scrap packs

and working on another video..

we will be shooting my art journal pages

for those of you who want to 

be the "fly on the wall" as I work..

we will see how that turns out..

and back to painting

and submissions..

there is just no rest for the creative!

xox