Ladies Hand - Art Journal Demo

Well..

I am still packing,

but we have found a home

and we are moving shortly..

I have very few supplies left..

 

 but enough to work with for this journal..

thanks so much for following along with us

on this crazy journal..

we are very excited about getting back to the 

Rockies and our family and friends!

XOX

Part 2 How NOT to Make a Junk Journal

Part 2...

How NOT to Make a Junk Journal

in which I sniffle a lot

and laugh quite loudly..

 

Thanks to my 

Apple Watch.. 

too funny..

I guess swooning and Siri sound alike to her!!

thanks for watching and I hope you

all get your boosters 

and stay healthy..

xox

Slow Stitching and Passport Journal Flip Thru

Ciao dear hearts..

we have so much to do to get ready for our trip,

but I wanted to do some stitching with you..

and let you take a peek into my 

passport journal ...

not complete

but getting yummier

I will drag it with me on Vacation

 

I want to acknowledge that 

Orly Aveneri

is the originator of the passport journal 

and you can visit her

at 

Orlyaveneri.com

Have a lovely weekend and please try to stay cool!

xoxo

Works in Progress

This is one of those

busy weeks in the studio..

I have lots of projects in the works..

and one submission..

but instead of telling you about it..

I thought I would just share some photos..

about what is taking place tabletop...

My excavation series is making progress...

I know, they look like a whole lotta nothing...

until they come together at the end...

and I am working on 

a new monoprinting video

that we will film 

this week for my YouTube channel

and my May Pages are 

in the process of being born..

although a bit painful right now..

and I am getting

these beauties below, 

ready to hang and ship

to 

142 Bis Gallerie

I always look forward to watching them fly away

to the homes where they belong...

I look forward to inviting you into the studio

this week for a new adventure in 

Monoprinting..

and until then, 

thank you ever so much for stopping by..

Ciao, ciao!

April Art Journal Pages

The garden..

is my one weakness..

ahh.. you know me too well..

ok.. 

it is

a truly

happy place..

one of several..

as you know dear reader, 

I adore 

all the mundane chores..

watering, weeding, raking, trimming and planting..

and our spring here was absolutely magnificent...

we had so many blooms..

and the bougainvillea were exceptional..

Caterina Giglio, April Art Journal Pages, The Color of Flowers.. 

so...

 I tried to capture that subtle beauty in my pages for last month..

and I was late, getting these pages to you...

precisely because I was spending so much time

outside..

Sometimes, my friend.. 

the beauty of this world created just for our pleasure, moves me simply to tears...

I find that beauty, that movement of feeling very hard to express..

As I sorted through my ephemera...

I found a color chart for Flower Colors..

with a corresponding page of the names of the colors, which was pretty charming..

and decided to use that as my background..

The weather changes so quickly here..

last month we had fireflies and crickets and suddenly this month

we have cicada and love bugs..

and if you don't know what love bugs are..

just google it..

suddenly it is summer..

and I will be in the studio more and the garden less..

as the rainy season is upon us..

Ingredients: Acrylic paint, antique and vintage ephemera, tissue papers, wrapping papers, colored pencil.

This week I am working on my new Vlog post..

Why it is OK to be a Scatter Brained Artist...

and I am starting my May pages..

as well as getting a journal ready for submission..

so much to do..

and I love all of it..

life is so amazing..

See you on Friday...

C4N!

December Journal Pages

Well gentle reader..

as you see, 

I did not finish the cover

of my art Journal..

In fact, I am still wrestling with it..

I will finish it by this weekend..

and I will shoot it for YT

so you will see it finally..

and 

I will shoot all the pages and put them in a blog post

 listing all the  ingredients

for you as I 

always do ...

But this post is about December..

which was just amazing..

one of the best holidays that we have had..

just wonderfully fun, sweet and peaceful...

so my pages reflect that peace

and I was making them as I listened to music..

I grew up with classical music..

my mother taught piano..

so I love music without words

one of my favorite current composers

is

Phillip Glass

and I was listening to 

Glassworks

as I made this..

If you are not familiar with his work go listen

on YT

you have surely heard his music on many

films, Kundin, and The Hours

are two of my favorites..

as usual the pages are bricolage..

I had some music wrapping paper

on my desk..

and it was on the page

before I realized what this was all about..

Just following the flow of the music..

listening with the heart..

and opening 

to receive whatever my muse has in store for me..

Ingredients: pencil, acrylic paint, glazing medium, wrapping papers, antique paper, walnut ink..

Alrighty then..

I will be back soon..

Thank you so much for all your kind

comments and remarks..

I so appreciate you

all..

C4N!

My Art Journaling Process- Part 3

Each month I work on my

art journal pages..

for me, it is a spiritual practice,

it is a way of practicing the art of letting go..

surrendering and

releasing my control of the way I want my art to look..

to be..

and allowing the broader aspect of me..

to design,

create,

manifest,

so I gather the materials that appeal to me..

and then listen..

which ones shall I use..?

If I listen...

 it works perfectly..

if I am in control..

it doesn't..

Month in and month out, 

I practice..

Thanks for watching..

and have a magnificent weekend..

xo

My Art Journaling Process -Part 2

It took me years...

to put my thoughts on paper..

because...

my Mother read everything..

and no matter what I wrote, it was always

used against me..

So I became an adult who kept it all tight

against my heart..

fortunately..

I had a great therapist...

and even though I am able to now write anything

down..

and I do write it all down..

I document ...

what happens, what doesn't, what I think and feel, I write my dreams and hopes,

and I work out my fears and concerns.. each month..

I obscure the text as a physical process..

a meditative process..

 that focuses 

the energy

and allows the images to be revealed to me..

Join me next week and I will 

share images and inspirations..

Have a beautiful weekend.. 

my gentle viewers..

xo

A Year of Art Journaling

Another year has come and gone..

and like many..

I was not sad to say 

arrivederci 

to 

2016

In January

as always..

I created my self portrait,

I was letting the white hair grow in 

and I was eager 

to start the new year

as always 

a new year stretches out

as endless possibilities 

In February ..

I wrote my annual love letter to myself..

In March I was beginning to deal with some

health issues

and I realized that I was going thru some

intense metamorphosis

due to the death of my mother in February...

the wings below are tissue paper, hand colored with Inktense pencils and gold leaf... 

they are safety pinned to the page 

and when you turn the page, they actually

flutter.. 

There was a lot of chaos..

and dreams going on 

grandmother spider came to me in a dream...

and in May

I kept stepping on 

scorpions

and when I found the old dictionary page

I used it in the spread..

to remind me to listen to my intuition..

June brought a revelation about 

the nature of 

Freedom...

this is a 3D page and it is hard to see, but the wings are made of mixed media paper

and they are glued into the center of the book....

the quote is Rumi

"You have escaped the cage, your wings are stretched out...

now fly!"

I often explore the double tree

image in my work, representing partnership..

In August I was doing spiritual work

and recognizing that I was still

working on

my transformation for the year..

balancing both the feminine and the masculine...

September brought more work

this time with family issues

and my role in my family..

it also brought up inner child work..

the images are not me, but represent me in 

the past..

October brought relief and a visit from my 

sister, it was a joyful visit..

we traveled to Europe 

in November, 

and arrived home the weekend before 

Thanksgiving..

the pages are about my grandmother

and how brave she had to be to come here..

and how dire her situation was to make her 

take on such a perilous journey..

how I admire her courage..

and love her so..

December was sweet..

literally, I made cookies and flourless Chocolate cake, coffee cake

and spiced nuts..

but my spread reflects my feelings for the holidays..

all of them..

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of Love."

Hamilton Wright Mabi

And now I am beginning my January pages

my self portrait as usual..

and I think I can stuff another year into this journal..

and working on my new series..

the Naturalists' Notebook

I want to thank you all for the wonderful

reception

and all the subscriptions to my 

YouTube

channel..

I could not do it without 

Mr. La Dolce Vita..

who is my fearless videographer 

and iMovie genius..

We have some fun planned so thanks for 

stopping by...

xo

August Art Journal Pages and a Fall Break

Summer is definitely at an end...

and 

August was a wild month..

another month of 

transitions and transformations..

we even had a

hurricane to contend with..

but fortunately it passed over us with 

just rain..

and maybe a bit of anxiety...

we had a lot of rain this year..

so

butterfly and dragonfly

were my faithful companions..

so I had to share 

them with you

and in my pages..

I learned a lot about both of them

this summer..

as I accept the changes that I make 

about myself and what I want to 

create

both personally and professionally..

The substrate for the butterfly is white tissue paper

and I treated the back with gel medium,

then I drew the butterfly on the paper with Inktense water color pencils

it worked quite well

and I only wish you could see and feel it in person..

Ingredients: Acrylic paint, Inktense Pencils, pencil, pen and ink on gelli prints, wrapping papers, rub on transfers, transfers on paper, walnut ink. Butterfly in Inktense Watercolor pencils on tissue paper. 

and we are off to visit family

so I will take a little blog

break...

as always, 

I am grateful for your

readership..

and finding your sweet comments

is my one weakness..

xo

September Journal Pages

We had an unexpected event

last summer that surprised me..

and though I managed to make my way through it

the fear and concern caught up with me in September...

so my pages are about peeling back the layers of thoughts

and the fears to resurface

and find myself surrounded once again in peace...

it was just a monster under the bed...

I literally glued layer after layer of papers and then ripped them back

it was all very cathartic..

and then realized what was bugging me...

ingredients: gesso, papers, antique ephemera, cardboard, acrylic paints, colored pencil, pencil

Looking forward to the cooler temperatures in October..

and creating in the studio with the sliding glass door open to the pool

cage..

what bliss...

As always, I am so grateful to you for your kind readership...

and thank you in advance for stopping by the 

"sweet life"..

C4N..