'Nuff said.
"Goodbye Bowie" Art journal, pencil, 5.5 X 5.5"
Day 10: Found Objects
Stacey: Mom, do you want these little elastics from when I had braces?
Me: Yes, I do.
"Brace yourself" Art journal, watercolour, 8 x 10"
Day 9: A joint effort
My daughter Kayla came home for the weekend and told me she would like the three of us (she and my other daughter, Stacey, and I) to do today's art journal page together. We divided the page in three and did a section each, but hiding the parts that were done so we didn't see the result until the end. Here it is! (I wanted to title it "Sisters Are Doing It with Their Mom" -- but they didn't get the reference and thought it was creepy.)
"Family Gathering" Art journal, watercolour, 8 x 10"
Day 8: The Daily Thing
I was chatting with a close friend today about my commitment to make art every day this year, and how making it public encourages me not to let myself off the hook.
Read MoreDay 7: A Monumental Challenge
Well, maybe that's overstating it a bit, but this does seem to be all about monuments of various kinds. My challenge to myself was to go through the CAA magazine before chucking it in the blue bin, tear out any images that grabbed me, and put them together somehow.
"Batman Rising" Art journal, collage, 6 x 6"
Day 6: New Things to Play With
For Christmas, my daughter Kayla gave me a tube of watercolour paint: Green Apatite Genuine by Daniel Smith, one of their wonderful mineral pigments. I love the way it granulates and separates into different greens. Speaking of Christmas, it's time to pitch the tree; it's dropping needles everywhere. ;-)
"Christmas Past" Art journal, watercolour, 6 x 6"
Day 5: A Trick of the Light
I was casting about for an idea and happened to set my sketchbook/art journal down on the dining room table next to a cut crystal bowl.... and voila!
"A Trick of the Light" Art journal, ink, 8 x 10"
Day 4: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Inspired by looking out through my living room window and the frosty porch windows beyond, on the first really cold day of this winter.
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" Art journal, watercolour, 6.5 x 5.5"
Day 3: Feelin' Groovy
I went looking for inspiration among art supplies in the basement and found a piece of paper that I embossed some years ago (by putting it though a press with found objects). Threw some watercolours at it, including some special iridescent ones. The circular shape made me think of the full moon we had on Christmas Day, and the grooves in the paper are reminiscent of ribbons. So I will call it "Christmas Moon".
"Christmas Moon" Art journal, watercolour, 7 x 7"
Day 2: If at First You Don't Succeed...
Cut it up and collage it. "Pieces of Autumn II", watercolour collage.
"Pieces of Autumn II" Art journal, watercolour collage, 6 x 9"
Day 1: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway*
2016 begins today. I am committed to a year of art-making. I have been astounded at the negative "self-talk" resulting from this decision. But the only way to proceed is... to proceed.
Today: a quick pen and watercolour sketch of Kayla's orchid that she brought home from her dorm room for the holidays.
"Kayla's Orchid" Art journal, pen and watercolour, 7 x 5.5"
*The title of this post is, of course, the title of a classic self-help book by Susan Jeffers.