Art Catch-up

I haven't posted for a couple of weeks as I've been busy elsewhere - work, doctors, reading, cooking, etc, etc. But - I have kept up with the weekly challenges and here they all are up-to-date.

Colour Me Positive Week 6 - KINDNESS

As usual, I went looking for a different quote from the one given which was "Be kind wherever possible. It is always possible." - Dalai Lama, and/or do some stamping on the page.

I really wanted a longer chain to go round my family, but the bracelet I found in a jewelry catalogue was OK. The background is a mixture of Opal & Gold with Teal & Purple sprayed and dripped over. I raided that week's Target catalogue for my family and the whole spread came together really quickly.

My quote from Goethe, reads: "Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together."

Colour Me Positive Week 7 - HEART

This week the quote was from Confucius: "Wherever you go, go with all your heart.", and/or collage an image (or three) onto your page. Lisa also gave us some YouTube videos to look at and I was inspired by Nika in Wonderland to replicate her page.

The heart is glued down before being torn in half and then cut out and glued on the underneath page. Nika's heart got torn in this process - I made my hole deliberately heart shaped. This represents the hole in the heart I was born with that still gives me some trouble and means that I am on my fifth pacemaker.

I did some stencilling, used the challenge quote as well as Moliere's "The heart can do anything." Underneath the torn page, I have journaled about my experience with this page.

Journal 52 Week 6 - Beneath my Feet / Above my Head

The upshot of this week's challenges is to let the prompts lead you in any direction. Direction got me thinking of maps and where I come from, where I've been and where I am now.

So I printed a map showing the area where I grew up to signify what is beneath (behind) me - a solid upbringing rooted in family, friends, learning and work. Paired with that I printed some old photos of myself and my three siblings (circa 1961). The tree stencil denotes solid ground and the arrow stencil moving forward/growing up.

To keep to the same theme, I printed a map of the area where I now live and paired it with a photo of a beautiful clear, blue sky through my pergola. This signifies that ahead of me is my home, family close by, friends and retirement looming. I stencilled some roses and butterflies to finish the page.

Collages - F
Journal 52 Week 7 - Nerdy Love/Self Love

So I have two F words this week - flamboyant & fabulous. I did a collage on the computer using some of my photos from the Phryne Fisher Costume Exhibition that my sister and I went to last year. And as I have all the books by Kerry Greenwood and have seen all the episodes on TV, it should qualify as a Nerdy Love for the Journal 52 challenge.

I had no ideas and no time for Self Love - may get to it later!!!

If you've stopped by for a look, thanks heaps and I hope you liked what you saw.
Bye for now.