Week 5 Challenges

I've been a bit more productive since the last time I posted and had no problems coming up with ideas to complete the challenges.

Colour Me Positive Week 5 - DREAM BIG

This week's inspirational quote was "If your dreams don't scare you they're not big enough" and/or use bold colours on your page.

Well I immediately thought about losing weight and was going to do a mirror image - one before and one after, but when I had taken a selfie, drawn a slimmer version and cut them out, I suddenly thought about shadows. This, of course, tied in well with using the words "become a shadow of my former self".

The page was covered in paper napkins and stenciled in yellow oxide, white and pink, then the before picture was stuck to the page and painted black to become a silhouette. I painted the shadow directly onto the page. The words DREAM BIG (or smaller!) are stamped on the page and the other words are written under the shadow.

Journal 52 Week 5 - Monochromatic/Psychedelic

Sarah offered up the monochromatic challenge - to use the same tints or hues to express your mood, and Effy offered the opposite - psychedelic, using all colours to express your mood.

I actually started with the psychedelic challenge using book paper and bright green paint as a background. I then stenciled and stamped before adding lavender paint. This made the page look a bit dull so I rubbed some off with a baby wipe and added patches of pink, orange and teal. I painted over one of the stamps in teal, then did some pen work to highlight the shape. I'd call it more colourful than psychedelic though.

Excess paint and ink from the stencils and stamps was used up on the facing page. One of the stamps - a lacy doily - looked a little like tree tops, so I drew some trunks and scribbled in some foliage using a graphite pencil. The water brush brought out the colour more, as did more pencil marks. Not what I would call a good effort, but I had fun playing.

Collages - D & E

I am having fun doing these too. A trawl through some recent Royal auto magazines and a travel brochure culled enough "daredevil" type activities for the D page, and the Daphne magazines provided what I needed for the "encompass" page. I interpreted "encompass" as surrounding or encircling, so most of the items on the page are circular, and yes, that is a devil's tail coming out of the L in daredevil!!

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