As I began adding collage bits to the pages I looked at other artists' journals and found myself thinking "How can I make my pages look like theirs - they are SO fabulous". And I am really good technically so I probably could have duplicated or mimicked their work. But then I thought "Wait! This is MY art journal so why don't I use some smaller copies of the critters that I drew and have made into quilts?" Mind boggling, don't you think? Use my OWN stuff instead of trying to be like someone else. Sheesh!
Anyway - I did just that. I made some copies of my own drawings and colored them in before adding them to the pages - this was a lot easier than trying to redraw them and get the colors light enough to show on the darker pages.
AND I really like the way that these pages are starting to look. This first one has the word Grow and I think that my thoughts will center on how I want to grow - risks associated with growing - all that sort of thing.
This next page includes a bird on a fence and if you follow this blog you may recognize the critter as Alice Has Something to Say - or in this case perhaps Alice Has a Song to Sing! Next to Alice is a pocket that I can stick various cards in. That should be fun and will add a new dimension to the journal. The music border on the far left is torn from an old book of Standards that I got from my Father-in-Law Roy. He was a wonderful piano player and this places a tiny bit of him in my book.
Barbara
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