Weekly Sketch Book

 

A new week...a new journal Sketch Book page.  This week I've started the page in a new way...by adding some color and some left over bits from some decorative labels.  The date stamp is an old stamp I got from my favorite dollar store...Daiso. Its been hanging out in my studio in a dark drawer for years. It's time that it found the light of day and was put to an artistic purpose.    So here we are at the begining of a new week. Let's see how the week unfolds.

Weekly Sketch Book

This weeks Sketch Book journal has been really rewarding.   I've been journaling in little bits of time in the morning and evening before bed.   I love looking back to see the special moments of the week.

This was my page at the begining of the week.

 

 

By weeks end...the pages got much happier.  

Journal Pages ... Birds

Journal Pages...Dresses

I found a dress form in a magazine. It was an advertisement for fabric and I fell in love with the various shapes and possibilities of creating dresses from my journal pages. This dress is made from a page out of my Big Juicy Journal.  I used ink and my craft paints to add color to the background. I used lots of gesso for the white circles. The circles where made with an empty toilet paper roll. I have this technique of  mixing the paint on a palate (usually wax paper) and dipping the paper roll in the paint and leaving the circle impression multiple times all over the page. I love the way the colors blend together. It it usually dries differently than it looks wet...so there is this element of surprise.

Weekly Sketch Book

 This week in my 2013 Weekly Sketch Book, I took photos of my progression through the week. I had a dream that I was blind in my right eye for some reason but I could still see with both eyes open. The dream was on my mind for a few days until I came across the phrase ... "to turn a blind eye".  I took it as a sign to pay attention, face issues head on, and trust my gut. So this week I did just that. The page reflects my first instinct to add color and texture. The result is a completely different look from last week. 

Happy Mothers Day!

This is me and my Mom on my first birthday.  

They call my Mom "Grand Jan" because she is over the top with personality.  

If she's loves entertaining and meeting new people. She is the life of any gathering.  If I leave her anywhere for a few minutes I always return to find she has gotten to know a few people around her. She always looks beautiful and has something charming to say to everyone she meets.

It's because of her that I always try to
 put a little lipstick on ... even if I'm just going out for a minute.
I have a flair for the dramatic.
I still work on getting to know new people...I'm still shy at my core.

 When she and my Dad came to visit me in California one year, I left them for a few hours to go to work. When I returned I took them around town and I found out they had already met half a dozen people in town while I was at work. That's my Mom!

Love you Mom!

Journal Pages ... Words

Journal Pages...Shapes