Monotangle featuring "Paradox"
This one just started off as Paradox practice. It's one of those patterns I only use as space filler here and there and I can't seem to vary it. I had this murky watercolor page set up in my DIY journal quite awhile ago and figured it would be a good place to explore. While I was noodling around, this YouTube video came up on my playlist (this channel is my latest binge obsession-love it!). The quote she was using seemed to really gel with the fleeting thought to finish this and make it this week's submission: "Sometimes there is no next time, no timeouts, no second chances. Sometimes it's now or never".
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Monday Morning
I'm not gonna lie, this was a really awkward page to set up and work through. I set it aside a few times and finally finished it last night and once again, I look at it and think "Geez, how the heck did I do that?"
Mixed Media Art Journal
Most of my art time was spent working in this journal. This one was a fun one. I started off with a bunch of the scrap strips of colored art tissue that I saved after making tiles. ..then came various layers of gesso, acrylic paint and stenciling. The cool thing was finding (buried in the back of my closet bookshelf) an old book of black and white folk art patterns. I cut out a bunch of circles (a technique I learned in one of CeeCee's videos) in varying sizes to make the flowers. I finished it with black ink and puff paint dots.
One of my personal rules with this whole mixed media thang is to hack use stuff I've got at home (those 3 little bottles of puff paint have been bouncing around in an old shoebox for at least 10 years) or can pick up on the super cheap. I only purchase minimum tools and mediums, things that can be re-used like stencils and a few stamps. I don't go in for buying packaged embellishments. I have to say that this page is my favorite so far.
Aimee's not so impressed 😍❤🐾
Thanks so much for stopping by! Your thoughtful and generous comments delight and inspire me.
Love the way that Wavlin morphed into Diva Dance on your duo challenge page. WOW! Love that whole page. I like the other tiles - great work this week!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pat! That was kind of a lucky draw getting those two patterns😉
DeleteWonderful work you did this week, Michele! My favorites are the duo challenge and the Paradox zendala. They are really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Margarete😉
DeleteI'm so glad you're journaling too. Now I know where to come for ideas!
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret! This mixed media journaling is a complete time suck...and I love it😉
DeleteThanks for another lovely video. Watercolours really can make magic. I love your mixed Art Journal. This background is absolutely fabulous.Also very nice work for the Diva and your Duo Challenges are always unique and beautiful;
ReplyDeleteMaybe Aimée is not so interested, anyway she looks very relaxed!
Thank you Ria! If you get a chance, look at Ceecee's daily morning practice videos. They're delightful and inspiring 😉🐾😻
Deleteamazing...both your paradox zendala and that awesome Joey/IAST duo...wow! Your creativity is flourishing with those duo pieces. I'm impressed
ReplyDeleteThanks Heidi! The duos definitely test me every week, that's for sure😉
DeleteYour Paradox is fantastic, I love the way you present it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Annemarie 😉
DeleteYour journal page with Paradox is just gorgeous! I like your Duo-Challenge page and your mixed media journal page as well! You are a very creative lady!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Annette
Many thanks Annette 😉
DeleteThis thing with you doing the two challenges on one page is so successful. Seriously good. The way you weave them together, take them inside and outside of your boxes. Top stuff!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jem! I truly appreciate your kind words. The duo's are the most challenging task I've set for myself. I'm really pleased that everyone is enjoying them...otherwise I would have been well done with 'em by now😉
DeleteBeautiful tiles and great colorfull paradox. Lovely
ReplyDeleteThank you Carmela!
DeleteWow. Your mixed media journal is inspiring. I'm just now playing around with things---allowing "perfectionism" to get in the way of art, as usual. Aimee is looking very Zen. Maybe she absorbs it by watching you.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Suzanne! I get a little more too tied up with perfectionism myself. I have about a dozen pages started in the mixed media journal and have finished 3. I spend more time watching videos of people making their journals than working in my own😉 🐾😻
DeleteI think I must start journaling seriousely! Beautiful Paradox and so special!
ReplyDeleteWow, they all look amazing, but the mixed media journal definitely steals the win for my favorite this week! The flowers are adorable and the background is gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteYour double trouble tiles are second to none, Michele. Every week when I see them I think "I have to try that, too", but your creativity level is way above mine.
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