An art journal page can
start with with anything, including something that was meant to be thrown away,
like disposable palette paper. As the paint builds up on the palettes, I
just can't bear to toss that bit of the rainbow in the trash, so I save them and
use them for things like this.
Since I am all about
getting to the play as quickly as possible, I used the Creative Station by Xyron to adhere the disposable paint
palette into my journal.
This character, from
Andrew Borloz's Kunst Puppen Set B, totally had me thinking French painter. Once
I saw that hat, all I could think about were berets. With such a painty
background, he was just who I needed on this page.
My Ransom Alphabet stencil created
the title for the page. I stenciled the "t" first and worked
backwards. Why? Because I knew I wanted the word to end at the edge of the
page, so I started there. There is not rule that you have to stencil the
first letter of a word first after all!
These
squares, created using Mary Beth Shaw's Grid Outline 8x8 stencil,
led me to thinking about high school English classes. Remember in English
class when you'd read a book and then interpret the symbolism? Somehow
this page had me flashing back to those classes.
Did
the empty boxes mean that you can't put art in a box? Were they left blank
to represent that each of us filled them with what we define as art? Doesn't
that sound deep and meaningful? But that wasn't the reason. The
actual reason was that I just liked it.
This is what I call
the O.O.P.S. portion of the page. Outstanding Opportunities Presenting
Suddenly, one after another, as I tried to get some writing on the page that I
liked.
In the end, the
writing was buried under color. As much color as there was on the page,
there just wasn't enough color on there for me yet, so out came the Gelatos and
more play! Love how Mary Beth Shaw's Hash Marks look
nestled under the Gelatos.
Next time you have a
dried paint palette, try starting an art journal page with it and see where it
takes you!
You can find more of
Carolyn's OOPSies and play on her blog at aColorfulJourney.com
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