PaperArtsy Theme 22: Masterboards

The last PaperArtsy challenge of 2015 is about Masterboards.

Because this is the last theme, I wanted to create a "table of contents" of sorts on the inside covers of my PaperArtsy challenge journal.

Amazed by Leandra's awesome brayering skills, I had to give it a try myself.

I used the only four Fresco colours I have - Yellow Submarine, Blood Orange, Smurf and South Pacific. I tried this combination once before - quite by accident - and I liked it.

I like how the brayer caught the structure of the maze from the front of the cover.

I also used a stamp from Ellen Vargos's EEV02 set. I won this set two years ago [sorry, rant ahead] but it never came (I hope the GLS guys - who don't actually bother to deliver the mail from the UK - used it creatively). It took me two years to realize I wanted this set so badly, that I decided to buy it (and pay a fortune for it because PaperArtsy stamps are ridiculously expensive in my country). [end of rant]

I wrote all of the topics on pieces of vellum and stuck them down on the covers.

So, here is the journal I used for all but one - the Wearable Art - topics.

I had fun with the challenges this year and I'm really looking forward to what year 2016 brings.

Documented Life: November

November Theme

Stencils, Stamps & Masks

Stencils... my favourite art supply... Not so difficult to guess because I use stencils on everything, I design and cut my own on regular basis... So this month should be easy...

Documented Life: October

October Theme
Translucent Papers

October's been a difficult month for me - call it "creative crisis" or "Muse was on holiday" but whatever it was, it left me wanting to paint but not enjoying it at all.

For the first time in the whole year I was behind with the pages - some I started and not finished, some I skipped... Now, at the end of November, I finally caught up and I'm able to share my pages.

This theme - Translucent Papers - should have been a blessing because I almost always start with a piece of tissue/deli paper - to strengthen the page and to have something in the background to work with. But as I said, October was not the best time for art...

PaperArtsy Theme 21: Abstract Art

This fortnight's PaperArtsy topic is Abstract Art. You might have seen my other "abstract art" contribution as a guest blogger for PaperArtsy, this time I painted the usual page in my PaperArtsy challenges journal. 

I was considering not posting this page because it didn't really turn out the way I wanted. I was aiming for something Jo Myhill created but the page just didn't cooperate. Sometimes, my art fights back. This one fought ferociously...

PaperArtsy - Guest Blog Post #2

I was asked to do another guest blog post for PaperArtsy. The theme was "Abstract".

You can find the blog post here.

Thank you again, PaperArtsy team, for this wonderful opportunity!!



P.S. If you are familiar with my style, you might recognize this type of layout. I used to do quite a lot of these geometric paintings. This is a slightly different approach but the result is very similar. 

PaperArtsy Theme 20: Triptychs

This fortnight's PaperArtsy topic is Triptychs. 

I first wanted to make a tri-folding card but it didn't end well. (although it started rather promising) So I went back to my art journal and made this page:

I first painted the background with Fresco paints (I had some teal on the page from a previous project). I was planning to work on the three segments separately but I forgot the canvas paper curls when wet...

So, as the pre-cut pieces curled into tight rolls, I threw them away and painted a slightly bigger piece which I then cut into three strips.

(I wish I stopped here and didn't add the purple ink...)

Finally, I added some flowers from the JOFY 32 set and a quote. 

PaperArtsy Theme 19: Faces

This fortnight's PaperArtsy topic is "Faces". [pulling a long face here...] I'm not very good at faces... I think, after watching several tutorials and taking a couple of online classes, I can get the proportions  right, but I struggle so much with shading and making the face look "real".

So, sometimes I just paint and see what comes out of it...