Flight of the Butterflies: Daily Art Journal Page

Hey guys! What's going on?

I didn't have a whole lot of time to create today, as I had to study for an Anatomy test I have tomorrow (I still need to do some more of that) and I also had to clean my room. So even though I didn't really go anywhere today, I was pretty busy. However, I did manage to carve aside a tiny bit of time to create; a lot of my pages as of late seem to have been created later in the evenings in the time span of about an hour. Sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less; I don't really time myself. It's pretty much just an estimate. 

Here's a bit more of an up close of the title. There is a bit of deeper meaning to what I have here, I promise. I'm not just talking randomly about butterflies migrating. I actually just watched a movie by the title of this in an IMAX theater the other day at MOSI. I was so inspired by their colors that I just had to create a page around them. However, the black and orange of a monarch butterfly were just too halloween - like for my taste. So I added in the blue. That really helped me.

Also, one of these days, I need to show you guys the method I've come up for organizing the letters that I've cut out from magazines and newspapers. I used to store them in plastic baggies, but that got really annoying to try to mess with. One day, I promise I will show you. The sorting itself is very tedious, but I generally do it while my mind is busy doing something else; watching television or the like. In fact, just this evening I was watching a recording of the All-Star NBA game that came on last night, and was sorting out the letters while watching that. However, I need to try to find the last two periods of that game online somewhere, as they didn't record on my VCR. That makes me sad. 

Anyways. One last picture for you guys before I go; a detail picture of the background itself. I can definitely see myself pulling out the typewriter and putting some some simple journaling inside of this star. Why not, right? It looks like it would fit perfectly, if I'm being completely honest. Maybe a quote from the movie, or something about the emotions that I felt while I was watching it? Again, I'm not really sure. However, sometimes I just need to let things sit for a while before journaling. I think this is going to be one of those pages.

Thanks for looking guys! And I'll see you next time! :)

Linking to Mandarin Orange Monday and Creative Every Day.

Heart Investigation 1.1: Cherish

Hello people. I'm back with you guys again today, with some more hearts on yet another art journal page. I have officially decided that I am going to continue working with this shape until I've thoroughly exhausted all of my options. I'm not going to freak out if I don't do hearts one day, but I do think it would be interesting to try to explore it in as many ways possible.

I had actually started this page a few days ago, when I was trying to work with the idea of an entirely blue page, for my 52 Sparks page. However, I got frustrated with it, and completely abandoned the idea. Today, I came back to it with a fresh mind and began where I left off. And I'm glad that I did.

I had to add a bunch of layers in order to be able to get myself to a point where I was happy with the result. Layer after layer after layer. Stamping, collage, and paint. I also used chalk pastels, oil pastels, and sharpies to doodle into the background. Something that I really enjoy doing is taking markers and just doodling a layer. 

It's not what the majority of my pages are made up of; not like some people. However, I do like the way it looks underneath layers of paint and collage. Just a bit unique and different. Something that I quite enjoy.

Here you can see some of the book text that I used on this page. Actually, I use book paper on most of my work. I have an old dictionary that I got from a thrift store, which I simply pull pages out of whenever I need them. They are awesome for collage, and also for monoprinting, when I do that. 

Something that I've really liked seeing in my work however, is the development of my own personal style. It's something that takes a lot of time to come up with, and I'm quite proud of what I've been able to accomplish on my own. I love it. I like to think, personally, that if someone was to see my work, they would be able to tell that it was mine.

Though I'm not quite sure that I'm exactly to that point yet, I look forward to the day when I am. That's one of the things that every artist dreams of, and being even remotely close to that is amazing. Anyways. Thanks for visiting guys! It's greatly appreciated, and I hope to see you guys tomorrow! Bye everyone.

Facts - Daily Art Journal Page

Hey everyone! What goes on? I'm back with you guys again today. I seem to be doing pretty good with my daily posting on the blog, and I've really been enjoying it thus far. 

Today I did yet another page that included some hearts. I'm not sure I'm actually going to make it a legitimate challenge for myself, however, I do like the idea of working with one particular shape for an extended period of time. I love the way I have to keep coming up with more and more ideas after continuous working with a concept. It's very inspiring to me personally, and I hope that it's inspiring to all of you guys as well.

Today I also messed around with quite a few layers; I just had a couple of ideas that I really wanted to work with. Yesterday when I was working on my page, I knew that I wanted to use yellow on today's. I didn't know exactly why, but I just did. I guess I hadn't used a whole lot of it as of late, and I felt like it would be cool. 

Then, earlier today, when I was at school, I had finished all of my homework in class. So I was just sitting there thinking about ideas for this page. I knew that I had a black and white dot tissue paper somewhere in my stash, and I wanted to work with that. Then, I had the idea that yellow might look good with it. However, that was all I knew. I decided to just go from there.

I just started layering. Adding different colors and textures, stencils and crayons. I had a lot of fun playing around. I've really enjoyed the past couple of days, using a ton of layers instead of what I've done in the past, which was significantly less.

Anyways. As one final note, I would like to mention that I will add journaling to this page later on; I already have some ideas of what I want to put in. However, I didn't feel like doing it tonight; it would just be difficult, since it is so late. I hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll talk to you later!

Also linking, yet again, to Try it on Tuesday. It's their fault for making the theme hearts when I can't seem to stop making them. :P