Dealing with Criticism

Tam, Willowing.org, had a free lesson called "Feeling Feelings Through Creativity!" Of course, I went my own way, but I was really happy with this until my hubby came into my studio and asked why I was painting an Indian. Then he asked if I knew how to divide the face up so that my eyes wouldn't be crooked! Talk about bursting one's bubble. I was so happy, and now I am vaguely sad.

I used acrylics, Neocolor 2 crayons, Posca white marker, Pitt pens, white gel pen, graphite crayon, Dystress and Tombow markers. I added some bits of a pretty napkin for the designs.

So, how do you handle criticism? I, of course, laughed it off seeing as he doesn't really understand what art journaling is all about. But, it did hurt for a bit.

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Borders and Birds

Documented Life, March Theme, Making Your Mark (Doodles & Mark Making) - March 14
Art Challenge:  Borders - Journal Prompt:  "Borderline feels like I'm going to lose my mind."

I just got these Bird Crazy stamps from Tim Holtz and the Scribbly Flowers from Dina Wakley and HAD to use them. I taught a class in colored pencils on Friday and used these stamps as sample coloring. So, I cut them out to add to this journal page. The background is from a really pretty napkin that my student/friend brought me. I just loved the happy colors. For my border, I added some Washi tape and then some red gellato. Isn't that color just yummy? This page is all about love/friendship. What would we do without these lovely people in our lives?

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I Love My Coffee

For week 9 at The Documented Life Project, the prompt was Give Me a High Five. We are still working on layers, so our goal was to add at least five layers.

A friend had given me the coffee themed napkin this week to use in a journal, so I knew I wanted something in brown, gold, black, white, orange and a touch of red. She also loves steampunk, so that was the direction I took.

I started with Liquitex Basics in Bronze, Yellow Oxide, and unbleaced Titanium. With some gesso added, I used a credit card to scrape across the page. On went the napkin and the word LOVE, and a steampunk stencil sprayed with Adirondac Color Wash in Expresso. Then I added a bit of Sunset Orange spray, a few dabs of Distress Paint in Antique Linen and some Bella Gold Rush acrylic paint. I got a new Sizzix die cut for the coffee cup that I used a corrugated paper and went along the edge with Aquarella pencil and water, added washie tape, and splats with the Prima stamp set in white and red. I added a black swirl stamp too. I finished with some journaling and highlighting.

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