Junk Journal

side view of all pages

this is deli paper that I bought at our local GFS

I recently took an online class from Journal Girl, an artist who lives in the southwest. You can read about this continuing class here. (Junk Journal)

First of all, Samie's videos are very well done, and easy to follow. If you are considering taking online classes, this would be a great place to start. There are so many out there. I also do not miss anything Christy Tomlinson offers. Fun stuff.

This class was to explain how to make a variety of Gelli Art plate prints, and then cut them, sew, whatever you want to do, into a journal. Gelli printing is a process of laying paint in layers onto paper. What type of paint you use, and the papers themselves makes a difference in the final product. With experience you can get a good idea of how something will turn out, but not always. There are always surprises, some happy, some going into a "don't know what to do with that" pile.

But this forces the artist to think about colors, what complements and what doesn't, and shapes. We made our own masks and stencils to use in the process.

Stop by Journal Girl and have a look at her work.
Linda

Bad Blogger yet again

I have no idea where the time goes. Why are we busier when we are "retired" than when we were structured in a rigid work environment? When I logged into this blog, I was surprised to see that the last post was Halloween. Good Grief!

The fire/burning bush leaves photos were taken through my kitchen window a few weeks ago. When I took them, I thought they would be neat to post. Uh huh. Forgot they were in the camera. That shrub really needs to be pruned next spring. Major pruning.

Jake. What can I say? After breakfast I normally grab a second cup of coffee and head for the imac in the back room. Gracie will curl up in the leather chair in the living room, and Jake heads back to bed. This dog, who spent 5 weeks in a shelter sleeping on a cold concrete floor, knows how to get comfortable. It is not enough he is already on a king size bed with a Tempurpedic mattress that his mom is still paying for, no, he has to nest on the pillows on top of that mattress. And he sighs. Deeply. If we have had a vigorous day of exercise, he snores. Loudly.

Going to get the babies out and about today, enjoying this unseasonably warm weather. Our days of being outside for hours will soon come to an end. Enjoy your weekend.

Linda