I walk a lot. To run errands, to go lunch or just have a quiet time on my own at the park. Just yesterday while about to cross a small road, there was a little breeze and I saw a tiny white feather falling from the sky. But there were no birds!. Wow, I said ... a Forest Gump moment. I picked it up and went home smiling, knowing that someone is watching over me :).
And my journal today is a tribute to the beautiful Universe. My gratitude for the love and light that fills me from the heavens.
I'm playing with image transfer and boy, it was hard to get a good one!.
The two large orange fuzzy blobs were image-transfer-went-wrong. LOL. I wanted to imitate the distant nebulae in faraway galaxies in our universe. I added multiple layers of orange/yellow/tan soft pastels and watered down gesso to get the depth of these gaseous heavenly bodies. I especially love splashing diluted gesso on the page to create the stars :).
The two large orange fuzzy blobs were image-transfer-went-wrong. LOL. I wanted to imitate the distant nebulae in faraway galaxies in our universe. I added multiple layers of orange/yellow/tan soft pastels and watered down gesso to get the depth of these gaseous heavenly bodies. I especially love splashing diluted gesso on the page to create the stars :).
Yeah, that was the feather that came to me :). Added a few strips of washi tapes and tissue papers before finger painted the page with aqua acrylic paint. I think aqua is the better color than black for the dark space of the universe. And here are my three cats making a debut appearance on my art journal pages. Love them to bits!.
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Till next, have a great Friday!.
Hugs,
Shahrul
Your posts are always a nice read. LOVE the feather and the story. Image transfer? maybe it's because I don't know what it is but it looks good (I think)!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lalo!. I was trying to transfer an inkjet printed image onto my journal page. I did this by gently rubbing an inkjet printed image (upside down) onto a glue-coated journal page, until the desired image is transfered. I think I had rubbed it too hard, there's nothing left on my page just two very distressed-looking blobs. LOL.
DeleteHello, first time here thru Julie's blog. I love this page, the story is so cool and you used the feather on the page, LOVE THAT. The pages came out beautiful I think, love all the bright colors together. Great Job!!
ReplyDeleteI had to peek at your other posts and LOVE LOVE them so much. It's great to read the process and thoughts about your pages, always like when artists do that. What a great page inspired by Alisa's shoes, never thought to create something in my journals from her posts. Really like that idea and laughed at the 2:00 am inspiration strikes at anytime. You got a lot done in that hour. Your fabric journals are pretty, love them all!
HOORAY for a rainbow page, I did one of those a few months ago and loved the results.
Have now signed up to follow your blog, truly inspirational, thanks so much for sharing I enjoyed reading it all.
Happy Friday!
Welcome to my blog!. So nice to meet you :). I like to tell stories about what inspires me to create that particular journal pages. And try to not be so technical about techniques that I used. I hope this will inspire people to tell their stories :). Of late, I find little every day things 'talked' to me, and sometimes I learn from them. So, need to journal about that too or else I just forget!. LOL. So happy that you are following me. Thanks so much for your kind words. Hugs.
DeleteIt does look like a nebulae to me. I'm seeing Orion there, if you notice the 3 middle stars, but Betelguese, Rigel, saiph and bellatrix; they are covered by clouds....( pretend that I'm watching thru my Meade, ok) ; they are there on your page but just a bit faint..( cloud cover..)..
ReplyDeleteLove it! This just has to be my favourite!!
( ever wonder if cats here are similar there? ) nine lives.....hmmm....
OMG, Nida!. You are right. I didn't noticed at all, just splash the paint randomly. Wow, that is NOT a coincidental too, I think. I could see the Orion Belt and the subsequent bright stars around it (even their placement are perfect!). I could almost see the nebula too (the sword), see it?. Wow. This is NOT my work, some alien intervention here surely. My art angels, maybe. I Love them :).
DeleteThank you so much for such an inspirational post and beautiful journal pages. How amazing it is to be someone who notices beauty in such small things... sometimes it's like the world is talking to you. Just love all your work :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer!. I used rush ALL the time, LOL. And now I'm starting to slow down, 'listen' to mother Earth and learn from it. It calms me, brings hope and courage in my artistic journey. Hugs.
DeleteVery pretty pages.
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Lili dearest. Thanks so much. Hugs.
DeleteI'm so happy to now be a follower so I can keep in touch more often that just for AJ Everyday. What a beautiful post this is, along with your artful, ispirational pages. Thank you for introducing me to your sweet little kitties too. Have a beautiful weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Linda for following me :). Hugs.
DeleteWhat a peaceful haven you have. Thankyou so much for your lovely comments, they mean so much to me. Your pages are lovely and I did wonder if you would use the white feather and of course you did. I am now your latest follower. Hugs from Scotland. Rita xx
ReplyDeleteHi Rita, thank you so much for following. Me too, a fan of your beautiful tags creations :). Hugs.
DeleteBeautiful! Love your colors and those orange sections look intentional to me... they flow so well with the whole arrangement. Love the feather (how you found it, and that you used it!)
ReplyDeleteThank you Marjie. I think, the feather is the most important part of the journal pages :). Hugs.
DeleteWonderful! Thanks for stopping by. On to week 2!
ReplyDeleteHave fun with week 2! :))
DeleteWhat wonderful pages.. So much inspiration here.
ReplyDeleteHugs~
Great artpages!
ReplyDeleteNamaste!