Distressed Art Journal Pages

Happy Saturday!  I hope you had a wonderful week.  Mine was full of migraines and stress.  So what do I do when I'm stressed?  I play in my art journal.  I find that the messier my mind is, the messier my art seems to be.  I am totally fine with this, it's part of the reason I art journal.  

I have been reading a wonderful book called "Happiness Now" by Robert Holden.  It really has me thinking about the way I perceive things.  For example, this page I worked on during my live class last Saturday night did not go as planned.  I was feeling a little frustrated, which is never good when you are the teacher.  I spent a few days thinking about what went wrong and why.  I suddenly realized that it was all in my head.  What I created was wonderful.  Yes, it was a floportunity.  I realized it was my choice to think of it as a failure, or as something beautiful that was intended in the first place.  It's all in how I chose to look at it.

Spend a bit of time and watch the recording here, we had a great time!

Continuing on my grungy theme, I created this page this past Wednesday live.  I really wanted to use my new Curtain Call papers from Graphic45.  I really love the warm colours used, mostly burnt sienna and yellow ochre.  It was so fun to mix some brand new papers with very old stickers that I used in the title.  My favourite part of these papers is the "Dangerous Curves" you see on the left page.  

These pages were created because I was thinking about dancing, and how I don't anymore.  It's a combination between my weight and my ankle, regardless they are excuses.  My journaling is written with a Bic ballpoint pen and is hard to read unless you look closely.  You can see it a little better in the picture below.  Yes, I know I need to turn on my music and just dance.

I really enjoy writing with my Bic pen.  It writes over pretty much everything and the writing ends up blending into my background.  You can watch the progression of this page below.  I hope you enjoy it!

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Much Love xo