Messy Experimental Journal Process

Hello Everybody!

 It has been a great Sunday. Relaxed and quiet. Laundry is in the washer and on the couch. 

Here are a few pictures of the progression of my journal page. It is a "get messy" page. Not meant to be a great work of art, but a fun, exploration of art materials.

Well, I am using Golden (which is the brand) Soft Gel Medium, Matte. See the gold glitter? I put the get medium over that and it still looks sparkly.

I really know that I need to study into how to draw a face. Mine is quite cartoony. I have a book: How to Draw Faces, on my Amazon wish list.  

I almost left the hair just like that. I like it, but love to do hair so worked on it for another 2 hours.

This was meant to be sort of playful and not a work of art but something fun to do and to "get messy" on a page.  By get messy I mean, take some chances and don't stay right in my comfort zone. The blush was a get messy addition. Her hair has about 6 or seven colors in it. This page is not really done. I want to give her some clothing. The tag is from a gift C. gave me. She combined some different tea leaves and put the tea in these huge tea bags, big enough to put in a tea pot, and put a Brene Brown quote on the back of the tag. The tea tasted lovely and I can't throw away the tags. 

Thanks for reading!! Any suggestions? Leave a comment.
Love you much!!!
Berryblue

Birdfeeders and unfinished journal page

This is the other bird feeder that E and A gave us. The birds seem to like it better than the other metal one they gave us.

This unique bird feeder was made by dad some years ago. It still works really well. It holds peanuts in the shell for chickadees and woodpeckers. 

We had a snow day today!! Hooray.  The reason for the snow day was not snowfall, but the intense cold. Kids could be hurt trying to walk to school. I just hope we do not have to make it up in the summer.

Here it is up close. Notice the moss growing around the base of it. I like moss.  It's pretty. And it was just too darn cold to stand there and wait for birds to light on the feeders to take a photo, but they were there in droves. Or flocks. Not herds.... There were an awful lot of birds. :)    Finches, Black Capped Chickadees, Downy woodpeckers, Goldfinches, Cardinals, Crows, Blue jays.

Notice the lichen on the top of the feeder.

This is a day to journal. So here is a beginning. Maybe I will show the finished product another day.

And I paired many socks today. And washed loads of laundry.

Book club tomorrow.

Thanks for commenting!! 

Love,

Berryblue

PS You know, I have never told anyone about this blog.  Funny.