Art journal page: A reminder

I haven't done any journal page for some time. But,gesso was applied on few pages, and the background was painted. Today, I was looking on Artistcellar's blog I saw this face on a journal. I got inspired by the dreamingly pretty face.
I was thinking on a quote" Love what you do & do what you love" for some time.
Now, combined both and I got :

Can you see how the quote is made?

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Roots go deep..Sketch on journal

The sketch is made using only Crayola markers. Sometimes, it is just pure fun to play with kids markers. 

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New page on Mixedmedia Art Journal

 My art journal is really an ordinary book. It has ruled pages too. 
That is the one I started experimenting with. It still has pages. 
My birthday was last week. I don't have great party or celebration for that. 
But, my daughter usually give gifts on my birthday. 
This year, I decided to make a page to remember about her gifts to me.

She gave me an origami swan. Inside it she wrote how I support her more than her friends. Wow! It was lovely!! 
She made a beaded necklace for the swan too. Along with it, she gave me chocolate with I love Mom on it. 
She know, I am a chocolate lover. 

I added little paint to the swan. The background with yellow, pink and orange is a piece of kitchen towel, I used to wipe my brush.
I made few multimedia background using facial tissue paper after viewing a video on youtube. It was shared on the G+. I will try to find the link again to put it here.

 The chocolate wrappers were beautiful. She bought it from GoDiva. Don't you love the polka dots?
My sweet girl knows mummy's likes. 
I used glue stick to glue them down. 
Now let us see the completed look:It is still drying only. You can see the cardboard I put beneath the page to protect my next page.

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Exploring Abstract

Since I am exploring the mixed media and painting to learn myself, I wanted to make something in my altered journal to practice it. 
Few days ago, I came across this site, Art Is Fun. The site is created by Thaneeya Mcardle.
If you are trying to learn by yourself, like me, then this is a good site. Many articles explain the method of doing art work. I decided to learn about Abstract.
Thaneeya provided her artwork and how she created it in one article. So, this one is inspired by Thaneeya.

 I began the project with Kelly Donovan's suggestions. So, used white glue diluted with water to prep the page. Then used acrylic paints on top of it. I dried each layer before adding the next layer.

 Once the page is prepped, I started playing with paint and brush.Kind of made some shapes, added few details. It is not great like the colorful work Thaneeya showed. Can I actually say this is inspired by her?
The left side page I used to dry the brush. I followed Kelly's advice and didn't want to waste paint. 

 The below one is the finished page in another angle. I am taking the courage to put it on the web.

What you think? Good, bad or ugly?

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The Altered Book Art Journal

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The book is still getting more embellishments.
Remember this post? I covered it with cloth on the front cover.
Now I added a patterned paper on the back. Then Modpodged a handmade doily on it. 

I am going to keep this journal to explore and find myself. 
Since the front cover has a butterfly, I added a flower also. May be I will add some more to colour to it since the fabric is dark brown...
A little more color is not going to hurt... I think. I need to think about it. 
So for now, 

 I started the journaling with these...

Anyway, it is the beginning.... Now, one page at a time... I promise to keep recording everything in this blog too.

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Recycled art Greeting card

I had the circle greeting blank greeting cards from the Michaels's store. Going to Michaels is like a big treat, because, it is far from where I live. I don't drive either. 

That is not the point. 
I was just organizing some things and saw this Mary Maxim catalogue with nice pictures. The cute pictures inspired me to make a Christmas greeting card.

Of Course, it is mixed media, with crayons, colour pencils and markers. 

The snowman images are very sweet. Everything started with the colored dots on a piece of cardboard. 
That is it for today. 
Also, the journal page I did yesterday is edited and added more to it, after getting the suggestions from Journal 52's Facebook page. I love to make a few more greetings card. 
How you like this one? 
I am in need of more acrylic paints, since i have only Green Orange and Red at home. Should I give myself permission to buy???

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Photography incorporated in mixed media journal

This is week 19 at Journal 52. Prompt is Photograpy.
I decided to use a picture postcard from my stash. 
After all, I am trying to use up whatever I have in this journal.

 Few years back one summer we took a bus trip, to see some places. I bought few picture postcards as mementos. They were just lying around without much purpose. This project give me an opportunity to add it and see what happens.

 I used some blue tissue paper from my clutter box. There are few stamps and some acrylic paints too. So used all of them. The page was prepared using watered down white glue. I might re-visit this page. I might use some stencils later. But, for today, this is fine.

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