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NaNoJouMo & Art Every Day Month Day 8
Today’s NaNoJouMo prompt is “1000 Years” by Sting.
When I heard the song the first thing that came to mind was the show Doctor Who. I have Doctor Who on the brain lately since I’m really looking forward to the 50th anniversary special and have been re-watching the episodes on Netflix. So the first thing to come to mind was Doctor Who; more specifically the Doctor’s and Rose’s love for each other. I planned to do a transfer of Rose on the page so it would look sort of out of focus or like a vision but it didn’t work out. It went horribly wrong. So I then decided to just try to paint Rose. Due to the transfer mess I had to make it larger than I wanted. Unfortunately it doesn’t really look like Rose. I also glued the TARDIS too high and barely had space to write. Over all though I like it; I don’t love it but I like it.
To participate in NaNoJouMo visit Dawn DeVries Sokol’s website. To view other participants art journal pages visit the NaNoJouMo Facebook Group and the NaNoJouMo Flickr Group.
“1000 Years”
Created 11/8/2013Created using Koi watercolors, white gel pen, acrylic paint marker, cardstock and Sakura Micron Pens on mixed media paper.Below is my entry for Art Every Day Month.
To participate in Art Every Day Month or to view other participants entries visit Leah’s blog, Creative Every Day.
“Never Give Up”
Created 11/8/2013Created using Distress Inks, white gel pen and acrylic paint marker. -
Art Every Day Month
For this month I have also decided to participate in Art Every Day Month. For this challenge you just have to do art every day. I have been doing it but was debating if I should continue as I have a lot of projects this month. I decided this week that I would do it as well.
Since I have been really into art journaling lately I decided to do this challenge in a mini art journal. The art journal I am using is 3″ x 5″ which I purchased from Ruth at Twelve Squared Creations. She makes very beautiful journals with lots of pages. I definitely recommend them. She also sells atc albums and has more goodies coming soon to her store. Below are some pictures of the journal.
For this challenge I decided to take quotes and sayings and use them in the journal. Though most of the quotes I really like are long so I have to find other quotes I like that are shorter and can fit on a page or two. Below are the pages I have created the last 7 days. After today I will be posting the pages daily with my NaNoJouMo post.
“Art Every Day Month”
Created 11/01/2013Created using Koi watercolors, acrylic paint pen and white gel pen.
“Butterflies and Wishes”
Created 11/01/2013Created using gouache paint, white gel pen and sharpies.
“Dream Big”
Created 11/02/2013Created using acrylic paint, acrylic paint pen and washi tape.
“Aspire”
Created 11/03/2013Created with acrylic paint, Sakura Moonlight pens, acrylic paint pens and white gel pen.
“Listen to Your Heart”
Created 11/04/2013Created using acrylic paints, white gel pen, washi tape, acrylic paint pen, Distress Inks and cardstock.
“Where Flowers Bloom”
Created 11/05/2013Created using acrylic paints, Sakura Micron Pens, white gel pens, cardstock and Sakura Moonlight pens.
“Life is”
Created 11/06/2013Created using Yasutomo Authentic Chinese Watercolors, acrylic paint pen, white gel pen and cardstock.
“Don’t Wait”
Created 11/7/2013Created using Yasutomo Authentic Chinese Watercolors, acrylic paint pen, Sakura Stardust Pens and white gel pen.
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NaNoJouMo Day 7
Today’s prompt is “Lovestain” by Jose Gonzalez.
I had never heard of this song or of the musician. I believe the song is about heart break. I painted a heart on cardstock and once I cut it out I almost tore it in half. Then I sewed it back together so it would look like a mended heart. Once I glued it on the page I dripped red india ink through the tear and let it drip down. I then took the first line of the song and created the message.
To participate in NaNoJouMo visit Dawn DeVries Sokol’s website. To view other participants art journal pages visit the NaNoJouMo Facebook Group and the NaNoJouMo Flickr Group.
“Lovestain”
Created 11/7/2013Created using acrylic paints, acrylic paint pens, cardstock and thread on mixed media paper.
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NaNoJouMo Day 6
Today’s prompt is “Gravity” by John Mayer.
Finally a song that I have heard before. The first thing that came to mind when hearing it was a vortex or a spinning tunnel leading to a dark place. I figured I would do a tile with the tangle vortex and another with the tangle paradox and see which I liked more. I liked paradox better. After that I had no idea where I was going. I listened to the song again and then sat there and stared at the page for about 5 minutes and then finished it up. My hand was a bit shakey so my handwriting came out messy. Probably too much art. Been busy not only doing NaNoJouMo but I’ve been doing AEDM, working on over 80 Christmas ATCs and some swaps. I will probably have to take a break from the atcs for a few days so I can have my hand relax a bit.
To participate in NaNoJouMo visit Dawn DeVries Sokol’s website. To view other participants art journal pages visit the NaNoJouMo Facebook Group and the NaNoJouMo Flickr Group.
“Gravity”
Created 11/6/2013
Created using Distress Inks, Signo White Gel Pen, Sakura Micron Pens, Sharpies, Acrylic Paint Markers, Copic Markers and cardstock on mixed media paper. -
NaNoJouMo Day 5
Today’s prompt is Flowers in Your Hair by The Lumineers.
I had never heard this song before. I couldn’t get anything from this song. I heard it several times and still nothing. So I did the best I could.
To participate in NaNoJouMo visit Dawn DeVries Sokol’s website. To view other participants art journal pages visit the NaNoJouMo Facebook Group and the NaNoJouMo Flickr Group.
“Flowers in Your Hair”
Created 11/5/2013Created using acrylic paints, acrylic paint markers, white gel pen and paper flowers on mixed media paper.