Channeling my inner Dina (Dina Wakley that is :) )  Had a blast using her techniques and really went for it using PERMANENT black ink (yikes, no erasing mistakes) So yes, the lopsided eyebrows are driving me nuts BUT..... sat there for 10 minutes trying to figure out HOW to fix them. and I came up with nothing, anything I do will take away from the pattern and that is what I love the most, so I just had to take a deep, deep breathe and let it go. And I am glad I have because here it is a week later and I love it. Give it a try, the worst that can happen is that it is beyond saving and you gesso and paint over it, and that could lead to a great background page.  :)

I decided to match colors together that I personally just did not like together, red and purple have always been my biggest YUCKS! together.  Yes I know all about the color wheel, I am just talking about my personal opinion. When I added the colors I was still kinda scrunching my nose up, YET... I love how she turned out. :)  On to my next 2 Yuck colors.  :)

Inspired by mag article Jane Davenport did with Pages.



I work on about 8 journals at a time, it is funny because when I started this journey I would watch videos and listen to artists talk about working in multiple journals and I thought it was so odd. How little I knew about painting than, or how long it takes to dry. :)
Going through some journals I had not worked in for a couple weeks I was really surprised at how happy I was with my progress, figured I'd put these up.

Love this song by Paramore, was going for a very vacant look but not sure she looks quite vacant enough so will try again, lots of fun though -  with the song blasting away while I paint. :)
Doing this one for my Jane Davenport class, Express yourself, LOVE it!!!

Going back to my last post, in the year since I created not only those altered books but also those pages, I have taken "I heart drawing" with Jane Davenport and in it watched her step-by-step video on altering books. I am hooked!!!! I have 5 going at one time, they are dreamy, and I now LOVE the process.

I found all of these at our local used bookstores, my favorite is the graffiti book, talk about AMAZING backgrounds, and I love that there are some blank pages. Perfect!! I covered the front in black gesso but left the circle image where they placed the book info and covered it with flesh tone craft paint, painted an eye and tada.

 Last year I discovered altered books and at the time we had a couple great used bookstores (they have since closed down) so I stocked up on different sized books concentrating on the binding, the paper inside and interesting images to work over. I am thrilled with my choices however the process was not all that fun for me. Now, looking back I love what I created, all of the pages have a very grungy, unfinished quality about them and maybe that is where my head was at at that time.
(The pink and blue haired girls were inspired by photos/images seen n pinterest)

I saw an illustration of this bunny on Pinterest and LOVED it. Having lost our bunny Hershey last year to a tumor I just had to draw him.