Here’s the next page:

For this page, I first did some watercolor drips and then drew my girl in pencil:

then I colored her with neocolor ii watersoluble crayons:

then I stitched. A LOT. all around the page. over the balloons, the girl’s hair, clothes, etc.

i know it’s hard to see but just in case you don’t believe me, here’s the back:

and here’s the finished page again:

The full text reads: She believed it was essential to bring joy to her life.

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If you have questions about anything specific, just leave me a comment and I promise I will respond.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.

Here’s the next page:

The full text reads: You cannot love others until you love you.

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I really really do not like this one but I want to post them all so you can see how I produce stuff I dislike and so I can track my personal progress. This page uses pan pastels, acrylic paint, watersoluble oil pastels.

If you have questions about anything specific, just leave me a comment and I promise I will respond.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.

Here’s the next page:

The full text reads: You must get really quiet before you can hear the whispers of your heart.

Here are some details from the page:

I created this page at night but I wanted to videotape so you could see my process a bit so here it is, even though it’s dark and the camera kept slipping for inexplicable reasons. I am not a professional video-taper and have no desire to be right now so proceed at your own risk. The only thing I did before the video started was use yellow pan pastels to cover the background.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.

Here’s the next page:

Here are some details from the page:

I didn’t keep track of what I used for this page and I can’t remember now, I am sorry! I do know it was pan pastels and Crafter’s Workshop stencil (for the bird) and some white pen. If you have questions about anything specific, just leave me a comment and I promise I will respond.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.