Hello everyone! Please welcome Morgan Faie from Morganised Chaos. I found her Beacon of Light on the DLP FB page and asked her to share with us.
It is my favourite time of the year! Life Book 2015 has just begun and I still have eight weeks before semester starts so I get to relax and enjoy creating. This is my third year joining Tamara Laporte for her year long art journalling course. It is by far the best value art course available, 52 lessons throughout the year at less than $3.00 a week.
This year I am using a Dylusions journal as I am incorporating the art journalling prompts from The Documented Life Project 2015. I really enjoyed their original idea of combining an art journal with a planner/smash book. This year marks my 45th birthday and I wanted to do something significant, something I could look back on and treasure.
The first lesson from LB2015 is to create a 'beacon of light', an artistic/spiritual guide for the year. The first artistic challenge from DLP2015 was to use book paper and the suggested theme was 'goal keeper'. What a happy marriage these two themes have made! I used dictionary paper to create the dress on my girl and my intention for the year is to let go of the need to be perfect. This is embodied by the heart on the dress which is featured on the cover of the Brene Brown book "The Gifts Of Imperfection".After creating the pencil sketch the page was primed with clear gesso and then painted using a combination of Neocolor II watercolour crayons, acrylic paints and Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Markers. A little sprinkle of pixie dust (aka glitter) and she really came to life!
Thank you Maria, it's an honour to have been featured on your blog! :)
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