Thursday, June 13, 2013

Creative Spark!


Thanks to Kristen from Twinkle Twinkle  I am inspired with a creative spark to make art, jewelry and whatever comes to mind, in color. She is hosting "Summer of Color Artists Choice 2013" every week she has a poll on color combos and we all vote then make something creative with the colors. This is the first week.

 The colors are-

Citron Green & Turquoise.

I decided to make an art piece.

I started with a gelli print I had made last month in my shop. It had some of the colors as you can see.



I added this Dylusions spray in citron green and used this beautiful Lumiere sparkly dark turquoise.


 Shelf liner from the kitchen is great for texture.


I also used a circle punchinella with the spray.


I got paint all over my fingers looks like mermaid skin.


I used these supplies. I love the Lumiere metallic to make a turquoise to paint this paper for the blind it has such neat texture bumps. 


I cut this paper up into circles and funny swirly shapes.


This was my watercolor paper I used underneath the others to avoid paint on my desk. It turned out neat so I used it as the background paper.


I then glued all the shapes down. I drew a woman and flowers on the circles as well as a bird wheel, waves, and a little boarder.


I randomly drew some cards from my Wayne Dyer inner wisdom deck and these lovely sayings came to me. I have had some things in my life that appeared to be problems but I realized they were my negative thoughts. These quotes really drove it home to me. Above her head it says-
" I work on my problems, and release them." 
In the swirl it says-
"Anything that bothers you is only a problem within only you can experience it and only you can correct it." 
I had more words but I wasn't sure where to put them so I laid them down all over the place trying to find the right composition.
They landed on the gelli print-
" I trust the perfection of the universe."
Send out love and harmony, put your mind and body in a peaceful place, and then allow the universe to work in the perfect way it knows how."


Finally it came together I outlined the words and added the word TRUST to the bottom as a reminder that whatever is happening in my life I can trust it has a lesson and meaning. My thoughts about it might not be true and so I should question those and try to stay positive. Art does heal! :)

This is so fun I can't wait to see what next weeks color is, my guess is it might be watermelon and tangerine? These sound like wonderful colors. 

Have a great day!
Love,
Chandra

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13 comments:

  1. smashing mixed media piece. Happy SOC, Annette x

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  2. Oh that's wonderful. Excellent work and thank you for the step by step.

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  3. Inky fingers are a sure-fire way to know you've had fun :) Hadn't thought of using shelf-liner for texture. Thanks for the idea.

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  4. I enjoyed my visit and seeing the step by step layout... the finished result is wonderful as well... happy SoC xx

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  5. WOW, Chandra!!. I LOVE everything about these journal pages!!. Even the mermaid shimmering skin on your fingers :). Wonderful quote, I believe in this too, so uplifting :).

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  6. Chandra! Your art journal pages are amazing and I LOVE how you work on your problems and release them!!!! Such a wonderful message to convey! I really like how you used the colors, too!

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  7. Wow that's a pop of color. Love it. I laughed when I saw your painted fingers, I do that all the time. Gotta love painty fingers =)
    xx

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  8. Bright and fun...you've gotta love paint on your hands right...x

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  9. So beautiful - great colors and texture, all those layers paid off!

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  10. A gorgeous page, I love seeing the process and how it all came together. Great use of the colour combination. :)

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  11. Love how you started with a gelli print but then added to it! Your art journal pages turned out so bright and happy! So glad you shared this with the party! (Trust is a very important word for me too!)

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  12. Well, this is just wonderful! I love seeing your progress shots (and that hand shot is so pretty ;) and how it all came together. LOVE that you used meditation cards as part of your page too. Wonderful colors, textures and sentiments. Thank you for playing along, xoxo

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  13. Great use of a gelli print - I just got one and can't wait to start trying some of the ideas in Carolyn's party....what a fun toy!

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