Bloom True

Art Journal Page…mixed media: water colour paint, goache, coffee wash, Inktense pencils, pens, paper.

 

I’ve been playing around in art journals recently…trying out my Inktense watercolour pencils and Pan pastels….(ooooh, the Pans are so smoooooth to work with!)

This page has a lot of detail and it took ages to do but I found it very calming and Zen-ish…a little like the Zentangles that I did last year.  I’ve been doing them while “watching” TV at night…I obviously do more listening than watching!  This was the first time I’ve tried a background coffee wash and it needed to be a much stronger brew of coffee from what I actually drink…either that, or thickened by boiling it for awhile!

It’s great fun and I’m enjoying the change from painting on canvas…and it’s a lot more portable.

This also has me thinking about the "word" I'll choose for 2012 (which btw, begins in just 24 days!).  This year my word has felt like a good one...I've had years when by June, I've thought what was I thinking?..but this year was a good fit.

 

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run With Wolves

And always, always, may we remember to bloom true to our heart,

Comments

[olivia]

Beautiful, kate. I too like to keep my hands busy while watching television. I also like the coffee wash and the print that you've incorporated. I'm also thinking of my word :) xoO

[Patti]

Really beautiful journaling Kate! The word, mmm, I didn't have one this year, was way too busy (so maybe 'busy' was my word!), but will think for next year! (ONLY 24 days left!!)

[martie]

Lovely! The wash is perfect background. My word for this year was BALANCE and I think it should have bee Unbalance. Things have been so out of control and extreme. I believe I'll have to continue to seek balance in my life and hopefully 2012 will bring it closer to reality!

Take care and keep on loving, enjoying life and creating!

[lauren]

lovely, and the zentangles look like a lot of fun. What a great idea, to think of a word for the new year...hmm, I'd better get started