3 blue cameras and an orange

Posting this I realised that I haven't shared the other paintings from this month. I'll remedy that soon.

This one makes me smile to look at it. There are technical aspects I'm pleased about, but mostly it just tickles me.

Regular Journal Action (oh yeah!)

You may recall my pointing you in the direction of the inspirational Julie Balzer a while back. She is encouraging us all to art journal everyday (that link is a really handy gathering place for her related posts). And I have. Not big amazing multi-layered pages on a daily basis. No, come on. But yes, most days, painting or sticking or writing in one of my journals. Keeping it handy, for when inspiration hits. Reassembling my journaling kit with the materials and tools I use most often now. Some recent pages at different degrees of complete:

I often stick quotes in I want to save and then work around them later. I used to save them up until I had the right thing, but they just got stashed. This way they get out and have the power to inspire me. I was using this turquoise on something else and thought how great it would look with the orange, so splashed some around.

In Copic sketch markers using a teeny tiny magazine image to draw from - still loving those pens, especially when I experiment without worrying if I am using them right!

And a nice juicy, splashy painty page, made for random notes and jottings.

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1st Saturday Scrapping (on the 3rd Saturday)

My friend and I started something new last year. We both find routine and schedule difficult, perhaps because it is essential in our day jobs. We were both disappointed that we weren't scrapping much, and even starting to wonder whether we'd actually stopped. So tadum dadum daDUM... in comes.... First Saturday Scrapping. It's a standing date and we're on our 6th now. I am really enjoying scrapbooking again and rediscovering my own style as well as my stash.

A whimsical tribute to the party we went to recently as the collected works of Dr Suess. I made my costume from scratch in one afternoon and was so pleased with the result. I thought that the rainbow paper from my Studio Calico kit was too perfect to resist. I'm not 100% happy with the doodling I added, but I wanted to add a sense of sketching and illustration.

This one does exactly what it says on the tin. This is a memory that she will carry with her forever, and quite possibly represents the first time I have ever scrapped something within a week of it happening!

Simple, maybe even boring. But it's an important one, not only because it includes a rare photo of me (that's two this week!) but because it documents my goals for the year. It's a statement of intent, one I clearly needed as I had completely forgotten about at least two of them!

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