Mixed Media - Art Journal 5x7 Canvas Board Piece - Inspired by Tracy Weinzapfel Blog

Tracy Runs Monthly Challenges.

This Months - July Creative dare  

She does a LIve Stream via the internet every Monday - called Mixed Media Monday -.

The Challenge is what does it mean to me.

We were suppose to pick a monday that moved, inspired me.  

Here Blog is here: Tracy

Below is 1 of my motivations... I used things from all of her Mixed Media.

So First I gesso the surface.

Then got out my Paints - sorry I don't have the brands - I was totally in a zone and was just paining.

I took out my Montana paint markers and drew out the heart.

And used it around the edges.

Then my goal overall is to start to use my "stash" so I pulled out these really old rub ons to try and use things..  I wrote;

Life Isn't About Finding Yourself

Life is about creating yourself.

Right now in my life this is what I feel like I am doing full time!!!  And Art is really halping me.

I then thicken up the Outline of the heart on the Black.

And then I had some fun doing the white lines.

I was going to do some stamping but I really like it like this so for right now this is done.

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Mixed Media - Art Journal Learning to Let Go.. To make a decision.. And act...

So this blog post is very personal and emotion 

I had Knee Surgery and have spent man hours laying with my knee up

and alot of thinking.

I've been married for 3 years.  My husband is a very great man and adopted my kids to give them the father that was missing in their lives.   We are so completely opposite - the only way to explain who we are and what we are is on opposite ends of a room.  While we have tried hard to meet in the middle we have not been able to do that.  And while the differences are what attracted us to each other - they are what has broken us up.  I finally made the decision and he's moved out to get a divorced.  

During my sitting and thinking I came across this photo on Facebook by Cathy Bueti

http://www.artsybutterfly.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-girl-with-crazy-red-hair.html

Above is the photo of the original art work with the link to her blog.

I don't think I have very been moved by such a piece of art - it somehow helped me get to the point of a decision.  I couldn't stop looking at it...  It could be the "Dreams of love".. or the girl - the red hair.

Here's my video

Here's some close up photos.

After the 1st day of painting.

In the final you can see I redid the eyes

In the final I also redid the neck

Final Piece Above

Below you can see the eyes better up close.

Thanks for Tracy June Challenge. Creative Dear - Your Powerful Truths - Thank you Tracy Weinzapfel Studios

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She challenged us to do our powerful Trusts - we could use some of hers.

Below is what the canvas started out as..  This was one of my first canvases I had ever did when I had no idea what I was doing.   I loved it until my next one - then my next and now i have piles of canvases that I don't know what to do with... Well that is until today.

SO I started with drawing some circles - which with sunflowers on my mind quickly came into sunflowers.

Painting around the pedals and trying to let the old paint layers bleed through

Some Gesso  and Gelato watercourse..

More thoughts came out.

Got out my black montanta marker pens and had some more fun.

And black india ink - and added the outlines

Letting it dry now - tomorrow will pick up and show you the finished piece.

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Heres the rest of it.

I didn't like how the leaves were so bland - so i crumpled up some scrapbook paper teared the shape and then inked up the edges and glued on surface.

I really like to write the text myself instead of from a computer - thought I love the look from the printer.  But since this is a journal page I tried to journal.

"You have many reason's to Smile"

Used Montana Paint Markers

Life isn't Perfect but it's pretty Darn Close.

Your not in this alone.

You are Amazing just the way you are

Art Heals All.

You are amazing Just the way you are.

I hope you enjoyed.  I enjoyed making it.

My Tracey Weinzapfel May Challenge... A Letter to my Infant, Toddler or Teen self.

So Tracey Weinzapfel May challenge was to write a letter to the infant, Toddler or Teen Self....   I'm taking the approach of lesson learned...

"It's Not Selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, & to make your happiness a priority.   It's a necessary.

I used gelatos, Pastels, Paint, Washi Tape, PITT Markers, and Montana markers

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