As always, I'm having a blast with Michelle Wards' latest Crusade (#31) Make it Your Own: Check it out and join us if you can. This is a showing of some of my sketchbooks of recent years. I always decorate the cover of the sketchbook with my own designs, and looking back, it's like a road-map of where I've been on my creative journey. Yesterday, I started the latest one in the bottom right corner.
I painted the silhouette first, slightly cutting off the edges, for added 'drama' then I stamped all over.
inside cover (left) decorated with scrapbook paper. Right hand side is a pen-sketch with orange-golds to coordinate with left page.
two page spread using my great new "hot topic" stamps designed by Michelle, with my twist to make it my own. Left side is a previously journaled on page, partially covered with paint and tissue paper with some of the old text peeking through. (learned from crusade #30). 'Hand' stamp is my own carving, painted tissue paper was recycled from J. Jill where I just bought khakis (a little $$ but they are kind of flattering) lol!
another page using Michelle's stamps: I overlapped them like crazy to add more chaotic (but subtle) texture
close-up of some texture. Thanks Michelle for another great prompt! Happy weekend everyone!
20 comments:
Oh Jane, these are fabulous!!! Love them all, the colors, "chaos" designs and stamps...especially the hand stamp---very very cool. I will go check out Michelle Wards class. Love your art.
These are beautiful examples of pages that are totally your own, Jane ! Love the textures you are getting with each layer you add. Ain't the playing grand ?
Happy Sunday !
Beautiful pages, don't you just love Michelle's stamps?
Jane - trying again (every time I come here I have trouble leaving a comment as a typepad user *rrgghh* so sorry if it double posts) Beautiful covers! I love seeing all these juicy pages with such rich layers and colors. The stamp looks so cool in white or bleach or however you did it. It's definitely Your Own. You claimed it girl! Thanks for sharing with the team.
Love the pages and the way you've made the silhouettes, especially in the latest one. Thanks for visiting.
I love finding other folks who make their sketch(orotherkindof)books personalized too. :) My fave is the pen sketch with the orange-golds!! Gorgeous stuff.
I really like your "Make it Your Own" crusade! I also enjoyed the rest of your blog too!
Have a great hair day! Becci
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
I enjoyed hearing about your process. I also love those gorgeous sketch book covers that you created.
Funny, talk me ages to spot the hand stamp! Must be blind as a bat LOL.
The pears - oh my, the pears :-)
Great covers, and yep, you sure have made it your own.
Jane,
fantastic, these pages, I really admire your sketching-skills (hope this is the right word for it)!
thank you, I will I will!!
Hi! So nice of you to drop by my blog!
Your work is lovely!
Fin's aunt is an artist too (jennylorton.com) I am a wannabe. Writing is my medium now.
My name is Meg BTW. Great to meet you!
came by for a peek jane and thought i had left a message on here, i guess not.
these are all so beautiful..your choice of colors i always love. and i have thought all along, that your work is "your own one of a kind"..such beauty, always. pictures don't do your work justice after seeing some of it in the "real"! xo wanda
I'm having trouble leaving a comment, fingers crossed. Your artwork is beautiful! I'll look forward to visiting again really soon.
Mocha is such a pretty kitty. I see that you met my sister, and her cat Fin.
I hope this comment reaches you.
Best wishes.
I loved each details!!!!congratulations!!!
xoxo
Hi Jane! Gorgeous journal covers, but I am especially drawn to your pages you've created... so rich with texture and color! REALLY nice job, I want some of those pages for my own journals... and thanks, btw, for your very kind comments re: the "Black Friday" postcard... I appreciate it! :D
These are beautiful! How did you do the cover with the pears? It looks like they were sketched in charcoal, but charcoal would never hold up for a cover without smearing. I love the look of charcoal but rarely use it because it smears so easily. I'd love to know a more permanent way to get that look.
Love the texture!
What a coincidence, Jane! I just finished my new journal last week without having seen yours here, and I used the same scrapbook paper on mine!
:) lulu
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