The Process {Inside an Art Journal}

It started simply

by smearing around some leftover paint on a couple of blank pages.

 

A few weeks later I was given a card by a couple of very sweet young ladies

while out walking the dog.

It just so happened that the colors worked well with the paint I had smeared.

 

 

Two days later it was time to begin.

Ephemera gathered.

Glued down.

"And the little children sang"

was penned next.

 

 

After that I found out that Dawn had NaNoJouMo promts happening here.

I like prompts.

And also the song lyrics worked really well with the page.

Added.

Flowers finished.  Swirlies drawn in white and drippy bits across the top of the right side.

I am loving the drippy doodle right now.

 

 

Over on the left side;

Doodle.  Make a hot mess.  Try to fix it and make a bigger mess.

Cover it up with gesso.

 

 

This time, fix it for real.

Add a little color here; a little contrast there; a few pen lines.

Edge it all in charcoal and add the finish date.

One week from the start date.

 

 

Remind myself that Rome wasn't built in a day either.