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New art journal pages
Posted in 8x8 art journal, Art, Doing Art in public, Journal writing, quotes, Weight Loss surgery
Tagged art journaling, WLS
ART CHALLENGE: Calendar Challenge (and a sure-fire way to fail)
I really want to join the Kathryn Wheel 2011 Calendar challenge but my first instinct was … It is half way through Feb, I should of started the first of the year, my second thought upon looking at the calendars some people have done was I could never do that good so why try? I had similar thoughts when I was going through the over 800 blogs in OWOH and I almost wanted to quit cause there were so many amazing blogs I felt mine was not very good.
This is the way to fail at anything… compare yourself to others, make excuses about why you should not even try and then give up.
I did not give up blogging and I wont give up this challenge… so my calendar starts in the middle of Feb… sooooo what, your life starts THIS MINUTE, over and over again, every single time I slip a little I have a chance to start again fresh. Any successful dieter or anyone recovering from addiction can tell you that you dont live life Day by day but minute by minute.
I need to learn not to be intimidated by other people’s skills, other people’s successes whether they be in art, work or weight loss, I need to learn to be INSPIRED
8×8 art journal pages
Scanned the rest of the finished 8×8 loose leaf Art Journal pages finally, I will try to scan more as I go and not do them all at once again.
(the Zentangles from this book are below)
- 2011 resolutions – warecolor wsh over white crayon on 140# watercolor paper and Gel pen
- April 30th 2011 – Crayon on textured cardstock and pencil
- Better man list – gel pen on cardstock
- Big weight loss comparison – printed photos and gel pen on cardstock
- Bloom and Flourish -collage over crayon on textrued cardstock
- dec2010eclipse – watercolor pencil, micro sharpie on heavy cardstock
- Distorted mirror – Metalic silver paper collaged over printed cardstock and gel pen
- Me and My Dragon – Engagement Photo collaged onto pearlescent paper and metalic gel pens
- Dream dress – colored pencil and crayon on textrued cardstock
- Exercise – Micro sharpie over textured printed cardstock
- Eyes in the Night – crayon on black cardstock
- Screw up Fairy – gel pen on printed cardstock
- First/last love – gel pen on printed paper
- Holiday 2010 – a photo of our treetopper as a holiday card on cardstock with gel pen
- I just dont see it – Gel pen and micro sharpie on card stock
- It’s Impossible – collage and gel pen on cardstock
- Mae West Bats – print out of vintage photo and blue gel pen zentangles
- Mae West Liberty – print out of vintage photo, blue and red gel pen zentangles and quotes
- Moments in Time – colored pencil on black textured cardstock with gel pen
- No is not a bad word – Watercolor wash on 140# watercolor paper and gel pen
- Reasons to lose # 1- 10 – Collage of watercolor washes on 140# watercolor paper with Gel Pens
- Ribbons – gel pens on irridescent cardstock
- I hate being sick – watercolor wash on 140# watercolor paper and gell pens
- Stumble – Gel pen on printed cardstock
- TIME – stickers and gel pens on cardstock