Mood Board Monday #8: grey and yellow

Welcome to Mood Board Monday! Each week, Rebecca and I create an art journal page inspired by a mood board we create! Check back each week to see what we’ve made. And don’t forget to check out Rebecca’s page on her blog! 

Here’s this week’s board:  

This was really hard for me for a bit there. I wanted to make a page that was loose and less thought-out. I usually have to agonize over a drawing over and over to get it just right. The problem with that is that I never finish the drawing page and so I never get to finish the page. This page required patience and the ability to be imperfect. Yeah, her eyes are freaking me out a bit, but there’s a lot of meaning layered in there that would have been lost if I’d started thinking about things too much! 

Honestly, her nose is like, the best. I’m terrible at noses...and yet that’s my favorite of her features! 

 

Don’t forget to check out Rebecca’s page! 

Mood Board Monday #7

Welcome to Mood Board Monday! Each week my bestie Rebecca and I make a mood board and use it to inspire our journal spread. And each Monday, we show you our board and what we made.  

This week was extra fun because Rebecca made an unicorn digital stamp and shared a copy with me so we could both use it. It is SO CUTE and I love it! Let her know what you think so she makes more and stocks her Etsy shop because this girl has SKILLS!

I was mostly inspired by the colors and the sense of magic that went with them. Color guides me most of the time, and I started thinking about all the little marks of color I love in Sabrina Ward Harrison’s work. So I got to playing and adding bits here and there. You don’t have to use ALL the paint, you don’t have to put it all over the spread. Add some texture and color little by little! I really love this page a lot. 

And a big reason I do is because I could do it in one sitting. Some of you may know I’ve had surgery and am in PT for damage to my neck (herniated disks, yuck!) and shoulder. This is all on my right side, so making art has been difficult as I’m right handed! I used to only be able to work for about ten minutes at a time. But for this, I had my iPad on one desk and my art journal on the other, and would go back and forth between art and writing for NaNoWriMo.  

I even told my doctor this morning that I was able to do it! So I’m super excited. Still have a long way to go, but I look at this spread and know, “You’ve still got it girl.”  

The words in black are all about how I can’t do all the same things others can, but I’m still doing more than I used to!  

Let me know if you have any supply questions, or want a technique explained. I now have a filming area set up and can easily make videos or stream now! Let me know if you’d be interested!  

And don’t forget to check out Rebecca’s blog to see her page!  

Now, for all the yummy photos! 

Mood Board Monday #6 - secret forest

Welcome to Mood Board Monday! Each week, Rebecca and I create an art journal page based on a mood board one of us makes. And each Monday, we share what we’ve made so you can see how inspiration works differently for all of us!  

Here is this week’s mood board:  

If you have any questions about materials or techniques, leave a comment below and I’ll come help you out. And if there’s anything you’d like to see, let me know as well! I’m having such fun with this project and these time lapse videos I’m going to be making more!  

 

Don’t forget to check out Rebecca’s blog to see her take on this week’s board!