Today: Get Messy Thursdays | Adventure, Week 1
The new season of the Get Messy art journal challenge started this week, and this time around many of us have committed to posting pages from our art journals each Thursday (hence the Get Messy Thursdays). You know I love a deadline, so count me in.
Rather than sharing a whole bunch of pages at once, I’ve got just one to share today.
Get Messy Thursdays | Adventure, Week 1
Materials used: Small sketchbook: Faber Castel Pitt Pens (1.5 and XS), Sharpie pen, Liquitex Professional heavy body acrylic in light blue violet; Art journal: Golden liquid acrylics, Winsor & Newton gouache in permanent white, Le Pen in periwinkle
This new phase of life (like any other new phase of life) feels like an adventure of its own. I had a mini identity crisis earlier this week when updating my LinkedIn profile. I’m not what I used to be before (in terms of a job title, at least), so what the heck am I? I felt much better (and less melodramatic) after taking a nap.
Anyway, I felt like that internal adventure was a good place to start, so I grabbed my paint and brushes. A quick sketch of the human body resulted in some webbed hands, a wonky knee and an arm shaped like an hour glass. On the upside, I think I captured my broken toe quite beautifully. If you can’t tell, it’s the one that looks broken… in other words, it could be any of them.
I’ve been doodling in my mini Bison Bookbinding and Letterpress sketchbook, and thought this page was a nice compliment to the art journal page. So hey. There it is.
The quote is from one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems, 5 AM in the Pinewoods. I like the idea of swimming inward. I’m sure I’ll get around to actual adventures (and real swimming!) in future weeks. Until then, happy Thursday, friends.
Want to see more of my art journal? Love, Weeks 1 + 2 | Love, Weeks 3 + 4 | Love, Weeks 5 + 6 | Love, Wrap Up + Blog hop | Brave, Weeks 1-3 | Brave, Weeks 4-6
Also On Tap for Today:
Looking for more Get Messy Thursday posts? You can find a list of most participants here.- Love this post (per usual) from Kristi: How to Trust Yourself
- Catching up with pals!
Got any adventures planned for the summer?
