Art Journal Page 27: In Honor of New York!

I am from the Boston area and anyone that know even a little about baseball know all about the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees. 

Well I love the Red Sox, but I also enjoy visiting New York City.  There is such great diversity of activities and you get to see people just from all over the world in every corner you look.  Is like visiting different countries in one place.  So I got this stencil at a clearance rack and really love Lady Liberty.

The funny part is that I have visited New York City many times.  I have seen different Broadway shows, gone to museums, gone shopping, but I have yet to go the the Statue of Liberty.  Seriously lacking in the tourist department! 

This is a city that have been tested and has survived great tragedy, it deserves a little shout out once in a while.  As someone from a town that has also seen tragedy I can feel kinship with this city.  I have nothing but positive experiences in my visits there and will always look forward to going back.

Materials I used:  Stencil Plaid Folk Art® NYC Set #30971, numbers washi tape,  drywall tape and little squares stencils for texture.  For Lady Liberty I used modeling paste to give it some dimension and I colored the paste with mint green acrylic paint.  The page background was colored with Premier® "Purple Red" acrylic paint.

In honor of New York and all its great people is this journal page.


(p.s... I'm still a Bostonian at heart...and still looking for a Boston stencil…meanwhile, Go Red Sox and the Patriots!!!)

Have a great and safe day and let your mind if not your body travel the world!
Wonderingmindfield

Zenspirations #15: Happy Valentine’s Day!

In the middle of a Blizzard warning and snowing since early afternoon….what can you possibly do?  Housework or artwork?  Mmmmm…decisions, not really.  I decided to do some artwork.  I have been very inspired by some YouTube ladies and today was a good day to create some new things.  It’s been a while and since it is not the best weather to go out for Valentine’s, I went to my studio and had some fun (hubby had to work today..)

I started with a quick Zenspirations drawing with my new pen, Uni-ball Vision Elite.  II t is not a Micron but I was testing this pen on a mixed media project I will show in the future and liked the color, burgundy is really my favorite color.  With some drawing paper and a nifty pen I had some fun .

Happy Valentine’s Day to all who have love in their hearts. 

Have a safe and warm day and just give someone you love a hug and tell them how much they mean to you.  Thank them for being in your life and let them know that without them life would be just a little too lonely.

WonderingMindFIeld

Zenspirations #14: In a Bit of a Groove!

With my busy schedule I decided that I wanted to at least make time for more art, so I took a Strathmore 400 Series 6x8 and a pencil case with my Micron pens, eraser, pencil, and mini ruler and put them on my purse, ready for me to use whenever I have a few moments during the day.  Usually on my lunch break during my night classes, I heat up my little dinner and take out my pad and pens and just doddle.

I have been doing a lot of Zenspirations, by Joanne Fink lately and I  have been enjoying making all the dangles and practicing with my handwriting. I would like to incorporate more handwriting and I read somewhere recently that having a separate notebook to just practice with words is a good way to come up with new and different letter and quotes.  Let see if my purse can hold another notebook in it.  The poor thing will become a weapon pretty soon just with the weight.  :)

Have safe and wonderful day!
WonderingMindField