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

Zenspirations #13: More Lost Holiday Cheer!

Ooops!  I found another one....Here is another lost Zenspirations drawing I did back in December 2014.  Though I share since I liked the way it turned out.  As I said before "Better late than never,"  with all the snow this part of the country has been getting it feels like Christmas.  Mind you we got no snow during the actual Christmas season.  Mother nature is sure making up for it now...about 3 feet of snow just in two days and more to come...Yikes.

Have a great day and as always find your creative joy and share it...even if it is out of season!!!!

WonderingMindField  

Zenspirations #12: Is Christmas Really Over??

I just re-located my craft studio to a different part of the house and found a couple of Zenpirations® drawings I manage to do during the Holidays.  This one I did a couple of days before Christmas.  I remember placing it inside one of my drawing pad and forgot all about posting if for Christmas day. Yikes!  

It is amazing to me, however, how fast the holidays seem to go by.  You do all this preparation for Christmas and then it gets here and is gone as fast as it came.  I find that as my daughter grows it goes even faster.  The wonder of Christmas morning fades a little and you do your best to hang on, but know that it is part of life.  Before you know it another generation will come by and hopefully you get a few more chances to experience the wonder through the eyes of child.  

Before

A month late, but with lots of love!  This is my Zenspirations® Christmas wishes!

Have a great day and if like me you're getting hit by a blizzard (Northeast) then be safe and warm!

WonderingMindField

New Year's Goal for my Art...

CRAZY, CRAZY, and CRAZIER!!!!  I can't believe my last post was in November of last year!  I have been so neglectful of this blog I am sooo ashamed!  

The truth is that it has been a tough few months.  I decided to go back to school and did not realized how much time it would take to accomplish this new face in my life.  Between one full-time job, one part-time job, going to school 15 hours a week and trying to take care of the family I could not seem to find the time to do a little art.  Did I mention I've been remodeling my home a little bit too!  Looney bin here I come! 

Anyhow, enough with the complaining. It is time for re-organizing my time and as a New Year's goal (not resolution!)  I will attempt to set aside at least an hour a week to create some Zentangle^® or Zenspirations^® art.  The first thing I have done is set up my traveling pouch in order to carry with me and use anytime I have a little break, either at my work lunch break or during class breaks.  Little by little I’m sure I can complete something each week.  

For my Mixed media the goal is to dedicate 1 to 2 hours on Sunday mornings when everyone is sleeping in.  Some oatmeal and light music and go to town with my paints and paper.  With determination I think is time to get back to what calms me and brings me peace and joy.  Life is too crazy and fast paced, I need to make time to slow down and get back to exploring my wondering mind field!

Here is a little tile I completed a while ago and had not had a change to post until now…I used BTL by Sandy Bartholomew and Webz by JeanTheurkauf among some of the tangles.  These two ladies are very talented and I enjoy seeing their art.

Thank for visiting my little corner of the Internet and my apologies for the neglect.  As always stay safe and keep searching for our creative joy!

WonderingMindField

Bookmark No. 10

This little bookmark was inspired by a Zenpirations stencil I purchased recently (link) at the Blue Moon Scrapbook online store.  It took about 46 minutes to make and it was a very relaxing thing to do for me since I have just take a test (night class)  that stressed me out.  Came home got my comfy pajamas some passion lemonade ice tea and this is the result!

My process:

• I stenciled the flower with Tim Holtz "broken china" Distressed Ink pad using a light touch.  The next step was to trace the flower with my micron pen.
• In honor of the Zenspiration method which inspired the stencil I added some dangles coming out of the the flower and leaves to add dimension and a more whimsical look to the flower.  
• For a last touch I colored some of the dangles with a complementary gel pen color.

I love reading and even in this day and age of all the cool e-readers and fancy phones I still love the feel of a actual paper book.  As long as I can hold a actual book in my hands once in a while I will always love bookmarks!

Be safe and have a great day!

WonderingMindField