Freedom art journal page

A bit of a change from painting with this page... but hey I still have pencils and pens in my hands.  I love doing backgrounds with coloured pencil because they have such a delicate look.   Glueing and sticking is so therapeutic too and those old magazines sure do come in useful :D

Doing pages opens up some really wierd stuff in my head sometimes... do you feel that when you do yours???  Do you feel that sometimes other people pull the strings in your life more than you do yourself... I think I have always been a people pleaser... more worried about others than myself and it sure is a hard habit to break.   ooooooooer DEEP or what...lol
hugs
Chris xx

Splish, Splash, Sploshing around....

with paint that is :D  Just fancied a play and made a swirly stencil out of paper to play with for my background.  loadsa fun!!   Used more images from Dyans downloads but this time I coloured them with paint and Copic markers.  So versatile... I am gonna have to have more...lol

I started off with an idea BUT after I wrote my journalling on the page (just quickly by hand) I looked at the page again and it reminded me of something that happened a long time ago so I think now I am gonna paint over a bit of it and add different journalling... sheesh the things I do...lol

It was the HAT that did it!!  Provoked a memory from my childhood when these hats were all the rage and we began making a corduroy one at school... all hand sewing too I might add.... I was about 8 at the time.  However I had an accident and got my fingers badly trapped in a car door so was absent from school for a while and when I returned was still bandaged up so couldn't sew... but worse... because I wasn't at school my teacher decided to give MY HAT to someone else to complete and keep.  SO MISS BROWN... if you ever read this .... KNOW that I hated you for that from the depths of my being...lol

hugs

Chris xx

Believe in yourself....

because if  You think you ' can't  '... You '  won't '.   That's my journalling thought for this piece...prompted by the fact that I spent sooooo long thinking that I couldn't paint or do faces that I stopped myself from doing any of it in any constructive way and many other things too.   I am slowly beginning to believe in my own ability now and I'm so glad I didn't give up completely :D

I've often cried tears of frustration over something I've wanted to do and my own negativity has stopped me from going further... so now I am going to turn over a new leaf and I'm gonna start believing in me... who knows where that might lead :D

Do YOU believe in YOU!!

hugs
Chris xx

Dyans new downloads....

are totally tickling me... I loves them :D  Got my hands on a few this week and though I'm jumping from one thing to another at the moment  like a flee in a circus!! (well when your mojo is moving you gotta work it right...lol) I managed to roll my painting and a journal page into one....whooohoo

No having to scoot around in magazines for images to use (although I do like to do that when i have time) just painted my background and got down n dirty with me pritt stick :D  Even fancied myself as a bit of a

fashion designer lol... so I created my own catwalk.  Dresses out of bows and ties... whatever next ha ha ha.

Not that I have legs like that.... more like tree trunks... but I can dream!!

strut your stuff ... because... you're worth it :D  Well we are aren't we???

If you fancy getting your hands on some of Dyans downloads you can find them HERE and pop over to Dyans blog too cos there is loads of inspiration there... you won't be sorry :D
Okay gotta scoot... the paintbrushes are calling my name and though I haven't had much time for blogging lately I am gonna pre post some stuff on standby today so there will be more for you to see this week.
Hugs
Chris xx