Friday, May 30, 2014

The Earth Laughs in Flowers

  Is it really Friday already? And almost June? It's a busy time right now with baby showers and graduations, and spending more and more time outdoors. It also means I may not be spending as much time on some of the art challenges for awhile. However I will NOT MISS Kristin Van Valkenburg's Summer of Color challenge which begins on June 2!!!

  I love seeing all the flowers in bloom this time of year and that is what inspired this journal page and title for it:



  It began like this:

 I was just playing with watered down paints in my watercolor journal to add color to some pages. But as soon as I looked at this I saw the flowers:)


 Here are a few more lettering practice pages in my composition book. These were taken from prompts in JoAnne Sharpe's book The Art of Whimsical Lettering.



           Exercises on using pens, markers or paint on black card stock or over black gesso.



                                  Here I put some of  my geli plate printed deli papers to use :)




 The print on the right was a happy discovery. I had done the left page in another comp book using alcohol markers (Spectrum Noir). When I went to tear the page out the print on the right was underneath, having bled thru. I really like the whitewash effect!

  This week the Simon Wednesday Challenge blog theme is "Anything Goes" so I'm sharing this card:

  Although you can't see it , the background cardstock (The Glitter Stack-DCWV), is sparkly with glitter. I found an image of the college logo (Marist College in NY) where our godson Anthony just graduated from, trimmed it and adhered it to the card with 3M foam tape. A personal message was typed and added inside.

     I'm also linking to Art Journal Every Day, Creative Every Day, and Paint Party Friday.

  In ending this post I'm leaving you with a favorite Maya Angelou quote. We lost this amazing woman a few days ago but her words will be imprinted in our hearts forever. Rest in peace Maya, and thank you.

" If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."   Maya Angelou







30 comments:

  1. You have created a lot, love the spring inspired themes, great lettering too! Valerie

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  2. Oh! Just wonderful artwork Linda!
    Happy weekend!

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  3. Pretty art journal page! Love the organic way your flowers evolved.

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  4. I love the flowers at this time of year too Linda. Yours are beautiful and remind me of why I love this time of year so much. Can't wait to begin Summer of Colors. Thank you for the reminder.
    Have a great week.

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  5. Lots of fun, joy and colour here, lovely art dear friend!

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  6. Beautiful and colorful pieces, Linda. Have a great and creative week!

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  7. Love all of your projects, especially the flowers in watercolours. Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. Lovely irises, I have them in my garden right now. Yes, this is a lovely time of year and I'm all in flowers too.

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  9. I love that watercolor! What a difference a line makes. :)

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  10. Your projects are very interesting and love all your pieces Linda. Great weekend to you.

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  11. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that flower page

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  12. Your journal pages are so cheerful and lovely card! Happy PPF!

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  13. You've been busy, my friend! I love the spontaneity of your watercolor and that card is very striking. Blessings!

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  14. Wonderful colors , exquisite flowers ! Nice! Magnificent!

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  15. Beautiful water color flowers! Wonderful Joanne Sharpe practice sheets too...all beautiful work and thanks for sharing!! Love the Maya Angelou quote too!

    Hugs Giggles

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  16. Love these artful creations today, Linda! The journal page of flowers is especially pretty. Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog today. I, too, am hoping to participate in Kristin's Summer of Color again this year. Have a great weekend.

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  17. Lovely projects but I totally love that one about fancy doing you good! So true! And the colors are wonderfully vibrant.

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  18. My favorite is the Spring journal page. Love the dripping, the colors and the flowers you saw in them. Your lettering practice looks awesome.
    Wishing you a great weekend
    Susan

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  19. Perfectly lovely Maya Angelou quote dear Linda ♥
    Your flower journal page is really splendid...all the more so that you showed us the before and what you saw and then how you finished it so beautifully!
    It is a lively time of year...isn't it.
    Enjoy * Enjoy and Happy Weekend
    oxo

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  20. Those flowers are just gorgeous... so soft and full of movement... and I am impressed by the lettering practice...mine is appalling and I keep meaning to practice but never seem to get there... maybe you can do it for me and if I look at these long enough i will magically be better lol...xx

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  21. You always have so many creative things to show us. I like the watercolour flowers in your journal very much. Like you I love SOC and am looking forward to what it will be this year. It's the one challenge I take part in.

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  22. Just love what you have created! Thanks for sharing!!

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  23. Thank you for reminding me of the summer of color ! Your watercolours are beautiful Linda. I too am spending time away from challenges byte hope to do sonera of kristins wonderful themes.

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  24. Yes, it is a busy time of year, I'm also wondering where the time goes .... Love how you did your flower-journalpage. And your lettering-exercises are very interesting. Aren't those lucky accidents great? Love discovering things like that :-)

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  25. Love the light colors. They are so pretty. Glad you shared these pages.

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  26. You have created so much. I really like how your flowers evolved and your lettering is awesome Well done
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  27. I love anything to do with nature and your title is probably my favourite nature quote. Your interpretation of it is beautiful. So loose, free and colourful. Just how I like it. Enjoy your week.

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  28. Awe, thank you for talking about the SOC here! It should be another fun summer! Love your pages too - the lettering is beautiful and I love all the patterns, xoxo

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  29. Beautiful art!! love your lettering practice too,that's something I need to work on.

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