Wanderlust 2021 - weeks twenty-five to twenty-eight - Boundaries

Wanderlust continues, with more challenges.  Week 25 was about reviewing how far we have come and what was holding us back. It was a monochrome page which I really enjoyed putting together.  My boundaries were 'enjoy the process' because sometimes I worry too much about how the finished thing will look rather than concentrating on the process to make it, which is much more important. The other one is 'perfection in imperfection' again to remind me that the end project is not the most important thing.

Week 26 was all about watercolours.  I did feel a bit anxious about this as my watercolours in the past have not been successful.  However, the lesson was very clear and I actually really enjoyed trying to paint six versions of an iris.  Using a watery, loose style really appeals to me and the teacher said she thought I had a knack for it, so that was really encouraging.  I haven't tried to paint anything else in this style, but the thought of trying a poppy is in my head.

Week 27 was about mixing four media which would not normally be used together. These were watercolours, gesso, soft pastels and oil pastels.  It was a game where we wrote the media onto little cards then picked one to see which layer would be next. It was an enjoyable way to make a background. 

Week 28 was really exciting to me,   I have recently rediscovered my distress inks and this week was all about using them to make a tag book with different edges on each page.  I created a background page for the tag book to live on.

Here's the tag book.

I used lots of stencils and had so much fun.  It took me all afternoon, but I was pleased with the end result.

I really enjoyed the process though - more than the end product.  It's beginning to sink in!