As promised, here are the other pages of my Art Journal course which I particularly enjoyed, from the first theme of Roots and Wings. Above is a nameless photograph of a member of my Dad's side of the family. We have a lovely Victorian album but absolutely no idea who any of these people were, which is really sad. The photos were taken in studios in Scotland. We had to look into our ancestry and choose some art work to turn into stamps. I chose ancient Celtic symbols carved into rocks. We also incorporated some weaving which was fiddly, but the end result is very pleasing.
Using vibrant watercolour inks was the next media to use to create a sort of map of challenges and happy things in our practice.
This week was all about creating a Polish style of hanging decoration. As I am keeping everything in my journal, I translated this to a 'washing line' style of decoration.
Creating our own inks was the next challenge and I used walnut ink and tea for the backgrounds and stamping, with the bright yellow turmeric ink for highlights.
Probably my favourite week was the one by Alison Bomber who I follow on Youtube. We used a multitude of media for this triptych and I used crackle paste for the first time. It was very satisfying (once I had got the lid off - and Chris had to help me with that!) I added pressed leaves and flowers from the garden, which I had collected last year.
Finally, this week was a gentle journey into collage and thinking about a safe and happy place.
So, on to the next theme which is Paper Alchemy (should be right up my street!)
