Without art the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
– George Bernard Shaw
Here’s to an artful day!
hugs
nat
Are you ready for the next photo of the Second Round of Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about (basically they are photos that my friends and I found on flea markets etc. and that we give a new life and story) or want to see all the past photos and takes…check it out here.
Click here to see what Cat, Vicki, and Cuchy made out of the photo and which story they tell. Martha cannot participate this month- we are thinking of you hon- get better soon!
Here is my take on this month’s photo:
“They were united by their love to create art and their extremely exquisite taste of bathing fashion. Nobody could deny that they were a fine group of women!”
I had a great time creating the background with some collage elements. And this month’s photo made me also laugh big time :)
And here is the photo for you in case you want to play along this month:
Link up you projects with this photo here:
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Have a gorgeous day!
Nat
extremely exquisite taste… NO DOUBT!! HAHAHAHA
Colourful as we are :)
I love the background!
Cuchy had way too much fun with this one.
Fun photo to work with Nat.
Very Very cool Nat!!!
I found this picture that we used in our first Whatever again (The Whatevers is a Storytelling Project where friends and I use found photos with unknown background stories) – and somehow I used it up for this new story :)
“Glen was the first person in his family to recognize what a two-faced witch his sister was…she was pretty good in hiding her evil self behind the big bouncing bow”
here are some of the supplies I used:
Have a gorgeous day!
Nat
Amazing page!
I just love how you manage to put an evil twist to the Whatever photos.
Nice way to reuse this pic.
“courage does not always roar. Sometimes Courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘ I will try again tomorrow'”
Mary Anne Radmacher
This is so true on so many levels – sometimes this is the hardest to find the courage to try again…but I am on it , trying every day ;)
I used the Creative Palette by Stampendous and one of my templates in my Signature Stamp Sets with Stampendous and did some Mono Printing for the background. The letters are old Rose Mokka letters from my stash – the company does not exist anymore- but boy did I love those letters and hoard them. Time to use them up ;)
Have a beautiful day filled with Courage!
hugs
Nat
Your pages are amazing! and the phrase so true!!!
I actually used some of those letters (recently) that you sent me ages ago with your paper line. I especially like how you used the white pen to make the letters stand out. It’s been so long since I’ve done that that I had almost forgot that “trick”. Have a colorful day Nat.
“A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof…as we Germans say!”
Sometimes it is good to remember that ;)
this is another quick art journal page fulfilling my urge to create something on a very busy non-studio day. I created the background with a brayer and Acrylic Paints, stamped over with some white acrylic paint and added the little bird that was a left over from one of my classes at the Ink Pad. Albert’s pants got a new pattern by applying a thick Liquitex Acrylic Marker…using them more like a stamp.
And there you go…funky Albert with a huge sparrow in his hand ;)
Thank you for swinging by and have a gorgeous day
nat
this is so great!
Hope you have a gorgeous day as well Nat.
I just played in my art journal and thought of you since I used one of the templates that came with the stamp set.
I regret nothing in life except what I have not done.
Coco Chanel
No reason to drown in a sea of blue ;)
Lot’s of layering blue acrylic paints, spray paint, stamping, stencils, gesso and then starting over again.
Do fun things today!
Nat
Beautiful!
I love blue, is amazing!!!
Now these are the colors that come to mind when I think of your work.
(Not that I don’t also enjoy the variety of the other colors that you use. Like reds and orange.)
A thousand dreams within me softly burn
The format of my new art journal is fun- but it is hard to photograph the double spread – I will figure it out ;)
I played with Liquitex Pouring Medium and Acrylic Paints and Inks to see what happens, loved the effects and saw flowers- which I then outlined with a black pen. I added a thin layer of clear gesso over the pouring medium parts as in an art journal otherwise the pages will stick together like crazy and destroy parts of the pages when you try to open it again. Works quite well and you do not loose too much of the shiny-ness.
Also loved playing with the templates included in my Stampendous Wired Stamp Set. I heard that some people do not see that there are template stencils in the stamp sets, there are :) – don’t throw the packaging away with them!
Have a gorgeous day!
Nat
Is just amazing!
Clear gesso…another supply that I now “need”.
That red flower is so natural looking. I like how you designed it with the black ink.
“But I don’t want to go among mad people”, said Alice. “Oh, you can’t help that”, said the Cat “We are all mad here”
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol
I smothered the background in paint and let it all out – MAD ;)
Have a gorgeous day and go make some art today!
hugs
Nat
Fun!!
Wonderful quote with nice bright colors!
If you have good thoughts, thy will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
*Robert Dahl*
This background started out with a mono printed background demoing in a workshop and from there I added layers of layers, hiding, revealing and adding
There is a lot of texture on this spread. And I used this fluorescent pink , which is a new obsession of mine- LOL. I know some people HATE it …I used to too but somehow it speaks to me at the moment and I love to explore with which unusual color combinations it can look good with :)
I hope you have a wonderful day …I am so giddy about the spring finally being here….Cannot even tell you :)
hugs
Nat
It’s all about the texture. Nice.
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Denise Spillane
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I so love this post. Your art keeps getting better and better
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Carmen Whitehead
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Love the page and I agree with the sentiment. It would be a very bland and dull world without art.
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Sue Clarke
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I was thinking of this the other day after seeing a good movie and then reading a great book. Then I painted in my journal and thought about how healing and wonderful it is to be creative and to share those creations. I so enjoy looking at art and experiencing the art that others have created. Books are my favorite but my whole family really enjoys watching movies together. And yes, the world would be a boring place without art. Truth be told, I’m not sure that humans could survive without art of some sort…it just blossoms…
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Kathy P
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Great page! It would be a sad, dull, depressing world without art!
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