Fall Journal Completed

Happy Tuesday everyone. For my 'Tea' at Elizabeth's I'm having a cup of green tea in one of my pretty tea cups. I had almost forgotten about this set and thankfully found them last week when I was in a 'cleaning and organizing' spree. 

The art is in my daily journal. The flowers were stamped with one of my handmade stamps.

Today I want to share the other side of my Fall Journal. I am so happy of this project that I started by the end of September and yes! I have completed it. Now I'm going to make another "No Sew Handmade Sketchbook" to do Winter Sketches.

Here is the  other side of the journal:

I did some of the sketches upside down. But I guess that is okay-:) 

I'm linking this to Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday 

Thank you as always for supporting me and my art with your kind words

Wishing you all a lovely week

SusaN

Fall Inspiration

Hello Friday and I hope my friends are all staying warm and safe. The weather is bad... cold and windy and yesterday it had been raining so bad here. But I feel so good that this week my son had school only for two days-:)

Anyways below is my finished side of the handmade Fall journal. On the other side I have two more sheets to finish. I had so much fun doing this. They are all watercolor sketches based on Autumn.  

 Somehow I am unable to rotate the page-:(

 My Art Journal page for this week: After a long gap, I took my acrylics again. This page is so rich in layers; book pages, gesso, plaster cloth... I had a tough time finishing it. Whenever I'm creating, I stop when my instinct says so, when my mind says that yes! it is done.  

  (Still couldn't keep the photos straight)

In the beginning I came up with this. I saw the image of an angel on my page but then again I didn't feel happy with it. So I played more and then again autumn played as my source of inspiration-:) I loved the trees and just stopped there.
The quote was quite fitting for all the confusion that I had while doing this page. It is always good to keep things simple right? Sometimes the simplest answer or pattern will be there in front of us but still we will be searching and putting ourselves in a complicated position-:)

Linking my post to the awesome team at PPF, and Art Journal Everyday
Have a wonderful weekend
SusaN

Hello Tuesday

Hello Tuesday dear Elizabeth and everyone at T stands for Tuesday. 

I'm continuing with my Fall Journal. It is almost finished, two more sheets to go-:)  Here is my regular morning cup of tea and the painting of few daisies.  

Yet another Fall tree

 Week-43 Challenge at DLP was to sketch something that you see right now. I did a fall tree in watercolor.

Week-44 was to use Leaves in your page. I painted different types of fall leaves in watercolor. The quote that I added states: "Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the Autumn." -Emily Dickinson.   

Wishing you all a lovely week

SusaN 

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween  everyone and Oh my! October is getting over. Two more months to go and we are at the threshold of a new year. Today both my sons are so excited to dress up and go for the school parades and also for trick or treat in the evening-:)  I'm not someone who gets so excited about this day but it does make me smile to see their anticipation and excitement.

I had been busy in my Fall journal, creating more Fall themed sketches. Now there are only 5 more pages left in my handmade journal. Once it is completed I'm planning to do a Winter Journal in the same fashion.

   

                                 "Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower." Albert Camus

 I did another set of sunflowers-:) 

Yet another  Fall sketch with lot of pen work. 

Linking this to Art Journal Journey 's theme, Deep in the Forest

This is the page that I created in my Strathmore Mixed Media Art Journal. The background is layered with Dylusion spray inks, stencilling and modelling paste. Next, I created the silhouette of the girl and outlined it with stabilo pencil.  

The quote on her dress states," The things we take for granted, someone else is praying for."

Isn't that so true! Even the basic things in our lives, when we fuss about the food, clothing and shelter that we have, there are millions praying for them.
Most of us get bored with routine. We never realize that normal routine is such a blessing. When it gets disrupted by a sudden illness or the death of a dear one, only then we realize how valuable our old normal life with our loved ones were.
Whenever boredom creeps into my routine, I remember the blessings that I have and feel very Thankful for them.

Linking my post to PPF and Art Journal Everyday

Wishing you all a safe Halloween and lovely weekend
SusaN

Friday Art

Happy Friday  everyone.How is Halloween celebrations going on everywhere? Somehow I am not a big fan of it. But of course, my boys love it. They are so excited to try out their costumes and go out for trick or treating-:)

Today I'm sharing my second Art Journal page which I did in my new Strathmore Mixed media Journal. I did the background with Dylusion sprays (love how bright they are). Again I have used a Fall theme, and hence the yellow-orange-red shades.I did the watercolor flowers on book page and glued them here. 

This week the weather has been terrible here. It was cold and it rained all day and night-:( I wanted to put down that too here. That is with the raindrops and thunder patterns.

The quote that I added to the page is: "Stop thinking so much. It is alright not to know the answers. They will come to you when you least expect it."

I think it is so true. Most of the quotes that I add to my pages are kind of self-reminders. I have a habit of over thinking and then worrying  over my thoughts. Later the answers evolve themselves when I least expect them-:) I then wonder why I spent so much time worrying and stressing about it.Have you ever come across such a situation? 

Aspens     

Yet another watercolor on my Handmade book. I used Strathmore 400 series cold press water color sheets (22in by 30in ) for making the sketchbook. 

I'm linking my art to PPF, Art Journal Everyday, Sunday Sketches  and Art Journal Journey

Wishing you all a lovely weekend. Stay Warm

SusaN

Happy Tuesday

Morning dear Elizabeth and all my 'Tea time' friends. I'm so happy to be here;-) Last week I missed posting here and visiting everyone.

  

Today I'm sharing my morning cup of coffee and my Fall journal.

I'm continuing with my Fall sketches in my 'No Sew Handmade Journal'.

One side of the journal is complete-:) I'm so happy with this season theme as the beautiful autumn colors are such an inspiration for me

Last week for Colombus day there were some good deals at the art stores. I got the Strathmore Mixed Media Art Journal. There are 64 pages in this and the paper is very thick and has a creamy shade to it. I prefer that than the stark white pages which some journals have.

I have decided to do one page a week and share it here. 

 This is the first page again I was inspired by Fall. The leaf impression was created out of a
real one-:) I then added Twinks to it and the stencilled circles. The page is done in many layers and I completed it with an inspiring quote.

"Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect Time."

I usually add quotes that are relevant to me. I've not been feeling very good lately. Of course with time and some good thinking now I'm back to my old self. This line is exactly what I wanted to see.

Thank you for being here

Have a lovely week

I'm linking my page to Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday

SusaN