Roots- Day 12, 13, 14

For the last two weeks I have been obsessed with making pattern papers.
Here is one which is heavily textured with paints, stencils, pen and book paper.

 I'm still continuing with Lisa Sonora Beam's class, Roots. Here are Day-12, 13 and 14.

Day-12 was about the need to take rest. I always feel guilty when I choose to take rest especially when there is much pending work. But I also know that without it I cannot get productive. I liked the quote she used, "Rest is a weapon"  which I think is absolutely true. Instead of feeling guilty I should see Rest as a weapon against illness and inertia.
I did a very quick page for this [since it was about rest, I didn't want to spend hours on this-:)] Can you make out my sketch?

     Day-13 was on the Recipe for Happiness. I found three recipes-:) Happiness on an everyday basis, General Happiness and the Happiness in my Dreams. I will share all about that on another post.

  Day-14 "Paint as you like and die happy." -Henry Miller. The above page was done for this quote.

I'm enjoying doing these pages but my daily sketching  has been put on the back burner.

Carnations

This is the only watercolor page that I did this week. Linking this to Sunday Sketches
I'm linking my creations to PPF and  ArtJournalEveryday
Thank you for being here
SusaN

Roots more art pages...

I'm back to creating backgrounds. Some days I go crazy with paints and create many background pages. Today morning I did four. My daily mug of Folgers' coffee is nearby.

I'm continuing with my Art Journaling process that is part of the free online class offered by Lisa Sonora Beam, named Roots-30 Day Journal Project.

For Day-8 I did a girl on a background page. I know I messed her up but I like this colorful background that was created out of Dylusion sprays and Twinks.

Day -9 A mixed media page out of acrylics and stencils. I'm also journaling for each prompt that she has given for each day.

This page that I created for Day-10 was purely experimental. Apart from gesso, I've only used water colors, gelatos and Twinks with stencils. There is a nice shimmer to this page but on the photo it doesn't show.

  Day-11 The quote was about giving birth to something beautiful from the chaos that is within you. My Lotus was born thus-:)

That is it with the daily prompts. Below is my current week's DLP page. The challenge was to use an under painting on your journal. You can see that I've used a kitchen roll which had left over paints on the right end side of my journal. I then glued some doodled flowers on the page.

Thank you my dear blogger friends for all your kind words. It is always so much appreciated. I'm linking my page today at Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday.
Wishing you all a creative Tuesday
SusaN

Roots Day 1, 2 and 3

A warm Hello to dear Elizabeth and all my other blogger friends at T Stands for Tuesday 

I want to Thank each and everyone of you who took the time to go through my son's sketches and had encouraged him with your kind words here. I showed him that and he was very happy. Of course I do remind him that he has only started this journey, and if he is interested in continuing with his passion there will always be more encouraging and inspiring words for him-:)

Today I'm sharing my usual  big mug of coffee with one of the art pages that I did for Lisa Sonora Beam's online Art Journaling class, Roots. This is my second time doing the same class but I still feel motivated to write on the quotes that she posts each day. 

The above page was done for Day-3 prompt. It was on cultivating our roots. So I did this painting with my new acrylic Golden paint set. These paints are so expensive that I can't afford to buy them at their original price. But last week there was a 55% off coupon at our A.C.Moore and Yes! I just snagged a small set. Once I used them I realized why they are so pricey. The colors are so creamy and rich. I'm sure I'm going to get more colors with the help of more coupons-:)

       

 I did this page for Day-2. I found creating this Yoga pose silhouette very apt for her theme on commitment to oneself in life. 

  

Day-1 I did a collage. The prompt was about starting something, in this case journaling, even if we are able to take only baby steps.  
I'm yet to do my Day-4 and 5 Challenges. I'm doing all the 30 Days Challenge in a note book.

The above Summer Blooms were done in watercolors in my daily journal as part of an FB weekly prompt. 

That is all for this week.

Hope you all have a warm and sunny Tuesday

Thank you for being here

SusaN