Nurtured by Art

Part of Wanderlust 2017 is the Wanderlust Book. We receive regular prompts for that and the latest one said: I am nurtured by...................... We were to fill in the rest of the sentence. I added: art, books and dog walking. I am using a Finnabair Mixed Media Journal ( 7 x 9") which as you can see is ring bound. This spread was done on a set of the white pages (it also has craft pages).

The background was done with collage using Tim Holtz's tissue wrap, magazine images, and deli paper that had been stencilling on a gelli plate using L457 Santiago stencil designed by Nathalie Kalbach for Stencilgirl Products.   I also used Distress Crayons and paint and the medium stencil from the December 2014 Stencilgirl Club. Quite a bit gold paint was added to the background too although that is hard to see on the pictures.

I felt that the clown like images needed to be on this spread so they became the focal point. The text was part stamped, part written and part words cut from magazines.

The pages look quite nostalgic as a result of the colours I used so to brighten it up a bit fluorescent pink paint was added as well as white and blue paint splatters. The pages were edged with a blue stamp pad.

Sweet Nymph Amaryllis

As I mentioned in an earlier post we have 7 diffrent amaryllis flowers in the house and they seem to take it in turn to flower. Most of them are left-overs from previous years but this one is a new one, bought in Dawyck Botanical Gardens just before they closed for the winter months and is called Sweet Nymph. I have tried to capture it's beauty using two different cameras and varying the lighting conditions.

Lenna's class starts today

Just a quick post to tell you all that the Lessons that my very good friend and wonderful artist Lenna Andrews has written for the 4 Artists 4 Ways Artful Pages online class have now started. Lesson 1 is available now, and it provides all the information you need to start to alter a vintage or old book.

If you're interested in all the classes don't worry about the fact that they started 2 weeks ago as there is still plenty of time to enlist and you'll then be able to access all the classes up so far and they are very much worth while. I'm only sorry that although I have downloaded them all I haven't had the opportunity to do anything with them due to the fact that there has been a lot of other stuff to deal with recently but I have read through them and I have promised myself I will start on them soon! You can register by clicking on the button above.

And finally, and this is going to be a returning addition to every blog post till the exhibition opens on the 23rd April, don't forget about the change of date. Read all the details here.

4 artists 4 ways

If you are very observant, you will have noticed a smaller version of this button in the side bar by now. It's advance notice of another great class organized by Mary Green but in this case featuring 3 other artists too, all teaching different aspects of art pages. Here is the write-up by Mary:

"There were once four different friends who loved book arts. They each had different styles of doing their art, each one special and beautiful. One did art journaling, another altered books, a third loved gluebooks and the fourth created pages from fabric and paper.

They decided to share their styles with each other, and with you, by creating a one-of-a-kind online class. There's no other course like this one, combining 4 different ways to enjoy book arts, to experiment with different styles and to learn brand new methods and disciplines.

In Artful Pages - 4 artists 4 ways, Hope Wallace Karney will share her extraordinary Art Journaling knowledge with you, Lisa McIlvain will present her opulent fabric pages, Lenna Young Andrews will enlighten you with her spirited Altered Books, and Mary Green will introduce you to her elegant Vintage Gluebooks.

You'll enjoy 3 full lessons each week, and a different artist each week. One registration gets you the entire class, all 4 styles, and all 12 lessons.

The course begins on February 20, 2011. Registration is open now, and just $40 for the entire 4 week course"

I hardly need add that I'm signed up already as I'm sure this is going to be a wonderful experience. If you're interested, go here to sign up too, or click on the picture above. Hope to see you there in February.