Owls in my journal

I was trying to draw an owl and thought I would keep it in my journal together with different images of owls. There's really nothing special to that page other than the owls and their fun apperance. The one that I drew I was colouring/painting when in the phone so it's not a masterpiece but well enough to keep I think.
The pale pink dotted paper that I used was nothing I recomend others to use in their journal. It's kind of waxed and the paint/markers won't stick to it. My pink pen worked but needed a loooooooooong time to dry up. So no more of that paper for me.



In the other page I was trying to make another kind of background, and it looks exiting. I shall try it over again later on. It will suit me better with the brush strokes horisontally so I have a couple of spreads left before I can do that.
Right now I'm so into making balls that it'll have to wait a bit. I tink I've become a ball addict.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Another ball.

I've finished my second one.

On this one I chose to use just one colour as a background and I think that was smarter. The ball is looking more like a ball this time and it's because the "wings" are cut back. To get this shape one have to use rounded triangles.( A triangle with rounded sides) As shown in the photo below.



Use whatever you like.

As I showed you you can use any form of decoration on the ball. Could have been nice to use kanzachi flowers all around. One could easily cut out the midcircle and insert photos or other things. The possibilities are endless.



All decorated.

Here they are all ready for gluing together. When I first saw them like this I thought they could be nice to use as small coasters for glasses or other things. One could ofcoures have chosen just one set of colours to enrich the table decoration, and a couple of balls hanging over the table. ( now I'm laughing) I easily get carried away.



The size of this ball is Ø 13 cm (5.25 inches) each circle and that's somewhat smaller than the first one. I really like the size of this one and I could even downsize it a bit more.

They are easy to make just be exact from the beginning. One need to have the circles/triangles just the same size. If not, the gluing together process will become a nightmare.



I enjoy when the triangles are ready to work on. To be able to choose the right design so that it looks well. That's the real fun. Working it out and then do the job and see if it comes out accordngly to your intentions.

Come on folks give it a try, I promise you will enjoy it.
Don't hesitate to ask me any questiones and I would ofcourse loooove to see your balls.

Wish you all the best.

My exiting to make "ball"

You should try this once.

I had imagined that the ball would look a bit more rounded, but this was my learning ball. I'm hooked. I'm starting a new one immediately after writing this post. The decorating part is so fun to do. Almost like meditating. This ball will have its place right inside my front door, to welcome visitors.




It's made of 8 circles Ø 20 cm ( 8 inches)
I had some old papers that I used and then glued on strips of book papers. It's neccesary that the circles are a bit sturdy.



As you see I've used the lotus flower as pattern. That was why I connected the ball to meditating. (lotus is often used as a symbol in meditation)



This ball can be used in several projects. One could make a ball to a newborn and use date, time and year as part of the symbols. It could be used as table decoration and lots of other things.



The photo above is taken me lying on the floor.



Here you see it hanging in a little distance and here you can see that it's not that ballshaped. The next one will be though. I have it all figured out.

Wish you all the best.

Celebrating all day.

Today has been a busy day. To and from all day. Started our day by watching the childrens parade. After that we drove to watch Sandra in their parade and stopped to celebrate a couple of hours together with Sandra and her mom. We had some other to visit too so the day were filled up. Now we are relaxing in front of the telly.( exept me writing this short post)



One of the coming days I'll show you something I've been working on lately. I call it my "welcoming-relaxing-lotus-meditation ball"
Wish you all the best.

Joyful journaling.

I had so much fun playing with the mermaids.

This was me playing. I had the spread painted and didn't know exactly what to do with it. I was just trying to sketch a marmaid and then got the idea to make this spread a marine one. My earlier painted waterfall came into use and fits well i think.

It was quite a task to glue down the different images. ("let me see, over this under that and so on") I could have planned it better in beforehand but my aim is to make the road as I go. The first photo shows the spread as it looked when I first thought it done, just penwork left to do.



When I saw it in a distance I felt something was missing so I made a few more images. The seahorses had to join in even if they are a little oversized.
I saw some seahorses in person in Australia and they really facinated me.



This was a day with my pencil and watercolours. Pure joy and I had a lovley time doing this spread.
Wish you all the best.

How to use two faces in my artjournal?

I fell in love with these two faces immediately when I first saw them. It was late evening and I painted my pages, glued the faces down and went to bed with a huge expectation for the next morning.

Next morning I couldn't wait to get started but what happened? I didn't know what to do to this spread. What was it I wanted to tell? I was chewing for hours untill it came out as it did.
I really don't know if this is what it was ment to be, but it is what I came up with.




It's an interesting thought that we plant our seeds in our children/grand children and then when time goes by we move on and the children keeps the seeds and perhaps even polish them every now and then. It might end as my spread express or.....

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Another journalpage.

Use your voice.

I was really looking forward to make this page. I've had the picture for days and just saved it for a bit.
The choire is painted of a well known painter who lived a hundred years ago.(or so)
I don't know his name but he was one of the wellknown "Skagen malerne"

I got the idea for this page imediately when I saw this photo. It express the voices ofcourse but also in a wider range. Can you spot the differens between them? I had a lot of fun making this, and couldn't resist the small image down right. Are you using your voice this much when cleaning?? She's one of a kind I believe.



Different.

This page is my best so far I think. ( from my point of view) It express what I value the most: peace, quietness and awareness. To create some kind of balance I chose to use a sketch of some noisy stuff. Hope you see what I'm trying to express.
I really feel that it all blends so nice together.



Today I've had "a wet day" I've been making mermaids and sea creatures. I'm quite satisfied with that one too but I still have a little to finish before I can show it off.
If you have any suggestions on how I could improve my things I would be more than interested to hear your point of view.

Wish you all the best.