Earlier this week, I watched Tam (aka Willowing) work on an Art Journaling page.
For the few years I’ve followed her work, I’ve always fell in love with her messages. I remember watching back to back videos on her Youtube channel when I discovered her (i think it was in 2008). She was that girl speaking her truth, sharing her process, and telling me us that it is okay not to be a fluffy bunny all the time.
She was different than the other artists online, I felt like she could be my big sister.
You’ll see, but I should have never used my brayer. Big mistake. But eh, it happens ! I don’t know what crossed my mind at that precise moment… ahah.
I accept that she is simple, my almost6yearsold daughter does draw better 😉
I’ve been wanting to use again my Neocolor II (for me, the best watersoluble crayons) but I don’t know why, kept forgetting to do so. I used to only color my faces with them and white acrylic paint, and loved it.
It is quite the same story with my Twinkling H2Os. If you this does not ring a bell for you, they are shimmery watercolor in a cake form. But until last week, I did not know they needed to rest before being used (you spray water on it, and wait for 10ish minutes before using them). This is a trick (click to watch her video in another tab)I’ve learned from Jodi Ohl who, for me, is one of the experts with them.
I keep telling you: I am a shimmer girl. Love them. And I love what Luminarte does. I use some in her face (the pink/purple), I use the same color on her hair for the highlights, for her dress, and wrote with it around her hair.
I really like the journaling around her hair.
I did some free hand journaling, just letting the words flow without thinking about them. Just accepting my hand to move and let go of whatever may come. I don’t even remember what is there (and the red sharping does not show that well, which is good).
I notice that my desire to share with you a weekly art journaling video pushes me to go there, and do it. I kind of lost myself at a time where I did not do anything for several months in a row in my journal, focusing on my paintings only. I knew there was this «i miss it» feeling floating around, but I always found an excuse not to go back to it. I don’t regret it, I guess I needed to go through that phase without it. However, right now, I still feel lost. I guess my process changed so much in my paintings the last few years, that I approach my art journal differently now. Less perfect. Starting a page where there is some leftover from my stencil uses is something I could not even consider before; and is now something I do a lot (wasting all that inky goodness when spraying ? no thanks !).
Here is the video for you:
What I used (if you have any question, please feel free to let me know):
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I love the color of her hair. It sounds to me like your process is growing and evolving. Why do you feel lost?