Focus on the Beautiful Things

by | Oct 28, 2015 | Art Journal Everyday, Bible Verses, Blog Challenge, Create Every Day, Journal Pages, Journal52, Lettering, Paint Party Friday, Sketch & Drawing, Stencils, Try It On Tuesdays, Watercolor | 20 comments

I finally feel like I may be officially back in the land of the living!  Yay!!

I have been working slowly on a journal page since the weekend and I finally finished it this morning.  I posted an “in progress” glimpse of it in this week’s My Journal Monday.  I colored the flower with primarily Neocolor II crayons and some additional acrylic paint.  The black outline was done with a Molotow acrylic marker as was the text.  Most of the white pen work was done using a Uniball Signo 157 gel pen (medium point) or a white acrylic extra fine Molotow marker.  I think it works well for linking to several other blog link-ups:

  • Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s regular Friday Art Journal Everyday post which she usually posts regularly every Friday
  • Paint Party Friday –some really talented artist doing all sorts of painty things over there every Friday
  • Chelle Stein’s regular Friday Journal52 post — this week’s prompt was FOCUS  🙂
  • Leah Piken Kolidas regular Monday Create Every Day post — a new optional prompt each month and new link list every Monday
  • Try It On Tuesdays — another group of really talented artists doing all kinds of creative things every Tuesday and the prompt for this week is LOTS OF LAYERS
  • That Craft Place — mixed media challenge that posts on Sunday every two weeks
  • We Love to Create — anything goes mixed media challenge that posts every Sunday
  • Word Art Wednesday — anything goes mixed media challenge that encourages incorporation of uplifting words
  • Craft Your Passion — anything goes challenge that posts every Monday
  • Not Just Cards — anything goes challenge that posts on the first Monday of each month

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I really, really like how this turned out.  I’m happy that I’m brave enough to just start “drawing stuff” on my pages whether it looks real or not.  Being a bit of a perfectionist in my own way, this is often a big hurdle to get over just to get started.  I feel I’m starting to see that hurdle start to fade just a little more.  All of you wonderful people out there that read this blog and comment on my work have a hand in that and I thank you.  You are holding me accountable to create more art just by being out there doing what you do in your niche of the creative world.  Encouragement is a huge thing as well.  Creating more art breaks more barriers just by the sheer force of repetition and bit-by-bit application of little brave steps.  And then I go and visit your sites and am inspired to create again the next week.  🙂  I don’t get to visit as often as I’d like and I continue to work on that.  I really enjoy reading your blogs and admiring your works and wish I had time to do more.

Thank you for stopping by and thank you for all of the kind comments over the last few months.  I can see the progress in my creativity and skills just for having had such contact with you on my little corner of the ‘net!  Your time and interest is VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.  🙂

Jill <3

20 Comments

  1. froebelsternchen
    froebelsternchen on October 29, 2015 at 4:59 am

    Fabulous page Jill! Thank you for joining Try It On Tuesday !
    oxo
    Susi

    Reply
  2. Margik
    Margik on October 30, 2015 at 6:46 am

    A fantastic page with beautiful colours, an amazing flower and a super background!
    Thank you for joining us at Try it on Tuesday.
    Mar

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  3. zandra
    zandra on October 30, 2015 at 9:04 am

    Great journal page and love the texture and added layers of color. Your hand drawing is really nice. Great take on the challenge and thanks for playing with us at TIOT.
    Hugz, Z

    Reply
  4. Teresa Arsenault
    Teresa Arsenault on October 30, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Jill, I love your fanciful flower. I think your page is just stunning and I love that translation of the scripture.

    I’m linking from Journal 52.

    Hugs & smiles,
    Teresa

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    • Jill Holmes
      Jill Holmes on October 31, 2015 at 9:00 am

      Thank you, Teresa! I learned the technique from Tam during her on-line class Life Book 2015. 🙂

      Reply
  5. suzink
    suzink on October 31, 2015 at 1:00 pm

    This turned out gorgeous! I love your art!

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    • Jill Holmes
      Jill Holmes on October 31, 2015 at 2:32 pm

      Thanks, Suz! The feeling is definitely mutual as I love yours, too! 🙂

      Reply
      • suzink
        suzink on October 31, 2015 at 3:37 pm

        Thank you!

        Reply
  6. Jackie T
    Jackie T on October 31, 2015 at 5:45 pm

    Hi this is stunning. Thank you for joining us this month at Not Just Cards for challenge 25. Hugs Jackie DT

    Reply
  7. Judy Mckay
    Judy Mckay on November 1, 2015 at 1:24 am

    Very beautiful mixed media project. Love the colours and the design. Thank you for joining us at Not Just Cards this month. Hope to see you here again soon. Judy DT

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    • Jill Holmes
      Jill Holmes on November 1, 2015 at 1:29 am

      Thank you, Judy! You will! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Bonnie Taylor
    Bonnie Taylor on November 2, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    Your page is lovely! The colors are beautiful. Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Passion. We hope to see you again.
    ~ Bonnie DT

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    • Jill Holmes
      Jill Holmes on November 3, 2015 at 4:12 pm

      Thank you, Bonnie! I’m sure I will be linking up again in the very near future. 🙂 Thanks for hosting!

      Reply
    • Jill Holmes
      Jill Holmes on November 16, 2015 at 1:01 pm

      Thank you, Sam and thanks for taking time to drop by and leave me such a nice comment! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Nicola
    Nicola on November 11, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    Beautiful page. Thanks for joining us at That Craft Place, Nicola X

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    • Jill Holmes
      Jill Holmes on November 16, 2015 at 1:23 pm

      Thank you, Nicola! And thank you for taking the time to stop by for a closer look and to leave a comment! 🙂

      Reply
  11. Claire C
    Claire C on November 14, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    Well this is certainly a beautiful thing Jill, gorgeous colours and the background is stunning. Thanks so much for joining us at We Love 2 Create this time
    Claire xx

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    • Jill Holmes
      Jill Holmes on November 16, 2015 at 1:33 pm

      Thanks, Claire! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment! 🙂

      Reply

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