Journal weeks 27 and 28 combined
I have been following a journal prompt a week for about a year and a half. It was getting rather stale to me and I decided to look for a different journal group. I found Art Journal Prompts on Facebook and I have jumped right in. Week 27 asked us to use gold. Week 28 asked us to rework an existing page. I have combined the two prompts into one page. The top photo is a torn paper stitched collage. It wasn't going anywhere. I colored copied it as it is kind of fragile. I added some green acrylic paint to the lower part and hated it. I removed most of it and am much happier. I also added my favorite tree shape that I covered in gold swirls. Since the acrylic paint had too much coverage I used Inktense pencils to add more color in other areas. I wrote 'be still' repeatedly in cursive around the top of the tree. That seems to be my mantra this year. Those words fill me with trust and ...