Documented Life Project -Week 7

February Theme Layers You Will Love
February 7
Art challenge: When Not To Stop
Journal Prompt:"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough!" (ooh)

Not sure why but my vision was a dress with layers in the skirt.

I added so many layers I had to write them down.
1. gesso
2.  Torn pieces of sewing pattern paper.
3. Acrylic paints in Liquitex vivid red orange and Turner's yellow.
4. Stamps and ink in black and white.
5. The bodice of the dress is cut from a napkin that I had used to blot paint.
6.  The skirt pieces are cut from a paper towel that was used to catch over spray from Dylusions inks.
7. Stabili pencil used to outline the bodice.
8. Markers used to color in a couple of the stamps.
9. Washi tape
10. Some gesso applied with my fingers randomly.
11. Random scribbles made with a fine tip marker.
12. A piece of card stock on which I wrote the journaling prompt.
13. A piece of ribbon as the skirt band.
14. A button on the skirt band.

Here is a close up of the skirt.

Thanks for stopping by.

~pam

John 3:16

The challenge this week from Rebekah over at Bible Art Journal Challenge for week 5 is John 3:16.  She painted a lovely image of hands holding the world.  I liked the hands but wanted something a bit different.  I found a great image (google images) of an infant holding onto his fathers thumb.

Here is my interpretation in my journaling Bible on the page that the scripture is on.

I colored it with plain colored pencils.  Happy with the way it turned out even though the first finger is a bit off in perspective.  I still think it represents my thoughts as I read this verse.  

Thanks for stopping by.  I would love for you to leave a message.

~pam

More Bible Art Journaling

I love my new Journaling Bible.  That being said I have not stopped putting pretty little drawings in it since it came.

Sunday at Church, the message was based on Psalms 142: 1-7.  David is being pursued by his enemies who are trying to kill him.  He is in hiding in a cave and bringing all his trouble before God. The verse that struck me was verse 7 "Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name".
I thought of a prison named Sin that we all ask God to bring us out of.  And the door to that prison leads to "the world" where sin is waiting for us all.  So that is what I painted.

Bible art journaling has brought me back to God's word in a way I never would have imagined.  The next photos are some others that I did based on other Psalms.

Psalms 1-3

Psalm 27

Psalm 31 

 I used crackle paint to make the surface of the pot look old and it buckled the paper a bit but I think it just adds to the look.  Here is a close up of the crackle.

Thanks for stopping by.

~pam

Document Life Project 2015 Week 5

Week 5:  Under Papers

Under papers are papers that an artist uses under the projects being worked on to clean brushes, stamps, brayers, etc.  I don't really have under papers which is what the prompt is for week 5 at Document Life Project.   Since I don't have any I set out to make some......quickly.  I set a piece of old newspaper down on the work surface.  I used several colors of acrylic paint and my brayer to spread some paint around.  Then I cracked open several brand new stencils still in the packing and sprayed different colors of Dylusions inks through them.  I made some black circles and several large dots with black gesso.  A little smeared white gesso and I called it done.  

After my "under paper" dried, I glued a large piece that would cover the page into my journal.  Then I got to work doodling and playing with white and black markers.  On a small piece of newspaper I wrote " Life is a journey" with my new Pilot Parallel Pen and glued it onto the page.  I really like how it turned out.

The bonus is I have a large sheet of homemade "under paper" to use on other projects.  

Thanks for stopping by.

~pam

Study in Psalms

I found the 52 Weeks of Psalms, an online study by Merri Dennis. Although the study was posted during 2014, I wanted to challenge myself to complete all 52 weeks.  Well, it won't take me 52 weeks since I am in my second week and already working on Chapter 31 which is the chapter for week 14.   I have been using it as a study guide and working in my new Journaling Bible to illustrate through art what I've read.  I wanted to show you some of the things I've done.

You will notice that some of the Psalms don't have photos with them.  That's because I realized after starting this post that I hadn't taken photos of them.  I will post them later.  This post will be pretty photo heavy even without them.

Psalms 1
Psalms 3
Psalms 5: 11
But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And may You shelter them,
That those who love Your name may exult in You.

Psalms 8
When I behold Thy works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
And stars that well adorn the sky,
Those moving worlds of light;

Psalms 13

Psalms 15:1-2 

O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? 

Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.

Psalms16

Psalms 17:9

Keep me as the apple of your eye,

 hide me in the shadow of your wings.

Psalms 18: 1-2

I love you, O Lord, my strength

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my delivery,

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalms 19: 1

The heavens declare the glory of God,

 and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Psalms 22:14

I am poured out like water,

 and all my bones are out of joint,

my heart is like wax:

 it is melted within my breast;

Psalms 23: 1 

The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.

Psalms 24:

Who is this King of Glory?

The Lord of hosts,

he is the King of Glory!

Thanks for stopping by.  I would love for you to leave a comment and come back later.

~pam

Journaling Bible

I received my new Journaling Bible from Amazon.  I love the wide margins but wish it was a little larger all over.  The print is a bit small but larger than the Bible I was using previously.  I redid the 3 challenges from Rebekah Jones Bible Art Journaling Challenge.

Challenge 1: Joshua 1:9

Challenge 2: Proverbs 31:25

Challenge 3: Proverbs 28:1

So now I'm caught up with all the challenges in my new Bible.

I also redid and continued with my study of Psalms. I will be posting those photos later this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

~pam

Bible Art Journaling Challenge - Week 3

Week 3

The challenge from Rebekah this week at Bible Art Journaling Challenge comes from the book of Proverbs.

Proverbs 28:1  The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Rebekah posted a wonderful video of how she created a lion on her page and I wanted to do a lion also.  I didn't use the same method to create mine.  I printed a picture of a lion off of google pictures and used it as a reference.  

I used my Inktense watercolor pencils as well as plain colored pencils.

I had a hard time getting the eyes right and he is sort of wonky eyed and he might need a nose job but I really love how he turned out. 

Thanks for stopping by.

~pam