'Luminous Beings' - art journal page

Howdy and Welcome,

This is another page 'Luminous Beings' from my 2009 art journal #2 'Never Give up - Never Surrender!'
Also almost entered in the Lots To Do Challenge. but too late...

'We are Luminous Beings, not this crude matter...'
- Yoda, from Star Wars 5: 'The Empire Strikes Back'

partial view

partial view showing layered paint textures

close up - top of page

extreme close up

ingredients:

tinted gesso, acrylic paint, highlighters, black sharpie, gel pens. mesh tape (from hardware store), pencil, tissue tape (tim holtz), calligraphy marker (zig), matte medium (liquitex), soft gel gloss medium (golden), pinking shears, chipboard tag of fairy (unknown), gem brad, acrylic paint, deli sandwich wrap, found paper (a piece of a page from my maternal grandfather's art journal! He was an opera singer and an English teacher. Very fragile and brittle paper - I had to gesso it and handle carefully. The #2 - JOY is from my  list of favorite affirmations).

techniques:

art letering, calligraphy, collage, decoupage, assemblage

This page was a long time coming.

The tag came after a long period because I knew this page was not complete - just did not know what it wanted there. One day while organizing some chipboard I found a bunch of forgotten fairies. I painted her with a toothpick using a brown acyrlic paint so she'd be darker. But then I thought the tag was still too vibrant and too bright for the page. So I decoupaged a small piece of deli wrap over her. Which did the trick - she's just sort of peeking through a layer that looks a bit like vellum.

What do you think of her? Isn't she dreamy?

Thanks for stopping by - and please don't forget to comment!

Peace,

LuLu

P.S. Yes I am a HUGE STAR WARS fanatic. I saw the first film of the first trilogy (Star Wars Episode IV) 19 times at the movie theatre! I still watch it, but now on DVD - yippee!

Checkout new poll, Theme Thursday challenge, and 'No Fear' art journal page!

'No Fear'
 -  page from art journal #2
'Never Give Up - Never Surrender!'
ingredients: Masking tape,
pencil, sepia pen, 
acrylic dabber paints, 
soft gel medium,
Sharpie paint pens,
gray and black markers,
matte medium, gessos,
and gel pens on
sketchpaper -
technique: layers of
art tettering

Howdy and Welcome,

Thanks to all of you who have found my blog!

I've been getting positive, encouraging comments on my art blog posts. I've won some contests!

So I'm wondering if I could join someone's Dream Team. I'm putting my wish out there. It would be fabulous to work full time on art! Ultimately, my art would be published in mags like Somerset Studio, Artful Blogging, CPS, travelling worldwide to teach workshops and retreats (in France and Italy) and to  host DVD's for Interweave using my own mixed-media techniques!

Wouldn't that be super-calli - fragi?!

Poll closes Sep 26 2010 at midnight. Please vote. All are welcome to vote - you do not need to be a follower to vote. And if someone wants ME to come on board right now, yippee! and please contact me pronto!

This image 'No Fear' is entered in the Theme Thursday challenge, WORDS, too! What great timing.
(Note: This is a found saying, not my own.  I read voraciously. Don't recall where I saw it.)

Thanks for stopping by to visit. Please become my follower while you're here, won't you?

Peace,
LuLu
http://www.lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com/

'When all the Spotted Cows are gone...' - Art journal page

Howdy and Welcome,
Glad you could come by!
Here's another art journal page from journal #2 'Never Give Up - Never Surrender!'with some calligraphy (italic font).

'Spotted Cows saying' -

Collage of views below

Partial page 'Spotted Cows saying'

Extreme closeup ' Spotted Cows saying'

'When all the spotted cows are gone

the buffalo will cover

the world again'

- American Indian saying

I really enjoy art lettering. The textures and shapes that evolve just from writing words and letters never ceases to amaze me. This closeup seems to GLOW!

What do you think of the lettering and calligraphy on this page? Have you ever tried art lettering?

Thanks for visiting. Please come by again - and don't forget to leave a comment.

Peace,
LuLu