Wanderlust 2016 Thinking of a Song

You know when a song gets stuck in your head, and you wake up in the night and there it is singing away. Well, that is what my art journal page is all about.

I used up some of the papers I had made in several Wanderlust classes. Lots of fun things going on from gelli plate prints, to pastels, to acrylics, to stamping and doodling. Worked on some mark making with my finger too. 

I am also entering this into the December challenge at Creative Carte Blanche. It has been too long since I participated over in that great space! 

Wanderlust 2016 - Autumn Trees

I've been playing this afternoon in my Wanderlust class with chalk pastels for the first time. Isn't this a lovely set my hubby helped me pick out, all fresh and ready to use. Yep, that's "me" in my craft space taking my class!

I use these large sheets of drawing paper behind my work when I spray or paint sometimes, and this one was good and filled up with paints and sprays, so I thought I would try the pastels on this.

And...this is what I ended up with after a layer of chalks, white gesso, black gesso and another layer of chalks. Bold and bright! Just fun to let go and play!

Then, I decided to do a page in my art journal by cutting out pieces from the large sheet I made and doing a collage. Doodled at the bottom, shaded, added white and words, and thought I was done....

...but then I decided to add some more white dots. If I had tried to create this on my page from scratch, I don't think I would have ever come up with this. I am learning to create my own papers and use them to collage with like I did here. 

Thanks for the inspiration Kasia!