Art Journal Calendar: March

Well, thank goodness February is over. I don't how the shortest month of the year always feels like the longest but it does. Every year.

And as I do the first Friday of each month, I'm sharing the next page of my art journal calendar.
(Here are the pages for January and February.)



This page is a sample I made when taking Alisa Burke's online watercolor class, Watercolor Bliss. It's a really great class and Alisa encourages experimenting with your supplies and tools to find out how they work and how to make them work for your style. This page was just me playing around with tubes of watercolors. I found it this week and decided to add a few details and use it for my March page.




Like the stickers for the word "March" - I use these each month. They are by Making Memories and they're old.  I also added some white dots with the help of the Dylusions Dotted Flower stencil. It's silly how much I love that stencil.




Then I stamped with some paint. The arrows are from a Studio Calico kit with Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Paint Dabber in Seed Packet.  The little heart is from the Amy Tangerine set from the Ready Set Go collection, Hey There. There used to be 2 but I lost 1...sadness. The red paint is also Jenni Bowlin. I don't think Ranger makes it any more which is too bad because I really liked the color palette of this line.

This month is an easy page but it's perfect for March.  All that blue and green is because I'm ready for some blue skies and green grass...soon! 

How about you? Ready for spring yet?
 
Cathie

Art Journal Calendar: February

So, it's February 1st and that means it's time to share the next page of my mixed media inspired calendar. Each month, I make a page using my mixed media products and techniques and hang it on the wall in my kitchen. I want to see how my style changes over the year and I want share my art with my family.

So, here's February's page...



This page started as a mop-up page. There was a bit of orange and some pink when I started.  I love the bright colors of the Dylusions spray inks. I use them a lot. On this page, I used Bubblegum Pink, Squeezed Orange and Crushed Grape.




Here's a closeup. You can see the Chequered Dot and Dotted Flower stencils from the Dylusions line.  I really love Dotted Flowers. I seem to use it every chance I get these days!



And here's another favorite stencil: Dina Wakley's Spilled Hearts. Have to use hearts for February, right?

This page was about experimenting with new color palettes or at least not always using blue! It's something I'm working on right now. I find it's easier to try new color combinations when I use my favorite stencils. That way not everything is new. And you know what? I love how bright this page is. Here's to trying new things!

I hope you have a wonderfully creative weekend!

Cathie

ps: Here's a link to the page I made for January.