I traced around a piece of string that I spread out on my paper to start this one. Then I used a blue acrylic paint pen and colored in some of the open spots and made flower designs in the rest of them. Then, I used a white gel pen to make the white flowers over the blue areas. I have done this in black and white, but I really like how it turned out using blue instead.
I have been trying out some more detailed work lately. I am using an ultra fine point black marker to create the doodles. In this one, I used a variety of different shapes and patterns. In the picture below, I made circles and darkened the space around them.
Just a simple color block with random words. This was enjoyable to make. Searching for words I like and have meaning to me. Then, randomly adding them to the colored squares was gratifying.
I made a 3 ring binder out of a scrap paper collage cereal box for the front and the back. Then, I purchased some plastic photo sleeves to put my words and individual letters along with shapes I have been cutting out. The only problem is if it got tipped upside-down, some of the pieces would fall out. Otherwise, it is working great for me.
The other day, I traced some shapes onto the baks of some of my colored pages that I’ve been working on and cut them out. The bottom right is a dovethe top left is a little standing bird. The top right is a primitive looking tree or branch. Then the rest are just random shapes. I did make a few more today, but I didn’t get a picture of them. I will use these on future journal pages.
I haven’t made a new post for a while. Life has changed for me in the past week or so. It has become much busier and a little chaotic. I have not made any new pages, but I have been doing some restorative coloring on scrap papers. Using a black acrylic paint marker and colorful alcohol markers. This has kept me sane during a stressful time. There is no pressure, and if I make a mistake, I just move on.
Today’s art consists of 2 book pages I removed from my altered book. I made simple designs on each of them, one with white paint marker and one with black. Then, I simply colored them in with mostly light colors so the words would still be visible underneath. I am pleased with how they turned out. I will use these in future projects. I may glue them to a page or cut them or tear them and use them for collage.
Yesterday, I took some of the sheets I had previously created and made some cutouts to use in future projects. I just cut out basic shapes because I don’t have many stencils. I have seen many of these in more intricate shapes like flowers, mushrooms, feathers, leaves, etc. I traced the shapes on the back of my projects, so it was a surprise what the design of them was when they were cut out.
I have spent a good portion of my Sunday creating and coloring/painting these simple zentangles. I have always wanted to do one, but some of them are very complex, and I was intimidated by that. However, today, I found some instructions while studying art therapy. They were very basic, starting with a shape in the middle and just create outwards from there. The first two I did freehand and the last one, I used a ruler to keep my lines straight and a circle shape to trace the circles. It was very meditative and relaxing. I listened to some music while I worked on them and also to an audio book. It was a terrific way to relax on a day when I really needed it.
I started with a plain white piece of cardstock and just started randomly applying different designs of washi tape. I like the result. I will most likely cut this into different shapes for use in my journals.
Jennie's Junk Journaling 