Yes and Amen Blog: heart-art

tiny bits of my heart ready for glue & paint

a book off the shelf that i decided to use for my latest art journal -- i got very gesso messy and decidedly excited about pink?

a photo of a beautiful angel from Montserrat, Spain, makes a lovely introduction page to my *three-hearts* journal~ a Hillary Hope angel perhaps?

To create the journal, I uesd gesso (a painting undercoat). I glued 3-4 pages together in sections and then gessoed the top pages to create a canvas finish I could paint/ink on top of. It makes the pages much more firm as well -- cool.

A few inside pages with a bit of journaling. I highlighted words peeking through and added my own thoughts, too. I just created & wrote what i was inspired to make at the time~ no judgement or critical thoughts, just free floating words...

Just some spring green ink stamped onto a plastic mask...pretty sweet?
I only messed up three times and it still looks pretty good. :o)

Then I just quickly lined the paper and journaled about my farm trues...and a pic of the sweetest lambs ever. I love it~

And here is todays page...a new canvas for what I think right now about what is in my multi-layered heart...

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I am so messy.

I don't know how I get myself in these messes, but I do.

This week has been a crazy one. The boys finished their school year. We survived music programs, park days, late night activities. It rained buckets and made a mess of the farm, the yard, and me! Now we are faced with summer -- so much fun and so messy, too. I hopefully will be able to get a summer schedule figured out so that we compact as much creative fun as possible? Yes!

I also dug into another journal & paint class by Christy Tomlinson . I thought I would share the fun (above). If you have a chance to try a class this summer (and have never painted but want to), you should try one of hers. She is a goof and adorable and a great teacher (she would tell you she is a goof, too). Her classes are packed with content and how to use product -- perfect for Miss Messy here!

I have already had a brilliant time~