Friday 3 May 2013

Art Journal Journey - May


The Art Journal Journey challenge for May is - Challenge Yourself.

This page has several challenges for me. Firstly, I have covered up most of the orange/pink background. All that's left is the face and the title lettering. This is something I've seen other people do but not really done myself. I had to not be too attached to the background.

Secondly, I did everything by hand - no stamps, no stencils, no collaged images. Hand-lettering and painting only.

Thirdly, painting, with shadows and all that. Not normally what I would do.

And lastly, a wider palette than I would usually use. I tend to stick to two or three colours at the most on a page.

So, I challenged myself to do things differently, take a chance, push through the fear, and grow!

Hop on over to Art Journal Journey (See the link in the side-bar). I'm even going to link with Paint Party Friday as I have actually painted something :)

24 comments:

  1. Well said .....your quote on your page.... and very eye-catching too!
    xxx
    Sue

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  2. Inspirational piece! A great reminder to push for more!!

    Happy ppf!

    Hugs Giggles

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  3. That looks wonderfull. It's great that you pushed beyond your fears. Your lettering and painting look beautiful.

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  4. great words, have fun with your journal.
    Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  5. your challenge turned out with a great result! great quote, too!

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  6. Wow! Lots of firsts! Great page! x

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  7. Fabulous result of your challenge!

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  8. Great message on your original work of art Tracy...looks great!
    oxo

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  9. WOW Tracy ! You challenged yourself here in so many ways.. and I can tell you..it turned out
    EXCELLENT!
    what fab message !

    thank you so much Alsion!
    AWESOME entry!!!

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  10. i enjoyed seeing how your challenged yourself. it takes some thinking of how you normally do things to consider what you might do differently. this is an inspirational suggestion that makes me think of how i can break away from my normal ways. i like it! happy ppf

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  11. Wow...beautiful page and a great text!!

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  12. Wow...beautiful page and a great text!!

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  13. ooh lala you did challenge yourself! way to go. what a great pic to do all by hand. and to stretch out of the comfort zone (and the width of the canvas) lol - good going. I love the colors and the sketch!!!!! Lovies, Samara

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  14. wow, great job with challenging yourself! nice work with the painting...and I like how you explained each challenge you faced...not being too attached to the background, yea that's one I have to work on too. happy PPF!

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  15. Beautiful journal page, love this. HPPF!

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  16. I love that you did everything by hand, and am especially love the lettering.. it is so great... you met the challenge perfectly...xx

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  17. well done challenging yourself! That's the only way forward. And the results are excellent!

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  18. Wonderful pages tracy,the face is so beautiful,and all the colors you used is great.

    Hugs Jeannette

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  19. As I like faces, I love your page!
    It turned out wonderful!

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  20. Wonderful reminder to challenge oneself everyday.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  21. Wonderful challenge - although there's nothing wrong with stamps or stencils, I know what you mean about painting the whole thing. The page is just wonderful and I'm sure you meet even more challenges in the paintings to come. HPPF

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  22. beautiful page and i love the quote!

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  23. Great set of challenges you gave to yourself and what a fine result, I do like it. The girl looks very serious as she gives her good advice.

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