Joyful Purpose

New Pen Joy!

I have been experimenting with sketch pens as of late and this little baby just came in the mail - Lamy Joy Pen

Check out the video to see how it operates ....

Eye Candy, Oh My!

I love magazines!

.... the look, the feel, the new smell!  I am a glutton.

Do you get smitten with the eye candy and make a stack?

Do you feel guilty when you leave the store and realise that you have spent a gazillion dollars on MAGAZINES!

To ease my guilt I try to repurpose them!

So try this ~  indulge yourself with a cup of tea or a glass of wine and site down with your lovelies and savor the deliciousness of them and THEN...

Tear out all the pages that call to you.

Make yourself a nice little stack of images.

I keep mine in a drawer in the studio and when I need some inspiration or don't know where to start I just grab one and get painting.

It kills the I don't know where to begin and you get a little bit more for your dollar!

and by the way if you are wondering what mags have the best images in my opinion ....

Martha Stewart

Victoria

County Living

Artful Blogging

Country Living British Edition

Sweet Idea #1 - Image Mash Up

Mash Up your Images!

• print out and image from Pinterest in black and white (as long as this is for your own journal and not for resale using these are fine)
• Print images on "matte" photo paper *note* this is NOT matte FINISH it is matte paper - this can be found at staples or office supply stores - I use Kodak as it it is thin and inexpensive
• adhere image in your journal
• using watercolor "lightly"  color in areas of the image - you want to use very little water and a light touch ~ watercolor pencils work great too
• using a fine tipped waterproof ink pen such as a micron outline areas of the image
• use words, quotes or poems and write on parts of the image