HOLY HOT JULY ....we are 90 at 1:00pm !!!!!

Working on Art Journal 2109 Vol II inside
I have pages 5-14 done....
am concentrating on pp13-14 - it's a pocket with 3 tags !!! Lots of space for art. it evolved into both summer EKG and Moon landing related themes, with a favorite stencil 

Page 14, has a window through which the paper can be seen, and in photo 2 it has its tag.

photo 2 page 13 with tag, and back of p 14

two of three places have tags with circles from the pad of  Dina Wakley's Collage Collective paper

I added a blue piece of paper to one tag so it would be taller.. "Moon Landing Anniversary"on the back. 

July 15....  I am creating a second volume of Art Journal 2019. The disc-type binding has advantages, and disadvantages. 
cover in black and white, a smudge of color around the edges

p 5

my favorite leaf stencil... in pen, surrounded by Tangle "higgins "

 page 8 is one of my go-to projects if stuck.Cut up a postcard, thin strips, and create a weaving. Great color and texture with minimal effort.

Page 3, first a collection of stencils and masks, 3 colors of spray,  then add some tangling .







GARDEN WORK
I did some photos for facebook... 
this is the boundary garden,,,

This is near the driveway, where once a lovely spruce grew - too tall, into the wires !!!

A small section where houseplants thrive for the summer in

Garden #6, oldest garden (began c. 1980).

This will most likely be the last page of circles and straight lines, ( joggles disc bound pages)
 I made a lovely spiral in my garden in a bare place... and that started it.

Then I used metallic gel pens for the black background, made bigger with a portion of a page, hinged with scraps of ribbon used earlier. 

paths of summer

This is the spiral in the boundary garden

Rocks that  I've collected on walks - beach and roads. The winter caused a lot of brown on the rhododendrons , so there's a space there. The incline of the area plus the prior life of pines makes it a tough place for plants. So am adorning the area with things.

birdbath, hanging plant, small frog on an orb

This has a sign post I got with gift money from colleagues upon retirement, a stack of plastic pots a wind chime hanging, and a cello playing frog. The garden /artist shed shows on the right.

Summer Solstice
June 21st was a lovely New England day. I worked on pp 113-14 in Art Journal 2019 
The tag is made using Dina Wakley's Collage Collective page.  
The ribbon is from my stash.     

The flower is of scraps glued onto a water color index card; it represents the beautiful peonies in my garden.

      Here are the two together.

 Page 114 has a tag made of scrapbooking paper, with scraps  woven into it.The right side is a tangle pattern
 

which also is under the tag. 

 I have text planned for the this page, somehow to capture all the fabulous complexities of the season.

June's rainy days.....

and gardening days

Celebrating spring days with a stamp 
  
INSPIRATION........exists, but has to find you working...

 I added space (a page) with an old library card taped on the watercolor page. The dark frame is from a 2019 calendar page from Dawn...the quote especially accurate for me. I do find my best ideas come while I'm working.

I've been using both the grouping of four dots and the weaving tangles as backgrounds. 

June 2, 2019
It's been almost a month since I posted any pictures - a wet, cool month. We haven't set up the pool yet!!
I have been working on Art Journal 2019, but my camera pooped out, so I've been scanning individual pages.

p. 95 began with a card

and changed as the card flipped up where I added the umbrella and some pictures of my garden

p. 97

           


                 page 97 is for the many rainy days - one of my favored motifs, not really a yin-yang, but nested raindrops looking like paisley shapes 

p.100

I used a stencil for the squares on a watercolor shipping tag, then cut squares to fit from a piece of scrap booking paper. I enhanced some of the outlines and added dots in various patterns with a green jelly roll pen

The bleeding hearts in my garden were looking so nice (they thrive on the cool wet weather), I decided to collage  representations, one on white the other on black...

Newman and Buck Wheat on walk - spring in the woods with oak leaf carpet

trying to avoid water

hurry up look !

Art Journal 2019 work

two old fashioned library book sign out cards attached to 4"x 4"page . An ATC card attached.

 reverse side (p 94) open for whole view...