Monday 21 March 2011
Playing around with colour and altered matchboxes
Wanted to experiment with different "emotional" colours on my art journal pages today. I played around with dyes, collage images, pastels and paints for this one..the wording reads "give the grocer a wink and see what you'll get". Had a bit of fun combining a transparency of Frida Kahlo with a fish and sexy legs as couldnt imagine her winking at a grocer or could I? The colours of this page reflected my happy mood sitting in the garden crafting on a lovely afternoon.
On this page I wanted to do a mixture of black and red wax to reflect pain, sadness and intense emotions...the face is in a frame with a mantilla of black lace broken up with light at the top of the page. This is how I feel when I have a creative block and cant do anything like yesterday! I think its a good idea to put our "negative" feelings into our journals too.
I am taking part in an altered matchbox swap hosted by Palma on the Milliande site so had fun making these using some rose embellishments I have had for years but were just the thing for these little boxes along with charms, beads and dyed paper flowers.
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8 comments:
I like Frida and the sexy legs, an interesting bit of play with composition and humor. xox Corrine
how cute! i think you've just inspired my next project. :)
Lovely, envy your day in the garden.
Looks like more snow here in Michigan.
Hugs, Amy
Inspiring work. Great use of colours on both your pages, I love the effect on the black and red page with the light 'shining' through at the top. Liking the look of those little matchboxes too x
All fab stuff love the pages and the matchboxes !!
Oh wow Lorraine so wonderful newe things from you.
Stunning work. Love them all.
I love seeing your creative ways.
Those match boxes are darling! And sitting in the garden to create art....what a wonderful idea!
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