Mixed Media Monday

I'm guest host for Mixed Media Monday and naturally I chose brights for the theme. I've been sick since committing to do it, and I have had no inspiration, everything I made turned out pretty horrific so I chose to use a page from my journal instead. My journal is a cross between things I write, whether they be poems, or tidbits, combined with experimenting with paint, mixed media, doodling and drawing. That way I get to keep some of the things I write (I usually just throw them out once I've filled an exercise book).

This one was painted bright pink with violet paint used for shadows and the hand is bright yellow and orange. The background was done using texture paste which was heated (from memory) until it bubbled and then flattened so it's textural without being able to be chipped and so it doesn't damage the page next to it. I'm not sure if the heart in the hand is a stamp or if I free hand drew it, which I think I might have.

Anyhow, it says, to save you from going cross-eyed trying to read it!

My heart it dances-sings-plays-
It wishes for things which it
Cannot have.
My heart it has the ability
To break but this does not
Mean that it is fragile
It means that my heart
Does not lend itself
To thoughtlessness.

Then on the inside it says Fragile Luggage?

I truly have Patty fever

Here's an ATC I made for a swap. The lyrics "I need a little place in the sun sometimes" is from the song Moses, by Patty Griffin. I find myself using lyrics from her songs all the time. It could be that I'm seeing her in just over two weeks in Sydney, and I'm very excited. Check her out if you don't know her music. Her lyrics are fantastic. I've included her song "Rain" for you to listen to. :)

The swirls were done using a Charcol pencil freehand.

ATC

Here is a little ATC I made for an Aussie list. The theme was fabric backgrounds, so I painted the background with paints and cut the houses and flowers out of calico and painted them, too. I hope you like it, the house is actually pink and orange, though the scan came out funky and looks rather red.

Reverse-side Canvas

I was guest host on Mixed Media Monday and I submitted this piece. The theme was birds. The birds are from Somerset Studio's magazine and the eggs are actually real eggs. Two are duck eggs and one is a guinea fowl egg. I used to decorate eggs for many years, and I just love eggs and their shapes. The outside of the frame is thickly covered in texture paste, with other goodies embedded to give texture. Hope you like it. :)