Life Documented - Week 9

Hey friends! I have been a little absent here this past week because I was visiting my sister in Lisbon. It was a wonderful time of family. So this week I was very inspired to document our week on my Unplanner.

First I made a mandala in a pocket where I put all the ephemera stuff that I collected from this days! :)

This week the prompt was - add a clear tip in and the technique was add a window to one of your pages. 
My interpretation of this challenge was to use one clear plastic divider that I use like palette. So it was not clear anymore  but with a yummy patine of color that I love.
And in my PAC I use a translucent paper to add a little window.

Inside this window I glued a postcard that I found in a chocolate shop in Lisbon from an artist. On the back of the postcard was this quote that i loved and i decided to add in my journal. 

#30 days of pattern studies on a post it

I love patterns! And for a long time I wanted to make some studies about patterns. Make some studs colors fusion, line, pattern. Time to time I pick up a paper and ad some colors, make some doodles! But nothing consistently! In January I thought that would be great to make a challenge to me and start a daily study of patterns! But to be a daily challenge, and with the busy day that i have could not be possible to make this on a big sheet of paper. So i look at the post its that I had on my art table and thought that's it! I'm gonna make it on a post it!!!! 

So, on first of February I post my first pattern on a post it on instagram and challenged every one that would like this project and have fun with it, to join me.

The creative and amazing artist Virginia Fitzgerald join me in this fun project and since then both of us daily create a pattern on a post it and post it on Instagram! :) 

Its a very fun project and easy to accomplish, beacause, postits you have always near you and in a such little piece of paper you rapidly create a pattern. I first started with micron black pens and kids color markers, but then I started to use watercolors. Virginia is having fun rediscovering gouache. So if we thought that on a post it we only could make a note, that is totally wrong! :)

I challenge you to join us. You will have for sure to much fun with this!!! :) And I have some more ideas for the next project with patterns!!! I'm so excited with that!!!

So be be aware!!!

If you join us post your patterns with the #30daysofpatternstudies and #heartmakespostit, so every patterns will be in the same palace and we all can see the creations of each others!

You can see more of my pattern studies and others creations on my Instagram page.

You can follow Virginia and see her patterns here on her Instagram page