Small Journals - Life Documented

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Hi friends!
Is time for another video for Life Documented.

May theme: Journal on the fly
Prompt: make a small journal to carry with you
Technique: Use scraps of papers to create small journals
Quote: Crete Art anytime everywhere.

For this week we are going to create small journals to take with us on the go!
I love to work on small size. And I use small hand size journals not only to carry with me but also to work at home when I don’t have too much time for a bigger page.
For my daily practice I use very simple journals with different kind of papers.

I made a video where I create my hand size journals and I also create a kind of a flowish journal to have always on hand scraps of paper ready to be used as collage on your little journals. I was very inspired by the gorgeous boocklets that Roben-Marie has been making for her #100daysproject, and so inspired on her I made this flowish journal!

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Life Documented - Week 14

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Hi friends!! So excited with this week prompt, because I love flowers, spring and color. So fusing this three ingredients I bring you this happy spring flavored spread.

Theme: picture this – using photographs 

Prompt: floral/botanicals 

Technique: collage pictures or drawings of flowers 

Quote: Spring brightened nature with spark of confidence 

I didn´t use photos on the spread. Instead I used my floral photos from my garden for inspiration on getting my pallet color for this spread. I then collage a flower drawing and leaves along my page. I made a video with me creating all the spread so join me and have fun!! (Please use headphones for better sound. I know that I have to upgrade my filming and sound system but for now Is what I have!!!)  

Life Documented Week 9 - "Explora"

Hi lovely friends!

I’m so happy to be again on Life Documented project for another week and share my creative process.  

February theme: create with less and use what you have. Crash your stash!

Prompt: use a base you don’t usually use

Quote: “Explora”

This month theme it means a lot to me because as an artist I always work on a budget and I use lots of things that I have around me. Besides that I just love to reuse and find new uses for stuff that I gather.

The prompt is ‘use a base that you normally don’t use. In my journal for this year I incorporated along with paper canvas, because this year I want to explore more fabric on my mixed media works.

For this week instead of a quote I decided to try a word. ‘Explora’ is the Portuguese word for ‘Explore’ and we are exploring new bases to work on so it sounds to me perfect to use it!

I did a video  sharing some of my thoughts on this theme and prompt, I explain all the materials I’m going to use and them I create all the spreads.

So grab you journal, sit at your art table and let’s create.

Have fun!

The Documented Life Project - The UnPlannner - April Week 4

Hi there beautiful people! :) Yehhhh!!!Finally I managed to get the last week of April and be at the same time of the challenges as the prompts get out!  

For the PAC ant the Pocket, I used the paper I used last week which is so haply colored that is like a Rainbow "Reaching the Rainbows" :)  My brown paper as you know is a paper bag that i double and sew. Is the back of my page from the last week. When I sew the paper I make it in order to stay with pockets, as I show you here and here.

As i love to do I share with you my process on the PAC this week. 

PAC prompt - "fill the card with numbers"

1. Collage strips of papers from a math exercises bock

2. Add some color

3. Add two half circles from the colored deli paper 

4. Add some marks with oil pastels

5. Make doodled flowers with a black pen

This week  I filled my pockets with the beautiful flower card that Susan send to me with an amazing amount of goodies!!! She wrote me in Portuguese!!! Yess she is so sweet! And i put in the pockets the letter and the card. To embellishment my pocket I use a feather that she send to me, and wanted to be thankful not just for her, she as been a really friend has she see my work and always has a positive word for me, but I want to be thankful for all the other beautiful people that I've been connecting with during all this UnPlanner project, that are kind with my work and so positive. Thank you all! :)
I need to make to you  an outburst. It is amazing how in this virtual world, we find people so fantastic, as we do not know in person, but we maintain a daily connection through art that each one does, and get feelings and connection. It's really fantastic!!!

I made this pocket with the deli paper, sewed a false pocket, as we do in fabric, and glued with my colored masking tape. Then I stamped dates. In the love of numbers!!! :)

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