July Sketchbook Challenge – Circles

 

I know, I know, I didn’t work on this page in my journal until October, and I am not posting it on this blog until November…but I did finish it!  Well almost, if you look closely I don’t have the month written in because I was unplugged from the world at the cabin and couldn’t look it up. I only knew that one of the theme’s was circles. There, I just finished it    J   U   L   Y.

Wow, and now that I look at it here, there is some powerful symbolism tied to the cabin and my Dad that I didn’t consciously place. I often find that if I photograph my work, I see it from a different perspective.

What I was thinking about, while creating this piece, was of course the theme circles and developing a color palette that I like. I consciously thought about adding some straight lines to balance the curved ones and their placement. Incorporating collage was also one of my goals.

For some reason I really like how the one torn edge of the collage paper looks. Perhaps because it is different or maybe because the page itself has torn edges.

I don’t usually work in abstract, but I find working in other styles helps to make my art stronger all around.

Sketchbook Challenge Book - Blog Hop

Help Us celebrate the release of The Sketchbook Challenge book this month!

The Sketchbook Challenge:Techniques,Prompts and Inspiration for Achieving Your Creative Goals officially releases on 6/26 and Sue Bleiweiss the author along with the artists who are featured in her book are celebrating it with a blog hop and to give away over $1200 worth of prizes donated by some incredibly generous sponsors! Read on for details!

Available at Amazon, ArtPlantae and Barnes &Noble

So how does a blog hop work you ask? Well starting on Tuesday June 26,2012 and continuing through July 10 we’ll be featuring two blogs for you to visit. Each of the blogs will have a post about the book and information about the prizes you can win just for leaving a comment on the post. And let me tell you,we’ve got some amazing prize packages for you to win –here’s the list of what we’ll be giving away:

Mistyfuse:Mistyfuse is giving away NINE packages of a 10yd combination package of Mistyfuse that includes 6 yards of White and 2 yards each of Black and Ultraviolet and a Goddess Sheet and ONE package of Three 10yd packages of Mistyfuse:a white,black and ultraviolet and a BIG Goddess Sheet.

ArtPlantae Today is giving away Making Handmade Books and a second prize comprised of one copy of Botany for Artists and one package of Plant Notes Bookmarks

Gelli Arts is giving away two 8″x10″Gel Printing Plates

Joggles is giving away two $25 gift certificates to Joggles.com

Sue Pelland Designs is giving away A Leaves Galore Grande size template ,Quilter’s Chalk Line,and the pattern of their choice from her website with free shipping (Continental USA).

ProChemical and Dye is giving away two $25 gift certificates to ProChemical and Dye

The Thread Studio is giving away a pack of machine embroidery threads and a pack of flaked gilding leaf.

Blue Twig Studio is giving away A pad of Borden &Riley Bristol Plate

The Artist Cellar is giving away TWO complete sets (28 stencils each!) of Artist Cellar Stencils.

KathyAnne White is giving away a free member ship to the KathyAnne Art Website which includes free access to over 40 workshops in a variety of subjects from journaling to digital printing on alternative surfaces with a new free workshop for members posted every month! During the blog hop,KathyAnne will post a coupon for a free workshop “Studio Journals Mini Workshop” In this workshop she shows you how to create a studio journal based on her journal for her project in The Sketchbook Challenge book. Look for details on June 27th in her blog hop post on how to find the coupon to download the workshop from the KathyAnne Art site. www.kathyanneart.com

That’s over $1200 worth of prizes –can you believe it?! Here’s the official blog hop schedule –visit the featured blogs on the days indicated for your chance to enter to win a prize:

June 26:
Jill Berry
Sue Bleiweiss

June 27:
Violette
Kathyanne White

June 28:
Kathy Sperino
Leslie Tucker Jenison

June 29:
Jamie Fingal
Lynn Krawczyk

July 2:
Jackie Bowcutt
Lyric Kinard

July 3:
Jane Davies
Kim Rae Nugent

July 5:
Carla Sonheim
Carol Sloan

July 6:
Susan Brubaker Knapp
Diana Trout

July 9:
Tracie Lyn Huskamp
Judi Hurwitt

July 10:
Jane LaFazio
Kelli Nina Perkins

So mark your calendars for Tuesday June 26th to help us celebrate by hopping for prizes!