The quote today is "Shut up and Colour" - another gem of Dyan's in her Dylusion range. As I wanted to relate my journal page to Erika's "Hot" challenge at Art Journal Journey I decided to do a beach scene and try to make it look "Hot". I had a great time with my Distress Inks playing about with the different colours to make the sky. I used an ordinary pencil to create the horizon line as I thought black was a bit too severe and I also used it to make marks on the sand where people had walked.
You will notice that my palm trees are not green but are in actual fact a charcoal grey colour. I didn't want them to be green so I chose to use my Pitt Pen which has a lovely nib for colouring without too much colour, and it does not bleed through the paper either. (My Promarkers do so I can only use them on cut out figures)
Here we have big sister who is very fashion conscious at all times and is wearing, of all things, her Louboutin shoes down on the beach (note the red soles). She is so inappropriately dressed it is almost comical and what on earth is a dog doing in her hat? Anyhow she has had to look after her younger sister who is having a 'bit of a moment' and is sulking as she has to wear her dress on the beach but big sister is having none of it and has told her in no uncertain terms to "Shut up and Colour". Imagine being a child on a beach and having to wear your best clothes just because big sister wants to look, what she thinks is, good! No wonder she has thrown her book on the floor with her crayons. You would too wouldn't you?
Now to see what else is in Art Journal Journey, if you want to join in you just follow this link and make a journal page that suggests When It's Hot. This month Erika is asking you to journal about the summer heat or things you do when it's hot. She suggests you may even journal what you do to stay cool when its hot - ie think about July and summer (unless you are in the UK lol). See you with my page next week.
