Once again I decided to do a reverse stencil technique on my journal page. I wanted something quite light and in two colours to give the appearance of a room - walls and a floor. I chose AALL & Create stencils in circles and squares, both designed by the lovely Autour de Mwa. In order to have some kitchen appliances on show I used some of Janet Klein's stamped images by the same company.
Whilst trying to explain the quote, which is all about someone being under pressure, I still tried to bring in a "kitchen" element to it. I just hope the story actually illustrates the quote, as well as the picture does, as I chose to be a bit more literal in my page. Hope you enjoy it.
"Sophie and her friend, Gwen, had been to the Gym as usual. They were both involved in a rigorous 'keep fit programme' but Sophie was not hacking it. She was often at loggerheads with their trainer and several times had walked out in the middle of a training session. Gwen felt that Sophie was not really interested in the keep fit side of the programme but rather had her eye on one of the boys who worked at the gym and that was the real reason why she went there. Afterall, as Gwen often said to their other friends, "why on earth does she go for a workout with make-up on? It only starts to run as you get yourself heated up."
This particular day Gwen was feeling out of sorts so when she called for Sophie to go to the Gym and saw that she was wearing a short dress, a jewelled hairpin and some really long lashes with a jewelled contraption on one of them, she kind of lost it. [Gwen herself, was wearing one of her fancy hats with a veil coming over one eye but at least that would be left in the cloakroom, she had no intention of anyone seeing her like that at the Gym and she was meeting up with some more friends afterwards.]
"What on earth are you doing dressed up like that for a session at the Gym?"she asked Sophie. "Nobody goes to a Gym with all that make-up on, it's obvious you are going because of all the young men there, and one in particular I think."
Sophie was quite surprised at the way her friend spoke. She knew it was not the boys at the Gym she was interested in, she just did not like the exercise and only went because Gwen wanted to and she was doing her a favour by going with her. In all truth she did not need to lose any weight but her friend Gwen did but Sophie was too kind to say anything like that. Instead she shouted out "I don't mind the heat ... it's the kitchen I can't stand."
As I wanted to enter this into Art Journal Journey again, and Sheila's brilliant challenge which is "a single flower" I chose a plant that had only leaves and drew in one single flower for it. It's a super challenge and I am hoping that I will be able to do another page before the month is over, with maybe a larger flower than this one.
