Paint Party Friday: Hopes and Dreams on Prayer Flags
I'm posting to Paint Party Friday on Thursday because Friday is the 10th, and I plan to participate in Shimelle's Ten on the Tenth meme. I'll link up on Friday, though, so you should find this on the right day. Thanks to everyone for their comments on last Friday's painting and input about prayer flags. I did more research, and you can read my post about it here (in case you didn't see it already). Today's painting (art journal page) is drawn with oil pastels and painted with water colors (twinks). There's more prayer flags and houses and my face for Day 6 of the 29 faces challenge.
The art journal page started with my Day 5 sketch, which incorporated an idea from Gina of Daydream Believer about how to incorporate faces into my art journaling. She suggested writing in long, flowing hair, and I came up with this:
I like way it morphed into a full blown art journal page. I find myself doing that more and more often lately - starting with a sketch and then building from there. Do you do that much?
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I like the idea of starting in one place and finding you end up on a different path through experimentation - excellent stuff!
ReplyDeleteI love the writing in the hair...it all flows so well.
ReplyDeleteI love the finished project; the expression on her face, the writing in the hair, the four little houses, the journaling. I often start with a sketch for a scrapbook page, and it ends up quite differently. This week I've stuck closer to the sketches. They just seemed to work out well.
ReplyDeleteI like your journal pages. There is a lot of movement there. Nicely done Rinda. You've really been doing a lot of different things lately. I applaud you!
ReplyDeleteYour page has a wonderful "lightness" about it which I like very much
ReplyDeleteGreat faces!!1 I borrowed the writing in the hair idea too. It's so cool!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the oil pastels and water colors together, and I LOVE the writing in her hair! <3
ReplyDeleteThe journaling in the hair is cool! I'll have to try that. I think you forgot to label this one 29 faces. It doesn't show up with the others.
ReplyDeleteThe effect of the writing in the hair is just so evocative. I love this post Rinda.
ReplyDeleteI adore her crooked smile!!!
ReplyDeletecute face, cute painting!
ReplyDeleteI like seeing the prayer flags again this week! Very sweet paintings.
ReplyDeleteI like the faces ♥
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Really love how you balanced the composition!
ReplyDeleteI always love words in a piece of art.
ReplyDeleteSo nice how you incorporated all the elements into this cute page.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of words flowing through moving hair. This makes me want to try it with my horse art!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Happy PPF!
Sheri Cook
HAPPY HORSE STUDIO
Words and pictures combined touch all the senses.Beautiful work.
ReplyDeletesuch a sweet piece~
ReplyDeleteLove how it ended up!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
I really love the idea of a long banner of fluttering flags of hopes and dreams. Nice work incorporating all your ideas into a single journal page.
ReplyDeleteLovely journal page, I really like the writing in her hair, and her expression! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeletefun interaction of the prayer flags! Love the hair writing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful and fun pages. Great art.
ReplyDeleteNicole/Beadwright
I love your piece. Love the prayer flags and the writing in her hair. :)
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful, Rinda. I love to start at a certain point and then end up somewhere else, like you did with your sketch turn into art journal page. I like the writing in the hair.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely lovely! and now I need to go read your posts about prayer flags as I am always drawn to them.
ReplyDeleteshe is so sweet, rinda, happy PPF!
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