I am thinking “mixed media” thanks to Leah of CED so I did this page in my art journal. Gave the page on the right a rough swish of pink acrylic paint but not enough density to cover all the calendar entries on the page (remember, my art journal started life as a beautiful Monet’s Garden daily planner.) So if you look closely, you can see the entries on certain days under the wash of pink. I can never resist stick on alphabet letters at the craft store so I looked through my stash and made a selection for the “think spring” page header and the rest of the page just sort of fell into place. I was thinking Paris in the springtime (humming it too) as I choose a Paris postmark, a French stamp, a flower, an old fashioned calling card, a black & white photo of a bashful looking young lady and a Victorian looking picture of two turtle doves and bouquet of roses. Look at the picture of the entrance to the house on the left page. Can’t you see that dreamy eyed girl floating through the front door? I actually laid the ground work for the next page in the journal as I glued in some scrap-booking papers, a wallpaper sample and some pretty ribbon trim. Just waiting for an inspiration to fill it in…
CED Mixed Media Month
The CED theme for March is “Mixed Media” so here is a theater themed collage with a background painting in acrylics with gessoed texture. I applied two different colors of tissue paper, did some stamping and affixed a number of objects including some ephemera in the form of an old “store and theatre” license from 1939. It’s both colorful and nostalgic.










