Art Journal - haaste #4 : Rays of Sunshine

Mixed Media- haasteeni on edennyt jo neljänteen sivuunsa saakka. Tässä välissä tein 2 sivua, jotka jäävät valitettavasti täällä blogissa julkaisematta. Toinen niistä oli aiheeltaan poliittisesti liian polttava enkä tahdo sotkea politiikkaa ja blogiani keskenään - ja toinen oli niin henkilökohtainen etten ainakaan vielä ole sitä valmis jakamaan julkisesti :( Mutta neljännellä sivulla aihe on taas hieman kepeämpi tunnelmaltaan vaikka tässäkin toki sydäntäni puran ;) Eli näin synkän kaamoksen keskellä aloin miettiä, mitkä asiat tuovat sitä positiivisuuden valoa ja iloa elämääni vaikka muuten tuntuisikin pimeältä ja ahdistavalta. Tarkemmin sivun tekemisestä on juttua  Fiskarettesissa!

My Art Journal challenge is showing progress and this is page 4. Unfortunately pages 2 and 3 won't be published at the blog... at least not at this moment :( The second page was very political and I don't want to mixed political issues with my creative blog and the third page was too personal for me to share it. But this fourth page is again something I want to share with you. We still have the polar night effect here in Northern Finland and there isn't much daylight at this time of the year.  So I started to think what things in my life bring me joy, lightness and happiness even during the dark periods of life - the little rays of pure sunshine  - like I call them ;)

I used lots of different techniques and medias with this page. First a layer of patterned paper and light layer of gesso on top of that. Then I added some Gelatos to give some color on the background. I used a Tim Holtz stencil to make the rays and baubles with texture paste.  For the red baubles I mixed
some inks to the paste to color it. The rays I colored with Distress Stain sprays and also added some golden UTEE here and then. As a final touch I wrote the journaling between the rays and added some Fiskars heart-shaped punch-outs to embellish the page.

Now it's already the first week of February and time to make a new page again - love this project! It's my best New Year's resolution ever  - mainly because it's the funniest and cheapest therapy I know *LOL*