A while ago Tee Thompson posted an art journal prompt on Facebook called “stranger”. The idea was to draw or paint a stranger or use a photo from a magazine or newspaper and then journal a bit about the life of your stranger. La Principessa Befania hails from a far-distant land of high peaked mountains [...]
Milliande’s art journaling theme for the beginning of this year is “seeds”. The first one was about sowing a seed versus being the seed. What sort of seed are you? Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy. I am a dream seed, cast into the Heavens to drift into a sleeping mind and there to sow the [...]
At the end of July DH and I attended a theatre summer school, organised by Luxembourg’s NWTC, in the village of Clairefontaine on the border of Belgium and Luxembourg. I chose to sing my way through the week and he chose to do comedy in various forms. The week was hectic as we worked from [...]
Two versions of a fish page I made for my art journal (prompt by Tee on FB in the Milliande art journal group) version 1 version 2 with overlay of netting. I couldn’t decided which one I liked best so I have posted both of them. The background is blue and green acrylic paint [...]
Another art journal prompt from Tee, this time for a rainbow
Another prompt by Tee was to use something translucent on your journal page. This is my interpretation.
A recent prompt on FB from Tee Thompson was to incorporate something old in your art journal page. I have used a photocopy of a poem, in French. It’s one of many painstakingly copied, often in beautiful handwriting, into a book that was designed for just such a purpose that I picked up in a [...]
Coincidentally two different challenges featured on FB recently were to incorporate postage stamps in your artwork. These are what I came up with. Madame Butterfly in memory of Pebbles in memory of Sandy
Getting ready to spring into Spring Poised to leap from the barren garden in winter on the left side of the picture into the abundance of Spring, full of the prospect of new life and creativity.
The Milliande art journals studio on Facebook has been busy again this week and has provided me with two prompts this week. This one is entitled “I am”. I have described myself as a butterfly traveller. I am currently a butterfly traveller because I rarely stay in one place for more than a couple of [...]
