Clolour Blast - Minted Complete

What I love about artistic collaborations is seeing everyones take on a theme. And having all those ideas in one place is such a bonus.  Even something as simple as one color can have so many variations.

My Minted journal came back to me at the end of August and I've been loving it ever since. It's lovely to think that this little journal traveled all over Europe and even to China and I can't thank my fellow collaborators enough for putting their art into it.       

Seriously, it's a little book of amazingness. We're all sharing our completed journals, so be sure to check them out one last time!

Julia

Vanessa

Lauren

Riet

Moriah

Lauren

Colour Blast - Orange

It's sad to think that this Colour Blast collaboration is now over. I really loved getting each journal when it was at a different stage, from being the first to add to Vanessa's Grey journal to being the last to add to Julia's Orange. We only have our competed original journals left to share.

 I added this drawing and mantra onto a background that was already in the journal. I'm assuming it was made by Julia. I love these inky backgrounds she makes, so I didn't want to totally cover it. 

I sketched some tiger lilies a few years ago and when I found the drawings, I made copies to use. Here I transferred the image onto a piece of tissue paper I had glued into the journal. 

I was so happy when Julia picked orange as her color. Along with yellow, orange is a happy color for me, but one with extra depth. I also consider it a brave color to use. 

This spread I made for Julia and her Fox spirit!

I still had Julia's journal when we had the solar eclipse in North America. While I wasn't near totality here in New York, I thought id be interesting to capture how the sun looked at a certain time on that day. I'll always remember how the sun glowed. 

I also love that on the last page, we all added which month we worked in the journal. What a great to close it out.  I can't wait to see how everyone's final pages before we share our own completed journals. Please check out everyone else's pages: Julia, Vanessa, Lauren, Riet, Moriah and Lauren.

Colour Blast - Red

The Colour Blast collaboration took a little break because we had quite a few members traveling this summer. It was fun watching everyone's adventures, but now I get to share my pages in Moriah's Red Journal. Just a reminder, the others artists in the collab are Vanessa, Julia, Lauren Brown, Lauren Blood, Riet and Moriah.

My relationship with the color red has had an interesting journey. I used to stay far away from it. I saw red as this loud, in your face color, when all I wanted to do was go unnoticed. I saw it as the color of strength and being in charge during a time when I didn't feel strong or in control. Not until I started to study the Chakras did my attitude toward red change and a true appreciation and love for it come forward. Now I associate red so strongly with my Root Chakra. It's become my grounding color. The color I use when I need to be reminded of my place, that I have a place, and my personal power. The color that proves I'm a woman and connects me to the women of my past. My mom has always loved the color red.

So I wasn't at all surprised when these spreads started to share the theme of self love and acceptance.

Colour Blast - Purple

Purple is a color I'm very comfortable with and use often. So for this color blast journal, I thought I'd keep the spreads more minimalist so that the purple really stands out. Purple is a color associated with royalty, enlightenment and femininity, so I tired to keep these in mind while working on the pages.

               

  Color blast is a collaborative art journal project and we're now about halfway through! Don't forget to check out the other journals: Vanessa, Julia, Lauren Brown, Lauren Blood, Riet, and Moriah.

Colour Blast - Greenery

This round, it was my turn to play with Lauren Brown's green journal and it just reinforced my love of this color. When I first started this project I had in mind to try to keep each page and spread with the main color only. But I realized that there's nothing like contrasting colors to add extra interest and enhancement. 

Don't forget to visit all the other lovely artists to see how the journals are coming along: Lauren Brown, Julia, Vanessa, Riet, Lauren Blood and Moriah.

Colour Blast - Grey Matter

We're sharing the next round of Colour Blast today and I'm excited to see all the journals! I've linked the other artist's blogs and Instagrams (Julia, Lauren Blood, Moriah, Lauren Brown, Riet and Vanessa) so you can keep up to date with how all the journals are progressing.

I was sent Vanessa's Grey Matter journal for the second round and let me say it took my love of gray/grey to a whole new level. The most basic of grays is made by mixing white and black but there is so much more variations beyond that.

It was also great making these pages specifically with Vanessa in mind. Having taken her Totems class and forever stalking her Instagram, there are definite symbols and themes that come to mind when I think about her.

I picked this pearlescent gray as my favorite shade, though it was a tough contest. I almost had to make brackets!

And now on to the next color!

Colour Blast - Minted

OMG! It's another jump up and down and dance situation! Like when I was asked to collaborate with the Zine Squad.  I was so excited when I was asked if I'd like to be a part of this year's version of 2016's Colour Chaos. This means we all pick one color to be the focus of our art journals. They are then mailed from one lady to another until making their way back to it's owner.

We're all introducing our colors and the pages we made today, so please be sure to check the list below to find out this years colors. It's like getting seven more "colors of the year," but way cooler since you get art journal pages along with it!  Oh and since this in an international group, I'll probably be interchanging color and colour.

Moriah

Vanessa

Julia

Lauren Brown

Riet

Lauren Blood

My color is mint. That perfect mixture of blue, yellow and white that brings Spring to mind.  And if you read my pages in order, they are a section from the Tao Te Ching.

The art journal itself is made from a small Moleskine cahier, that I took apart and rebound with a variety of papers. There's Moleskine paper, scrapbook paper, watercolor and mixed media paper. Also some tracing paper and a transparency sheet. I hope everyone has fun with it!