be yourself

this week has been a crazy school week for the kids,

but working in my art journal has been very do-able.

sometimes I'd rather be a mad painter in an airy light-filled loft

... but I'm a mom, driver, cook, maid, etc ...

and surely, 

if I were the mad artist in a loft

... I would wish for momming, driving, cooking, etc....

so I doodle

and I blog

:)

Here's how I did these pages:

gesso

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ink-jet printed image 

(it's me at age 6)

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mod-podged face down

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about an hour later, dampen ink jet paper

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carefully rub and peel away paper, leaving image behind

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mod podged second image face up

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a bit of gesso to soften the edges

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a bit of color (I used watercolor pencils)

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tea bag paper for my words

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words mod-podged down

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a little more gesso, color and doodling

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just trying to be myself today