Friends

Here are a few of the Fuji Instax selfies that I took of me and my former coworkers. I kinda don't like calling them "former" anything. I think I'll just call them friends now. 

I wore sunglasses to hide my crying eyes. Some joined me.



My art journal is almost full already! And to think I only started it on October 1st. You should start one too! It's fun and will probably become something that you'll treasure for a long time. 

Cow

I thought this saying was funny. Now that I'm retired, it should be more like "nobody else knows what day of the week it is either!"

Kylie's Dress

Geri's granddaughter wore a cute black and white dress to a luncheon that we had to celebrate my mom's birthday this past weekend. She was the inspiration for this page.

I decided to stop hoarding the beautiful washi origami paper that Honolulu Aunty gave me and used it for the background. Thank you, Aunty!




I ordered a book by Jane Davenport called Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces. It's coming tomorrow!

Red Kite

I wanted a messy background for this page of my journal, so I dug out scraps of paper from the trash, tore them up and glued them on. Then I painted and splattered with acrylic paint. 

The white part of the page seemed like a good place for something bright so I thought of a red kite. 

It took me forever to draw the girl. Draw, erase, draw, erase. Hopefully, I'll get better at it the more I practice.

W & M Veggie Burger

This veggie burger from W & M was gooooooood! I had it with cheese ($4.40). 

New Pocket-Sized Art Journal

Thank you CQ and Kaori for the journal and Jane Davenport for the inspiration.

Blue Pages

This is what I did with the two blue pages.

Dylusions Ink Spray

I'd been wanting to try Dylusions Ink Spray because of the intense colors that it produces. Only thing . . . it's expensive . . . around $7 to $8 a bottle.

This After Midnight was just under $4 on Amazon so I ordered it.  


I sprayed it on a couple pages of my art journal. 


I also sprayed my hand. 


And my shorts. 


And the floor. 


I didn't get a chance to look at the pages until a few days later. When I rubbed my fingers on the ink I found that although it had dried, it hadn't set. Powdery dark ink stained my fingers. 

Researching online, I found that I shouldn't have prepped the pages with Gesso. It prevents the ink from being absorbed into the paper. O-M-G.


And so I did the only thing that I could think of . . . I painted Mod Podge onto the two pages. 


This is what I have now.  !!!!!

Grateful

I think about you readers all the time . . . some I've met . . . most I've not . . . but ALL have kept me going for all these many years. 

I just want let you know how grateful I am for your support, and as a thank you, I'd like to give you a couple (or more) of my hand-painted greeting cards.

Can you email me (JalnaA@aol.com) with your mailing address? I promise I won't use it for some unscrupulous purpose . . . I just want to give you some cards. 

The Aim of Art

Thank you for all of your positive comments regarding the sharing of my artwork. I feel less hesitant about sharing now (and possibly boring you) and really do hope that it'll inspire you to try your hand at creating something yourself. 

I got some washi tape years and years ago in Japan that I never used. I'm so happy that I'm finally making use of them in my art journal book. 

This tape surprised me. After I tore off the cellophane covering, I found that the tape was cloth-like and stretchy and kinda see-through . . . so cool.