Friday 23 April 2010

Happy splatting tea dance


Let me tell you what's been making me happy this week - for is it not Happy Friday? I've been reliving my creative splurging activities from my Wreck this Journal summer. My new art e-course has had us doodling, staining and splatting with merry abandon. My art output had slowed down for the last few weeks - a mixture of not enough time and an attitude that every piece had to be a proper work of art, something that took hours... So back to frivilous fun is a welcome change.

Picture above comes from my journal. It started as wonderful splats from a soggy teabag dropped at height, then I flicked dark and rich coffee at it. In a nostalgic return to childhood I carved up some potatoes to make the TEA stamps. I wanted to add some collage and flicked through magazines for inspiration. This lady waved at me and yelled "pick me, pick me", so on she went. I loved the summery pattern on her dress so took that as inspiration for the rest of the piece and doodled these big flowers. A bit of fun with some inktense pencils and water and it was complete!

I'd forgotten that it's just as much fun and food for the soul to play with art too. And play I have. Unfortunately I also forgot that my VAT return is due (panic to get all the paperwork for that sorted out the weekend ahead of visit to the accountant!).

On another happy note (forgetting about the looming presence of the tax man for a while), this weekend I am planning a trip to Mexico. I bought my ticket yesterday and stocked up on all the goodies I will need this morning. I'll be there this evening when I tuck into Queso Fundido with the family, then tomorrow we'll be enjoying Chicken & Chorizo in an Almond Mole - washed down with a zingy Margarita...

OK, so the 'ticket' was actually only a cookbook but hey, with the right music, the promised sunshine and the proper mood we really could be dancing in that colourful country!

22 comments:

  1. oh wowwwwww! a bit wondering of how you did the splatter...I love it so much...

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  2. I really love this, so bright and uninhibited. I'm glad to hear the pictures and images "talk" to other people too; I was worried it was just me ;-). My favorite pieces are always the ones that just grow themselves serendipitously--whoa-15 letter word at 6:oo a.m.
    Have a great "trip" to Mexico!

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  3. Looks like fireworks! Very fun. Wish I were going back to Mexico. I was there for a week in Feb. and that is not enough time! Have fun.

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  4. I love the colors on your journal page,so beautiful,I also love the flowers. Its sounds neat how you did it too. I really thought you were going to mexico for the weekend. Well have a fun and relaxing time,no matter where you will be.

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  5. I love your artwork. Yesterday, I told my teacher I want to just have fun and play with what I am doing. Nothing serious just enjoy and that is what I plan to do for now. I think I will have to travel to Thailand for some Thai soup. Luckily my husband is a great cook. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  6. ~fresh fun and fancy free is your art work today! l♥ve the idea of working with tea bags...goodness knows i go through so many!! enjoy mexico...even if it is only in your home...allow yourself to be be taken away! imagining is always a good thing...warm wishes and brightest blessings~

    ps~ you still need to choose your 3 pictures my dear!

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  7. your page is delightful... joyfully uplifting! have fun in "Mexico" !! I am regularly in Tuscany!! LOL!

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  8. LOVE your journal play! It's really wonderful! And I love that you're off to Mexico tonight. The chicken chorizo and almond mole sounds fabulous! I'm really hungry right now.

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  9. What fun! That is definitely a happy journal page. And your virtual trip to Mexico is just the thing for a great weekend! Feliz viaje!

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  10. Oh, I just love your tea art! Who knew??? I've got to try it now! In the meantime, enjoy your little trip to Mexico... I'm jealous! Here are to many more happy and playful moments!

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  11. Frivolous and fun is good- art should just happen- I love this summery feel!

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  12. I love the page -much more fun and satisfying to not try to make everything "perfect" (like there is such a thing). It's still hard for me to remember that. Even though I know perfectly well that if you come back to a page that isn't quite right somehow you can always make changes. Anyway, I think your tea page is perfect just as it is.

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  13. Girl, you got it going on! We went to Russia last weekend and had White Russians while we watched 007. ha! Love to travel right at home, best way ever!
    Your journal page is super fun!
    Have a great time!
    Kelly

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  14. Love your journal page - fun and free and fresh!

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  15. Your journal page makes me happy! Absolutely lovely. :)

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  16. Lisa what a FAB journal page!! I bought the Wreck this Journal for my daughter and when she feels like it we do a bit in there together. I love it. Pleased to see you are enjoying the art E course. It's a great idea and I may just have to sign up for one!!

    Looking forward to seeing more results

    A

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  17. I love the flowers, the spontaneity comes bouncing off the page, and your flights of fancy are wonderful. We should all get tickets.

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  18. I've been feeling the same thing--that perfectionism thing rather than the having fun thing. I think it's starting to fall away.

    Thanks for writing about it--now I don't feel so lost in my own perfectionism!
    Katherine

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  19. Your journal page is great-isn't it fun to just let loose sometimes! I really want to start an art journal just for that reason! And I too love to travel vicariously through my cook books, your dinner sounds delicious!

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  20. Your journal pages are so awesome!

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  21. I love this piece, especially that is started out with tea splatters. It turned into a beautiful page.

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  22. This is something we all must remember to do....play with our art once in a while...lol actually more then that. I go for lets play all the time...hehe.
    This is a beautiful, fun piece. The colors are fab.
    Hope you had a fun in Meheco!

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