Neurotangling With Mixed Media

 

This art journal is one of my favorites! I made it using Bristol Illustration paper from Hahnemühle and my Bind-It-All machine. Since Glamour Additions wrapped up I have been at a loss for what to do in my journal. Last night I needed a break and pulled my book out to get busy. 

I began with this gelli print I made years ago in a class taught by Carla Sonheim. I think it was one of the first gelli prints I made in the class. I loved the color combination and have kept it safe. Waiting for the right time to use it. And that time came last night. You can also see a digital stamp I printed and colored with Copic markers and a couple tiny pages I bought from an ad on Facebook. You never know if those things are going to work but this one did. I cut my gelli page to 5.5" x 7.5" and adhered it with scor tape. 

There's that digital stamp girl. Found her on Pinterest. And you can see the two little pages better here. They are 1.5" wide by 2" tall and see thru vellum. I didn't expect the vellum part. Nor the smallness either actually. But I really like them! They came from a company called ToBeWhimsy - all one word. Each pad comes with 365 tiny little sheets of paper with different pictures on them. Since they are see-thru I was a bit concerned about how I would adhere them, but the scor tape worked great and you can't see it. Awesome!

It was about this time a plan came to mind. Because I was totally winging it up to then. Hahaha! The cardboard circle you see is the tube from a roll of 1" scor tape. I used up the last of it adhering my gelli print and hadn't thrown it away yet. 

I felt like doing a little neurotangling so I traced the inside of the ring with a Sharpie fine point and got started. 

I figured I could tangle and still see the beautiful colors from the print. And I was able to draw over the edge of the vellum piece as well. Here you can see my neuro lines I did to get started. But there was still a lot of page left open. 

I just plopped that cardboard roll right back down on the page and traced another circle and added more neuro lines. 

After 'nzeppling all the intersecting lines, I added some weighted auras in several of the sections. Not all, just some. And I love it just like this!

Sentiments - good words to remember these days. One day at a time. That is all we can do. The words reminded me of the song lyrics 'don't worry, be happy!' Insert smiley face. 

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Bristol Illustration paper from Hahnemühle can be purchased here.