The challenge for Week 25 of the Documented Life Project was to incorporate hearts. I have some serious time management problems now that the kids are all home for the Summer break and frankly I was just lacking in inspiration. However, looking through my 8 year old son’s school art folder finally set the creative wheels in motion. I had wanted to do something much more mixed media this week – steering myself away from my default drawing – and had even hoped to experiment with some new techniques. However, it came down to some cheap children’s watercolours and black ink.
This is what I came up with:
For something that took me under fifteen minutes start to finish I am fairly pleased with how it turned out. I am not really one for mawkish sentiment but the quotation seemed to tie in with the image and incorporating some text helped reduce the black in the tree trunk. I wish I had given a little more thought to composition as the branches are very near the top of the page while I have all that empty space at the bottom of the page. That’s what happens when I rush, I suppose.
This is my 8 year old’s art work which inspired my Art Journal page. I like it a whole lot better than my version:
