Colorful Monday

Wow, I've been blogging a lot lately, haven't I? And what fluffy posts they have been, too. Ah well, that's not going to change today.

More journal goodies today.

Fill This Page With Circles

Isn't this pretty? Remarkably, this page caused me all sorts of trouble. At first, I had trouble doing different sized circles. And I wanted to space them evenly. And then I didn't want to make them overlap. And then I didn't want to make circles of the same color overlap each other. And then I debated the meaning of the word "fill". But, the biggest problem I had was this:

Bleed-through!

NOOOOOO! This almost made me stop. I hate bleed-through. Hate hate hate. But then, the book instructions do say "5. Experiment. (Work against your better judgment.)" So I did different sized circles, unevenly spaced, with all colors overlapping. And I started to search out pens that would give me bleed through (there's a good Sharpie-bleed-through on the pages to the other side). Sadly, the paint pens I had didn't bleed through. Otherwise I could have gotten some neat green and brown along with the red and black bleed-through.

One more page that I did that I had to work against my better judgment (though by this point, I was on a roll so it was fun).

Draw Lines With Your Pen or Pencil. Lick Your Finger and Smear the Lines.

I decided to use pastel pencils, I did not do a color pattern to the stripes, I did two stripes of the same color side by side, I tried not to space them evenly, and I made some of the lines overlap. And then licked my fingers and smeared it all up.

I think it turned out pretty awesome. And it enabled me to work on another page with the directions "This Page Is For Handprints or Fingerprints. Get Them Dirty Then Press Down."