For the month of May the theme for Documented Life Project was Touchy Feely (Texture) and the art challenge for week 18 was Fabric. The journal prompt was “The Fabric of Your Life”. Jan: I used a scrap of leftover fabric from … Continue reading →
The art challenge for week 12 of the Documented Life Project 2015 was “As a Focal Point” with the journal prompt, “Coming into Focus”. The phrase focal point means the center of interest or activity. So in an art piece, … Continue reading →
The challenge for week 8 in the Documented Life Project was “Repeating Elements” and the journal prompt was, “It’s Worth Repeating.” Jan: Last year I started learning to knit while visiting my daughter for the birth of her son. She taught me how … Continue reading →
Inspiration for art is all around you and most of the time you are not even aware of it. You probably would not think that pen caps, rubber bands, popcorn, fortune cookies, pacifiers, or whistles could form the basis for fun drawings. … Continue reading →
It’s easy to transform something that doesn’t look that great into something that looks wonderful. It’s even easy to take something that is perfectly good and useable (to someone) and transform it into something else (like taking a bridesmaid dress … Continue reading →
The art challenge for week 48 in the Documented Life Project was to: “Depict Gratitude in a creative way.” Although every week should be a week of gratitude, this week is when those in the USA focus on gratitude with … Continue reading →
The Documented Life Project challenge for week 47 was to: “Add a map of your town, state or country. Document about this map.” Jan: On my recent flight to NYC I was enjoying seeing the fall colors from above as we … Continue reading →
The challenge of week 45 in the Documented Life Project was to: “Add a tab.” Jan: I drew a picture with graphite pencils of part of my computer with the “tab” key showing and then glued the cover and tab pages … Continue reading →
The art challenge for week 44 of the Documented Life Project was to: “Incorporate leaves (real or drawn/painted) onto your page in a creative way.” Jan: Last spring I bought some new plants for a flower garden and was fascinated … Continue reading →
The art challenge for the Documented Life Project for week 43 was to: “Sketch what you see right now.” Jan: Usually when the challenge is issued (on Saturdays), I read it but don’t always have opportunity to start the challenge right … Continue reading →