dReAm.CrEaTe.GrOw

Last year, I drew this figure as part of my Art Journal - for a page I called "bloom where you grow" http://ajeweljournallingthrough.blogspot.com/2010/02/week-5-bloom-where-you-grow.html . I quite liked the figure and wanted to use her in my sketch journal, but wanted to add more colours to the piece. The background includes yellow, pale green, blue, lilac and orange. I used tracing paper to copy the "heart believe heart" from Traci Bautista's Creative Doodles Collage kit http://www.etsy.com/listing/62777824/creative-doodles-collage-kits-limited - the rest is my handwriting LOL

Credits:

Sketch pad - Moleskine Pocket Watercolour Notebook (as before)
Coloured Pens - Letraset Promarkers (as before)
Black outline pen - Kuretake

Week 18 Catch-up - a Rest Stop

Week 18 invited us to take a moment to listen to our response to the question "What do I need to journal about this week?" This did not inspire me, but the quote of the week did. I looked up "Excellence", given as the quality of excelling - not very useful. So I looked up the verb "Excel":

"be superior, better, pass, eclipse, beat, top, cap (informal), exceed, go beyond, surpass, transcend, outdo, outshine, surmount, run rings around (informal), put in the shade (informal), outrival..." Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002. It didn't sound very nice, that to obtain excellence was to step over others, to be more perfect. I don't agree with that. I used to be a perfectist, to hope that reaching the top would mean that I would be acknowledged by my parents, particularly my dad, but I don't think that way anymore. Perfection is for robots, not for me. So I included a quote that I didn't agree with to remind me to "Love, Explore, Create, Imagine" rather than to seek excellence as that is deterimental to me.

Credits:
Background paper (taken from 12x12 sheet) - K & Company, Urban Rhapsody Designer Sheets pack
Frame, butterflies, crown, pink flower and pink circular tag - K & Company, Brenda Walton: Madeline Die-Cut Cardstock