AJC10 Week 8 - You raise me up

This week's theme is to explore the idea of music and art journaling. "What music really inspires you?" Well, this song and its lyrics spring to my mind, particularly when sung a cappella by my favourite singer, the Irish singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy. There are times when he sings that song in concert when I can hear (not just feel, because the audience are so quiet) the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It is very special - if you want an idea of how special, there is a version on youtube of his performance a few years ago at the Burnavon Arts Centre in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, Ireland. The song has been covered by many different singers, but the words are extremely strong and uplifting - Brian calls it "a hug in a cd". I left my sketch in pencil to keep its ethereal feel. The lyrics are from the chorus "You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong when I am on your shoulders. You raise me up: To more than I can be". Brian was the original singer of the song on the composer's album - Secret Garden's "Once in a Red Moon".

Credits:

Backing paper - Lorie Davison, Flitting Fall Faeries, Light paper pack

Lettering from my stashs

My sketch is on watercolour paper

AJC10 Week 7 and 8 - Snow Angel

At the weekend we had snow and my son and I had a snowball fight. He then did snow angels in the front garden. The Journalling says: " Even with his arms folded you can still see his wings :) (Shining through :) ) showing that despite what happens your true form is still visible shining through." I used a doodling template for the black ribbon line and the squares are inchies I was going to experiment with but adding them as a fringe added needed colour to the piece. I outlined the wing shapes and added dots with an ordinary pencil.

Credits:
Black alphabet - Making Memories
Inchies - made using a Dovecraft punch from paper scraps from my stash - details not known now
Cream paper - K & Co - from my stash

AJC10: Week 5 - Bloom where you Grow

The Blog of the Week for this week's Art Journal journey is Cori Dantini's and her art inspired the above picture. I haven't draw anything for a long time so getting pencil and watercolour paper out was daunting but that why they make pencil rubbers :). I pencilled out the idea and then used my black pen to go round everything using the thicker end to frame the drawing. I used watercolour pens and wetted the drawn hair, adding some pink lines from a sharpie to darken some highlights.

Credits:

Pink background paper and lime green paper used for frame - Studio Mgl scraps, Dreams in Colour 2.0 papers

Watercolour paper, A5 acid-free Sketch Pad, bought from local supermarket

Watercolour pencils - Derwent Inktense pencils

Black pen - Kuretake

Pink and Aqua Sharpie markers

Grey flock sticker - My Mind's Eye, Self adhesive Bloom and Grow Felt Border