An art journal page created with the prompt "house". The bottom of the page contains 4 buildings and the top has 3. Each is created out of painted or collaged papers that are enhanced with black pen.

An art journal page created with the prompt "house". This is a close-up oh the bottom of the page containing 3 of its 4 buildings. Each is created out of painted or collaged papers that are enhanced with black pen illustrations.

#messymay continues. Here is the prompt #house. It's fun to use scraps of art papers to create a little neighborhood.
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Art journal page with collaged buildings. 3 on the top and for on the bottom with a white strip in the middle representing a street.

Art journal page with collaged buildings. A close-up of e out of the for on the bottom. Left building is white with black pen. The middle has musical note paper, painted with blue and a red roof. The right-hand has a black and white pattern background with some green paint and for painted rectangular speed. Word houses on the bottom.

Art journal spread with blue, pink and purple paint splotches. Eord love in pink, outlined in black that has switl lines coming of of it. Right side had a bright blue hat with a dark pink postage stamp below. Left side features a purple handprint on fabric. A few black dots are around the page.

Catching up with Messy May: day 10 HOUSE, day 11 COLOR
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Art journal spread of a painted landscape using eco-inks. Left side is a cliff in brown. Right side is a brown tree on a mound in front of yelloe and lavender clouds. A flower bush sits in the middle and one on top of the cliff. Bottom right corner has the words "day 8, may 8, NATURE.

This is a comparison of the same eco-ink used on two papers in s hand-made journal. The flower bushes are light shades of pink and purple.

Today's "mess"
Messy May, day 8: NATURE
I painted a landscape with eco-ink. Using multiple coats to deepen color. After it dried, I sketched details. Second pic is a comparison: same ink, different paper, different results.
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Double page art journal spread featuring flowers created using painted papers that were cut into shapes. They were glued on and outlined loosely with black marker. Green title says grow. More of the painted papers are under the top left corner of the journal.

rt journal spread featuring tulips created using painted papers that were cut into shapes. They were glued on and outlined loosely with black marker. Green title says grow.

Paper flower made from cut papers that were made by painting with acrylic paints and stencils.

More Messy May
Day 6: GROW
What fun to create funky painted papers and then cut out shapes for page elements: flowers
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Messy May! Today's word is "aperture". let's open something to get something fun.
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Messy May: SWATCH
A little video of my creation today.
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Art journal page with dark and light blue and dark and light pink. 3 elements were cut from a bag of coffee beans (foil on the inside and paper on the outside) and painted. They were cut of and sold to the page. Tiny magazine word phrase says, "a believer in sharing." Authenticity is wood in pink paint pen.

Art journal page closeup of bottom, left corner, showing one of the cut shapes... From a bag of coffee beans (foil on the inside and paper on the outside) and painted with blue.

Enter: Messy May from the Get Messy Art community. 31 days of art prompts with videos. Check it out and have a Messy (mixed media art journaling) May.
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