Art Journal: ART as I See It

First attempts at collage.

Inspired by TEESHA MOORE's journal pages and VIDEOS, I decided to try making a new journal dedicated to collage medium..

I must say that it has been quite fun looking around for old magazines and cutting them out.

But the more fun comes when you assemble the various parts!

WOW! So many possibilities!

This is the cover.

It reads: "ART as I See It".

Of course I had to add my doodling. :)

And the first page.

It reads: "Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better and worse, in spite of all you or anyone else can do" (Robert Henry)

I need to work better with glue, but I'm happy with the result.

Happy weekend!!

Art Journal: Fourth Lesson of ChakrART FREE Workshop

And here we are halfway to the top chakra!! :)

Anahata, the Heart Chakra.

The page reads: "Love all Creatures!".

All I can tell about this journal page is that I'm one of those individuals who get better along with animals than with  people. I'm kind of a loner, even though when I'm in a group I usually end up being the one who makes everyone laugh. As many people suffering from depression ups and downs, I have always found this sentence from "The show Must Go On" song by Queen very descriptive of me:

"Inside my heart is breaking,
My make-up may be flaking,
But my smile, still, stays on!"

I like making people laugh, seeing happy people, because I know how bad is feeling blue and hurting.

And this extends also to furry friends. I always feel a sense of protection towards animals. 

This is my piece for this week's lesson. A tribute to all creatures.

Remember that if you want to join the CHAKRART FREE WORKSHOP, you're still in time. It will be open for almost all year long!

We also have a Facebook Group:

CHAKRART FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP FACEBOOK GROUP.

Show us your creations!!

Art Journal: Third Lesson of ChakrART FREE Workshop

I know I'm very late on posting my Third Chakra work!  It has been a busy week, and I had also to make a couple of  custom drawings.

Here we go with Manipura Chakra!

As I wrote on Facebook yesterday, it reads:"Can you feel the POWER?". I know it is very simple, but it came to me like that, and I didn't feel the urge to add more. This is a very disturbing chakra to me. It is related to self-esteem, and I'm still working on it. :)

For POWER I usually mean the ability to create something. 

When I was a young girl I used to write "poems" and short stories, and created worlds with my imagination.

Then I have been creatiing silver and stones bijoux for almost 15 years.

Now I'm hooked on drawing and discovered mixed media.

And I think I have finally found my ideal medium

. I can combine words and images to arouse emotions and make people smile.

That's what I want to do. :)

Here is the journal page.

Remember that if you want to join the CHAKRART FREE WORKSHOP, you're still in time. It will be open foe almost all year long!

Enjoy and have a great weekend!!

Art Journal: Second Lesson of ChakrART FREE Workshop

Hello fellow souls!!

I'm so glad that this event reached so many people around the world! 

Thank you all for your participation and support! :)

The Second Lesson: Svadhishtana Chakra has been posted  and we already have the first works arriving!

My entry for the Secon Week of CHAKRART FREE WORKSHOP deals with TRANSFORMATION.

It reads: " Every life is a continuous transformation. In the end we all become a beautiful butterfly".

I have used a half face I made some time ago. I thought it would make a nice butterly wing, so I glued it opposite to the other drawn wing.

My life has been (and is) a continuous transformation, full of good and bad experiences.

The important thing is to keep on living, learning, growing, because everything you learn will be useful one day.

Now, show me your works!

Art Journal: First Lesson of ChakrART Workshop

Good morning!

First of all I want to thank all the AMAZING SOULS who joined the CHAKRART FREE WORKSHOP!

We are more than 100!!! :)

I'm so excited by the response this workshop has had and I hope you will like it.

The First Lesson: Muladhara Chakra is already on and waiting for your works to be shown.

For info about the workshop and more, please scroll up until you see the "pages" section under the header of this blog. You can join whenever you want!

And now here is my journal page for this lesson.

Mixed media.
It reads: "I am fire flowing from the ground"

A little explanation:

This is my weakest chakra. It has always been.

In fact, all my lifelong healthy troubles are linked to it.

Scoliosis, endometriosis, feet and legs pains, contractions.

Visualization, mediatation and my crystals help me a lot, but it's a long way to healing.
This is what I saw during my visualization: I think I need to love myself and my body more.

Looking forward to see your pieces!!!

Like in a Fairytale: A Challenge

One week since my last post!! Awww!!

I'm working on putting together the pdfs for the ChakrART FREE Workshop starting on Monday 4! :)

But I found the time to make this journal page.

A few weeks ago I won a challenge at SCRAPPIN' SISTERS, and they asked me to choose the next challenge theme.

I chose "Come in una favola" ("Like in a fairytale")

The page is in Italian, but anyone can join!

Go create!!!

Dark fairytales are my favorite. One of them is Little Red Riding Hood, with its dark atmosphere and the sense os danger and death.

I wanted to mix it up with a shamanic journey, because the tale can be read like a shamanic journey of growth and search.

That's why the little Red Hood is walking along a path surrounded by scary trees, not knowing what she will find...