For this class I did not want to just have a background, I wanted to incorporate the splatters into a complete page. I had some ink at home which I thought I could water down for different shades rather than using paints. I sometimes use Scribble Paintings with clients and I thought I could use this concept with the splatters, to see if any images or symbols appeared in the ink. I did not have an intention for the splatters, rather I just let it happen organically. It took me a few days to get back to the page, I just wasn’t feeling it to be honest. When I did spend some time with the page nothing jumped out which wasn’t helped by the fact I could not think of an intention or purpose for the page. Now that I have reflected on this for a week or so I have realised that I tend to set my intentions about things I think I need to improve, fix or develop. I have had a few really fun and open weeks and was struggling because I didn’t feel I needed to really work on anything obvious. This turned out to be the obvious thing to work on! As much as I told myself I did not need to have a page which was about moving forward and deep self reflection I could not get past this. I spent some time journaling and thinking about how I feel that I always have to be improving, learning and achieving to be a better person. Why can’t I have a journaling page about where I am now and celebrating what I have? I sat on this for another day and came back to my page and immediately saw a petri dish full of growing bacteria. This fit perfectly with my musings – I had to grow and nurture what I have now in order to get bigger and better. I added some words from my journal to the page and I was done! I have a page about being in the moment and celebrating what I have right now.
Sorry for the poor quality of the photo’s, it has been raining and overcast here all week and there is no sun at all!
On a side note I am having trouble with some of the classes. I don’t have some of the materials to complete them and am in a dilemma – While I know the techniques are great I can’t see myself using the products again and I don’t want to buy something only to use it once. I am thinking that I may just improvise and do what I can, so if my pages don’t seem the same as the class, they most likely aren’t’!
Thanks for sharing some of the internal process behind this page! I really like your splatters. I like the colors and the movement they convey!
ReplyDeleteI definitely think you can pick and choose what techniques and materials you want to try. Doing something your own way is just another form of creativity!