GPP Crusade #28 – Portion Control

Michelle Ward’s latest GPP Street Team Crusade is Portion Control - What does she mean by Portion Control?

“What do I mean by Portion Control?  I believe that part of something is more interesting than the whole.  It creates a sense of mystery, an engagement of the viewer to try to figure out what they are looking at.”

 I was a few days behind on my a prompt a day art journal pages that I am doing with Kelly Kilmer. So this evening, I thought I would kill two birds with one stone.

After preping the page with acrylic paints – I used my large alphabet stencil to stencil some letters onto the page. Some are complete, some are light and some are dark.

With collage elements added.

Complete with journaling.

Check ou the GPP Street Team Blog to find out more about Portion Control.

A prompt a day progress

I didn’t post all of my pages from the online classes that I did in January with Kelly Kilmer. But I did do a page a day in the journal that I made, not to mention my soul journal.

The good news is that the classes are continuing. I’ve signed up for February and so far I have completed a page a day. I am loving it. If you want more information you can find it here.

Day 3.

Day 2.

with journaling

Day 1.

I started my artist journal and did my first page, following Kelly Kilmer’s prompts from her Online Class. I love it. I’m trying something new that I have always wanted to try, but really just didn’t know how.

before journaling

with journaling

Misty Mawn is encouraging people to join her on her quest to art journal everyday in January, she’s compiling a list of participants blogs – go check it out and join in the fun of art journaling every day in January.

My new art journal.

As part of the Prompt a Day online classes,  Kelly put up instructions on using an old hard back book to create our own journal. I had an old book that I picked up from a library discard sale. I removed the cover and the library card, and then I removed the book block. Then I created the signatures (cartridge and sketch book paper). Now just to put it all together. The spine is reinforced with a piece of fabric that I have had for some time from a swap, and the inside covers are covered with paper that I have been waiting for just the right project to use.

Taking Classes

There are many people that I would love to take a class with, but living in Australia makes it a little difficult sometimes. And my budget just doesn’t stretch to travelling overseas at this stage – maybe one day!

Kelly Kilmer is one of those artists. Lucky for me she has decided to offer online classes! I’m signed up for A Prompt a Day which starts on the 1st of January 2009 – I can’t wait!