The Winter Blues

 Hi everyone.

I'm here today with a new challenge at Try It on Tuesday . This time our challenge is the Winter Blues. 

We're NOT asking for sad art!

For the next 2 weeks we're asking you to use the color blue in your challenge. Add a bit of winter, and you have the Winter Blues. 

I don't know about you, but if January had a color, I would have to pick blue.  Maybe because I am living here in New Hampshire where the only real outdoor color at this time of year is the bright blue sky.

That blue winter sky inspired my art. My journal page started with some shades of blue watered down paint on my background. I hope the middle doesn't look to streaky, as I wanted the sky to have some depth and motion to it. 

 I added some printed blue paper to create the land. I tore it to so that edge would look similar to the an actual horizon. On the paper I added some scraps of printed tissue paper as well as some stamped snowflake images and also some painted stamped circles.  The fox and the mostly circular images setting from left to the right on the page are from a pack of Stamperia winter images.  Notice the sun is smaller and has set. (Oh I  miss  the amount of it we get in winter. Smile.) 

I also added some tiny metal bits from my stash.

I  stamped this winter quote from a Paper Artsy set by Alison Bomber to finish off my page.

Be sure to also check out all the inspiration from the other designers!  There are some great Winter Blues pieces there.

I am also linking up my page at Art Journal Journey and the latest Favorite Things challenge. 

Blue is one of my favorite colors, and circles are a favorite shape. 

Thanks for visiting. I look forward to seeing your winter blues creations over at Try It on Tuesday!