What's Your Style?

 Hi everyone. Happy February to you.

First of all I want to share a big thank you to everyone who joined in to my Let's Face It challenge at Art Journal Journey last month. There was some wonderful art and all kinds of faces. It was fun to see the variety. And of course, it means a lot to me that you shared your pieces.

Now that it is a new month, it is time for a new challenge. This month we actually have 2 hosts, the furry Bleubeard and the talented Elizabeth. You probably know them from their blog Altered Book Lover.

This month Bleubeard and Elizabeth have chosen the theme  What's Your Style?

When I think of style, I think of many things. There's my art style, my clothing style, the style(s) of music I enjoy. There's also the style I decorate my house, the style of food I enjoy, the teaching style I had when I was working, even the types of books I read could be considered a style.

Style:   noun: a manner of doing something or a distinctive appearance verb: design or make in a particular form or designate with particular name, description or title

We all have our own style (yes, even you Elizabeth-smile) because each of us creates work with its own distinctive appearance (even if you don't create strictly one type or style of art),  but the beauty about art journaling is we can try other styles and see if they work for us, because let's face it, style is not static but an ever changing and exciting thing. 

My first page is about my current art style. Color is probably the first thing I think about or get excited about in a page. I see color before I see other details. And right now, my style is messy, mainly because I work fairly fast and also because I happen to like a ripped page, a crooked line, a splatter or a partially stamped image. Coming from a science background, it is freeing for me to be messy. 

I started my page by using a paintbrush and a few bottles of acrylic paint. I randomly painted my page, mixing colors and trying to make the paint as messy as possible. And then to make it a little more interesting, but also messy, I sprayed some dark blue ink on it.

The paintbrush is hand drawn, colored, fussy cut and then a bit of paint is added. The paint tube is stamped and fussy cut, the artist set stamp is partially stamped, and the jar with the paint brushes is stamped and colored as is the water color set. I added the crown because sometimes I feel like the queen of messy, but also because I liked it there. Even though I am messy, my page needs to be cohesive and (using my more logical science brain) follow some basic design "rules".

And speaking of rules, remember Art Journal Journey is an art journaling challenge. Art journal pages of any size or form can be used, whether they are in a journal, loose paper, cloth or digital pages, but please, no cards, tags or or dimensional art.

This should be a fun challenge. Thanks Elizabeth for choosing this theme. And to those of you who read this post, I can't wait to see what your style is.

And Happy February to you also.