Hi everyone. Happy long Labor Day weekend to all of you in the US and happy long Labour Day weekend if you are in Canada. To everyone else, I wish you a happy weekend.
Today I am sharing my last page for Chris's Hot August (Nights and Days) challenge at Art Journal Journey. Thank you Chris for hosting. ❤ It was a lot of fun (for me) to create a small summer themed journal all about hot days.
Thank you to everyone who joined in also. ❤ I loved seeing everyone's take on Chris' theme.
I hope your August wasn't too hot either, other than making art for Chris' Hot August theme that is. Hee hee. 😁 At my house, this month went from too hot to some fall feeling weather. This summer feels like it was shorter than normal (at least to me), and when I think about why, I think it's because in my area we didn't have all that many beautiful, warm and not crazy humid days. We started with rain and then went into humidity and heat. I guess with climate change the rain, the heat and the humidity are the new reality. The chill of the last 2 weeks isn't helping summer feel very long either.
For my page today I created a late summer garden. I used some yellow cardstock for the background. First I took some white gesso and covered most of my paper. Luckily I had some acrylic paint that was the same yellow as the background, and I splattered that over the gesso. I used some Alison Bomber stamps for the flowers. I painted the petals with a paint pen and colored the centers and the stems with markers. I stamped the quotes (various Paper Artsy images), added a small 49 and Market bee, and then added one of the white cloth sun stickers from a sheet of those stickers that I have in my stash. This sun was missing a few rays, but it wasn't worth tossing out. Instead I attached it to the top of my page so no one would even notice the missing rays. I used that same yellow paint pen to color it in. Lastly I added some black metallic paper trim along the bottom.
Speaking of this lovely goldenrod yellow color, there's lots of goldenrod blooming in my wildflower gardens right now. It's definitely a pollinator's dream flower. There are so many species of bees (domestic and wild) just loving it. Here's a few photos, some with pollinators and some without.
That's all for me this post. I'm also linking up this post to Gillena's
Sunday Smiles. Enjoy your weekend!
18 comments:
Once in a while someone will comment to me that they saw all the insects on my blog and tell me that they walk regularly in the same area and don’t see anything. My standard advice is that they should head for a stand of goldenrod. You have proved the point! Have a great weekend - David
A lovely sunny piece of artwork and patience taking all those photos. We left part of one of our paddocks to go wild, this year we've seen a huge increase in Butterflies and Bees, the latter love the thistle heads as a source of nectar.
B x
The bees were working hard there :-)) Our summer sucked this year...not HOT at all.
...I wish you a Spectacular September.
Summer always goes by so fast and this year seemed even faster. I guess because we had such a wet beginning to the season. I hope we still have a few warm days coming before Fall moves in. Enjoy the holiday weekend.
Australia's national flower is the golden wattle/Acacia. In particular the wattle's gold colour is rich and dense, just as your photos depict. But were your flowers wattle?
Love your page those flowers have a language, such flow -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
I love all of that bright happy yellow on your page! Those flowers are gorgeous and I love how you've added the bee as well as the textures on your background! Your yellow flowers from your garden are gorgeous and of course not complete without a bee! Love it!
So pretty, I love your yellow inspired page with the fabulous background and flowers - perfect 😊. I hope you're having a lovely Labor Day weekend! Happy and creative wishes ❤️. Hugs, Jo x
I love how detailed and cheerful your page is. The combination of bright colors, stamps, and sun stickers really brings that late summer garden to life, and your photos of the pollinators make it feel even more vibrant.
Lovely art and amazing photographs.
Wishing you a great weekend.
All the best Jan
I love all your buzzy bees, Erika! And I love your "dancing in the breeze!" Your creativity is inspiring! Happy weekend!
TV-News yesterday: "Worst summer in years in Germany". Hot? Hahaha....
Great artwork. I got lots of wasps last week! They ate my Döner. (Well, I shared).
Cannot believe it is September tomorrow. Time flies, "sad" hugs
What a great end to my Hot Summer theme at AJJ Erika! Thanks so much for all of your support this month! I have enjoyed getting back to my art journaling! Hugs, Chrisx
What a beautiful flower journal page with your garden flowers and various bee species! I wish you a wonderful start to September, hugs, Elke
I hope you're having a great weekend, Erika! That's a great page, which really captures the feel of the transition from summer to autumn.
Lovely yellows
Thanks for linking to SundaySmiles
Much♡love
I love all the yellows in this post. But not the bugs! The goldenrod is gorgeous and your art journal "dancers" are as well. xoxo
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