Okay... time to get em' movin again!

Have you been taking good care of our babies?

I'm inspired and my fingers are itching to do some artsy journal work.

Do you want to send yours back to Michigan and keep mine a little longer to work in... or do you want to send both back to Michigan and I can do some final touches then send them back to you to do some final touches... and then we can call it "Finished" :)

I'm ready to begin a new journal project ASAP... so we need to put on our thinking caps.

paint palette

paint palette
Originally uploaded by anongrrl

though both sketchbooks are still in michigan, and i can't really work in one until one swans back to ohio, i have been doing some small scale work with color. here's a glimpse at the paint palette i used for some tiny valentines i made.

as you can see from a lot of the rest of this blog, the conversation between us (artists!) is one in color and texture... so here's some color and a little texture for your to rest your eyes on while you wait for an update on the books. =)

acrylic paint + gel medium + recycling a tray from a supermarket = photo op.

swapping ...

the OhMi sketchbook with the yellow cover is winging its way to Michigan as we speak, headed to the arms of Maralena. =) i didn't photograph every page i worked on this time, but i did do a little video. i plan to edit it together when i find my transfer cable, and have some youtube fun with it.

i even did some 'in progress' work on one page, filming the actual process itself. whee!

some pages i heart

for more on this image, check out nicci's flickr page.

in working over some of the acrylic paint applied (by Maralena) to some of the thickest pages, i discovered that my dip/fountain pen works great with a certain black acrylic ink. (it's not a secret, i just can't remember the name of it at the moment.) doodles resulted, then i put down some smeared ink. technical, yep. i took a paper towel remnant and smeared purple around. then came the sharpie. oh, beloved sharpie. the texture is pretty awesome. if there were more light in here, and my camera battery weren't dead, i'd take a few detail shots for you! i'll try to remember to do that before it's mailed...

this spread would make an awesome sketchbook cover. i like it that much =D.

On second thought

After posting these images... I believe I do have some more things I want to add to the journal before shipping it off to Nicci. Just wanted to show my progress thus far. I am really enjoying sticking things/memories of the day... into the journal pages x2 (hers and mine).

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