Thursday, November 14, 2013

Chewing

Papr tastes nasty. And I was also afraid to get a paper cut on my mouth...

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Feet

It said to pick up the journal without using your hands. So I did... And I even managed to flip the page.



-EW

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

In the shower

The book said to bring it into the shower. I did so. But not just any shower. A rain shower.

Oh, and sorry for being away for a while. I was busy being creative in other outlets.




Destructive friend

I was at the house of my best friend, Ellen F. , yesterday. The page said to ask a friend to do something destructive to the page and not to look while the friend did the destructive act. So, of all the things, she went to the fridge and retrieved several pieces of swiss cheese. Then, she took the page to her dogs (great danes and labs) and let them eat the cheese off of the page. Then I let her sign the page. There was still a little bit of cheese on the page, which I will remove sometime soon.

Oh, and my bringing my book to her house inspired both her and her brother to buy their own copies.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

I was creative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEoFobwYJ04&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Monday, July 8, 2013

Newspaper

Okay, so I rarely get my hands on a newspaper, but the other day I did. As shown in the picture, I bought a pair of second hand shoes and they were stuffed with newspaper. I wish it had been something more interesting than the 'for sale' ads.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Magazine words

So, for this page, I dug out an old copy of teen vogue. I really don't read it, I just picked up a copy once because it had like makeup tips or something in it. I searched until I found a page with a sufficient amount of words on it. Then, I circled the ones I liked and marked out the others. on the opposite page, I wrote some song lyrics that had to do with words. The song is "Words" by Hawk Nelson.

Rip This Page...

This page was actually kind of difficult for me to accomplish. As one who loves books, tearing one up is rather painful. I can see why the next page said to tape the pages together though, because otherwise the page you tore up wouldn't stay in the book anymore.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Tape... And a Nyan Cat

I have a lot of painter's tape that I got at a garage sale a few months ago. I had originally planned on using it to tape around my screenprinting frame. However, sometimes I find other uses for it. And I'm pretty sure this is my favourite page yet.

Scratch

So today I was a little adventurous. I did a page that was actually mildly destructive. I'm not used to tearing things up, so this was a little out of my comfort zone and quite fun. I just grabbed the nearest sharp object and went at it. That object happened to be a pink pair of safety scissors that I've had since 3rd grade, but it was sharp enough to do the damage that the picture shows. I actually made a hole in the page.

It reminds me of the scratching cards that we used to use for crafts when we were little. It's basically black paint on a slick piece of colorful cardboard. You scratch off the paint to make a design. I always got upset because I'm a perfectionist with flaws and always ended up with accidental scratches through the black. It took me quite a while to figure out that even perfect art has flaws.

Btw, I have another blog for other stuff : thelife-lizardgirl.blogspot.com

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Hands

The first "real" page that I worked on and completed was one that said "trace your hand". So, I did. And did. And did. Then I found a quote about hands. To finish it up, I put song lyrics from the song "best song ever (give me your hand)" by the ready set.

I kind of hated the way it looked at first, but I kept working with it until I was satisfied. I guess that's the way art is supposed to work. And life too I guess. You stat out with something you don't like, then work to make it better, as close to perfect as you can get it.

Name

Who knew there were so many ways to write a name. And now, when I think about it, there are tons more that weren't covered here.

Wreck This Journal

Okay, so today I bought a new journal. It's kinda like a smash book, but even more creative and free spirited. It's called "Wreck This Journal". I have a friend who has done one before and I've never had the opportunity to buy one until now.

Basically, it is a journal that has instructions on every page. Things like tearing a page out or drawing something ugly or spitting on the page. It's meant to help you push yourself past your limits as a creator so that you can be even more creative than you ever thought you could be.

So, along with starting this journal, I figured I would start a new blog. This is going to be about me overcoming the roadblocks that are in my way as a creator. Breaking free of the chains of conformity and normal thinking.

For now, I'm just going to blog about the journal, but as time goes by, who knows what will happen. I may end up surprising myself.

So, I hope this will be a growing experience for me as a creator and will hopefully inspire you to create also.

Love, Lizzy