I enrolled in Everything Art's Wanderlust 2024 last November and have been enjoying the weekly art inspiration and instructional videos. A recent session with French artist Eugenie Billotte invited us to look for treasure in our homes to create with.
Of course, treasure could mean a wide variety of things. I gathered words and pages clipped from vintage book pages, an old photo, and interesting papers like the textured brown paper packaging above.
Eugenie walked us through upcycling and mark-making activities that I found freeing, relaxing, and calming.
After creating a small stack of decorated papers, we began working in our art journals.
Here's my finished page spread with a B&W photo I took one spring decades ago of blooming Bloodroot as the focal point of the page. Nature is my treasure. I love walking through the woods in the spring, watching birds at my feeder and listening to their songs.
I made a wheel with samples of the decorated pages I created in this lesson.
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I played with the remaining words I had clipped from old books to make poetry.
And I took some of my leftover materials to create this little treasure about my excitement about an upcoming adventure.
I hope you take the time to play with art supplies, make an art journal page, or express yourself with words cut from magazines or books. Making art just for yourself is a great form of Self Care!
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