Art Journal and Nemo

I watched "Finding Nemo" today - no reason, just popped it in and really enjoyed it. It just made me laugh and is such a sweet story with Dory and the Dad and Nemo learning to be independent.  I haven't seen it in awhile, but it hit the spot today.

Then I worked a little on my art journal. I have a piece from yesterday, too, that I worked in my other "type" of journal - the Teesha Moore 16 page journal. I haven't worked in those recently and I feel like I am doing different stuff - it comes from a different place and is a really different process.  I love doing both, but I think I have needed to figure out what it is that I am wanting to do, how I want to do it, what I expect.  I have been having fun and still want to explore all the possibilities.

Here's what I have been doing:

This is the Teesha Moore-style journal. I love the brightness of the background and the framing around the pages.  This process is usually more artful - I try to match things and change things up a bit on these pages, so this page isn't complete. I don't know what I will do with it, but it definitely needs more on it.

This is before I put any text on it. I am thinking text with white ink, but I haven't decided what I'm going to write about or if I will just put a poem or song lyrics or a quote on here. Best to wait until I know.

I got a magazine with a whole spread using this model, so you will probably see her a lot. I think she is gorgeous and quite exotic looking and they put her in a bunch of stunning colors, as well. Kind of fun, but also hard to get the background right. I struggled a bit with the background and I'm not sure I got it right, but every page can't be a masterpiece, right? It's all good.

For some reason, I like having the photos of the spread - things look one way when they are isolated, but when you put the spread together, it can take on a whole new look. Sometimes they get married together and sometimes there is nothing to unite the two pages.