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Marker Experiment

August 15, 2008

At the end of Day 9 of my Soul Journal project, I was a bit disappointed that the “permanent marker” that I had applied to my inchies pages had run when I put gel medium over top of it. I should begin by clarifying that when a marker is designated as “permanent,” it means it [...]

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Art and Soul Journal – Day 9

August 13, 2008

For Day 9, Sarah asked us to go back to our inchies pages: pages 3 and 4. She said that she likes working back and forth in her journal and never really considers any of her pages “finished.” I’m a bit different! I like to work on a set of pages until I like them [...]

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Art and Soul Journal – Day 8

August 11, 2008

For Day 8, Sarah asked us to get some sandpaper or a sanding block. We are supposed to sand the taped pages, wipe off any dust, add a wash of gesso and wipe it off, add a wash of colored paint and wipe it off, sand it again, and add another layer of wash. ~Whew!~ [...]

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Art and Soul Journal – Days 3 and 4

August 4, 2008

Sarah Whitmire gave us two days to complete our “Soul Armor”, which represents what we need to survive as artists. On “Day 3” we were to begin constructing our armor by finding some clip art to use and beginning to color it and add it to the page. On “Day 4” we were to add [...]

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Art and Soul Journal – Day 2

August 3, 2008

For “Day 2″ of Sarah Whitmire’s Soul Journaling, she has asked us to “claim our journals”. First, we are to cover the writing from yesterday with gesso. Mine took 2 coats. And, I took longer than Sarah did … this was 2 days for me. Pages 1 and 2 after 2 coats of gesso: (Click [...]

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