Spread 137 - Circles of Men 6 July 2013 Black and white gesso, vintage and personal images, white Sigano pen, black carbon paper, Nova color acrylic paint. "Imagine a man who values the men in his life. A man who sits in the circles of men. Who is reminded of the truth about himself when [...]
Spread -0136 - Imagine 06 July 2013 Black & white gesso, Nova color acrylic paint, vintage and personal images, Adirondack color wash sprays, tracing paper, Sigano black pen. ------- "Imagine a man who believes it is right and good he is a man. A man who honors his experience and tells his stories. Who refuses to [...]
Spread 135 - The Destination Vintage, personal and hand-made papers, Nova Color Acrylic paint, Fabre-Castell brush pen. 15 June 2013 You don't just arrive at a destination, sometimes it takes considerable work to get there. So it is with art, you have to do the work. Breakthroughs don't come without much failure, trial and error. [...]
Spread 134 - Grrrrr 15 June 2013 Nova Color acrylic paint, vintage images, white & black charcoal pencil. Grrrrr....
Spread 133 - Break It 15 June 2013 Nova Color acrylic paint, vintage and handmade papers, charcoal pencil. To have breakthroughs we sometimes need to break our thoughts. Today was such a day for me at Orly Avineri's class.
I am happy to participate in Seth Apter's Buried Treasure, where blogger's re-post some of their favorite blog posts: Spread 106 – Scavneger Hunt September 9, 2012 Posted by apaperbear in Uncategorized. Tags: "art journal", Acrylic paint, Art Journaling, Arts, Brian Kasstle, Gel pen,Journals, layers, men's art journals, Mixed media, Orly Avineri, Orly Avnieri's Art Journal class, paint, Paper, Personal Maps, Scavenger hunt, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Visual Arts, visual journal 9 comments , edit post Spread 106 [...]
Spread 0127 - Fabulous 21 April 2013 Nova Color acrylic paint, vintage and personal images, hand made papers, tissue paper, Sigano black & white gel pens. Had a fabulous weekend, wish you were there!
16 March 2013 Vintage papers, acrylic paint, metal tape, Sigano white and black gel pens, pencil. The stage is set. Do you want to be the star or the supporting player?
9 Feburary 2013 Vintage and personal papers, handmade papers, gesso, matte medium, acrylic paint, Sigano white gel pen, tracing paper, Sharpie china markers, Molotow pens, Sigano black pens. Growth is painful, boring, redundant. And yes beautiful and worth doing. Done in an Orly Avineri class.
Spread 121 - "Play All Day - Fight All Night" 5 January 2013 Hop On Pop book, acrylic paint, Sigano gel pen, colored pencils, vintage and personal papers. We play all day and fight all night, I don't want to play any more.
Spread 0116 - My Visual World November 2012 Acrylic paint, personal and vintage images, napkins, matte medium. My visual world is an extension of my world. I am changing and my visual world is changing with it. Come into my world. Click on the image for a larger view.
Spread 0115 - "This Little Piggie" 2012 Modeling paste, found, vintage & personal papers, sprays, inks. This is from one of Orly Avineri's classes past, we created little cards. I've been meaning to make them into a book, that is for another day. This is a special day. Go out on a limb. Go wild, [...]
Spread 0114 - Freedom of a Bird November 2012 Acrylic paint, napkins, natural items, vintage & personal images, Sigano white gel pen. As the bird flies do you think he realizes his freedom? Started in an art journaling class with Orly Avineri. Click on the image for a larger view.
Spread 0113 - "The Secret" 10 - 17 November 2012 Vintage and personal images, napkins, acrylic paint, matte medium, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, matte varnish. The secret is addition and subtraction. Started in an art journaling class with Orly Avineri.
Spread 110 - Bow 20 October 2012 chalk pastels, matt medium, tapes, vintage image. I will not become stagnant. I will explore within myself. I will bow.
Spread 106 - Scavenger Hunt 8 September 2012 Vintage and personal papers, matte medium, acrylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, matte varnish, Signo white pen, black gel pen, red Sharpie poster pen. When I was young my older brother would make me elaborate scavenger hunt maps. These maps would send us on adventures on our [...]
Spread 104 - Four in 1 26 August 2012 Vintage wallpaper, Panther stamp, vintage and personal papers, acrylic paint, Signao white gel pen, black ink pen. And on the last day of our journaling journey with Orly Avineri in San Diego, the memories are sharp yet vague to me. I drew a map of our [...]
Spread 103 - Visual Harmony 26 August 2012 Vintage wallpaper, personal papers, acrylic paint. Sometimes you just need a friend to tell you when to stop. To leave well enough alone.
Spread 102 - pages 5 & 6 - My Voice Box Altered Book, black gesso, private photo, acylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink. 26 August 2012 When I was little I could spend hours creating. For many reasons I stopped. Finding my artistic side again has opened my eyes and enriched my life. I feel [...]
"Voice Box" - pages 3 & 4 Altered book, vintage papers, white gesso, acrylic paint, black ink, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, red tracing paper. 25 August 2012 Seek and you will find. Find pages 1 & 2 here
