Elements class wk 04

Hello my lovely journal buddies. Here is this week elements class, it's all about water this week and boy the healing part was tough but I am so happy I have done this part as well as creating a lovely journal page. If you have been popping by you will know I am taking a class Elements by Effy Wild. We're all enjoying this so much. It a very supportive group and lots of help and support on hand for everything we are doing within the class.

We did another exercise and from this we did some writing then covered over it and made something positive and this is what I came up with. I really enjoyed playing with my new sprays 'Colour Wash' from ranger I got them all and they are rich & vibrant, they are in the same colours as the first lot of alcohol inks so I imagine there will be more ;0) I have also used one of my new Prima stencils I wouldn't be with out them they are fantastic and lots of variety to choose from in both 12x12 & 6x6 some gesso and a 2" brayer to soften edges. The sentiment was stamped out with hero art alphas, I have a couple of these sets I really like them and I find I am using them alot. If you want to know anything else about this just ask. Thank you for stopping by and any comments you leave are very appreciated. Love Dawn xx

Elements class wk 03 Air

Hello journal peeps ;0) have you missed me? I have been commenting on all your wonderful works even if I haven't been posting much so I hope you haven't really had chance to miss me too much lol. I am loving the Elements Class with Effy although my other digi class is suffering. However I have them recorded and will catch up in my own time so I don't miss out ;0) this is very cool. 

So this week is all about Air believe it or not lol. It's because of the written exercises we do and what we take from them, what resonates with us and from that what we journal about. I discovered I work well to deadlines, there for I should set more time specific goals if I want to get more things done. Which I was pleased to find out, although I kind of new this I never thought in putting it into practice to help me do things to benefit my self more. And we all find it hard to be selfish I am sure, as mothers, wives, sisters etc we all want to be there for others. But this course is teaching me how to be better there for my self. It really is a revolution to me and I am going to have to try and put some of the things I am learning into practice. And hopefully not only will I benefit but by default others will to ;0)  Oh you still have over a week to play along with my new monthly journal challenge HERE. I have hit 50 followers how cool, *big smiles* thank you for your continued support. Love Dawn xx

Elements class wk 02

Hello again ;0) I have been in bed all week so sorry I haven't been round much (I have ME and Fibromyalgia) it can knock me completely off my feet some times. Any way it's nice to be back and I have been able to do some crafting today, so I thought I would share ;0). I am really enjoying the class that the lovely Effy is doing over in wild precious ning group there is always a link to this group on my side bar as I love 52 Pages and other groups I like to join each week ;0)

There is an exercise before you do the journalling and let me tell you is was very worth doing. You don't have to go deep by doing the exercises you can just do the journalling part but I am so glad I am participating in the whole of the course, it's so positive. Now I went a little deep in my journal spread this week, as this was all about earth and your body. I used all the memorials of those who have died (news paper) as back ground paper, as my feeling is that all our bodies go back to the earth in one way or another. I then added colour washes and brayered with a bit of gesso. After that creating lots of texture and layers (more earth).

I took a photo of my naked self  and painted away. Then with the exercise I had completed I inked some of the words I came up with for the earth that I felt my body also related to. There is still time to join in  (15/07/11) is the closing date to enrol,  you do get to keep some great PDFs and down load all the videos to keep so you can do this when you can fit it in and the discussions excetera will always be available ;0) I will share each week what I have been doing so you can at least get a taste of the elements class. Love Dawn xx

Elements class wk 01

Hello fellow journalers ;0) I am currantly taking two classes one is a Digi class more of this on my other blog Crafty Dawn I am also taking a new journal class  The Elements of Art Journaling group this is a class I am really enjoying for more info. follow the link. It's free to join the Wild & Precious Studio and there are lots of different groups to join so please go have a looksey ;0) the elements is a class you have to pay for but honestly this is so worth it. And there are lots of free groups to ;0)

Here is what I managed in my first week! Week one was all about covering and strengthening a composition book. I couldn't find one of the ones Effe used so I used some school exercise books (a lot thinner) I still followed the tutorials, I have even done some sewing down the spine, so these journals will not be falling apart. ;0) It was cool to actually go through this step by step.

Here is some close ups of the covers. It's still not too late to join in the fun and the cool thing is all the class videos & PDFs are all downloadable so they are yours and you can take as long as you like to complete the course. All the videos are really good and there is even a fast fwd one with no chat so you can just zip through until you get to the bit you need (very clever Idea). I have used lots of papers, paints and stamps etc to make this my own. So I am entering this into Paint Party Friday. I still followed the techniques shown by Effy. And please do not forget about my monthly Journal challenge for July. There's still plently of time to join in click Here for all the information. Love Dawn xx