300 Art Lessons

I'm joining Yvonne, aka Meggymay, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  She wants us to use Words and Numbers in our art.

It's rather obvious I called this 300 Lessons in Art.

I started with this gifted unmounted rubber stamp, used VersaMark and my handmade pouncer,

then added two different colors embossing powder.  Even after FOUR attempts,

my finished embossed "art" looked nothing like it was supposed to.

I found loads of art in various art books, but only used the words and number from the front of a book intended for art teachers.  There were lots of drawings, but no actual art in the Lessons book.

All the art came from books I picked up at the Art Fair a couple of years ago.

I tried to keep it diverse.

I even included a black and white bird.

I looked in a couple of oriental books for art, too.

Of course, I had to add the definition of art.  Ironic that art is not part of the scientific method, my area of expertise.

I was definitely looking for diversity.

Some of the art I found quite pleasing, while other I found a bit disturbing.

For this journal page, I started with a recycled file folder to which I added six diverse examples of art.  I built the layers up until the entire file folder background was covered.  Next I added the words and numbers, one of which came from a scrap bingo card, which qualifies this journal page for Moo-Mania and More's challenge this fortnight which is Use your scraps.  I cut the words and number using my deckle scissors, then added the embossed word and the dictionary definition of art.

Thanks for visiting Bleubeard and me today. Your visits mean the world to me.  I hope to also see you at Art Journal Journey as well as Moo-Mania and More.