Hearts

Welcome.  Bleubeard and I would like to begin by welcoming our newest co-administrator, our dear friend Erika, who many of you know as BioArtGal.  With the addition of Erika, along with Yvonne, Bleubeard, and myself, you can be assured Art Journal Journey, one of your favorite challenge blogs, will live on for years to come.  Please welcome Erika to our AJJ family.

This month Bleubeard and I are your hosts at Art Journal Journey.  Our theme is Hearts.  Who doesn't love hearts?  Even I, the person who can't draw or sketch anything (and don't care to, either), can draw a heart.  This is the simplest of all shapes, yet we need one to live.  This might be why we often use them in our art.

I created this mosaic to show you various ways to use hearts in your art this month.

One way to use them is to add them to existing art.

Another way is to layer them, especially when tissue and napkins are involved.

You can layer them over collage art, especially if you are trying to hide the art or image in the background.

They can be added to photos,

used in drawings

as well as collage fodder,

and used as a stencil.

For this page, I started with a sheet of heavy scrapbook paper to which I added six mosaics.  I also added strips of scrapbook paper.  I was trying to keep the colors warm, focusing primarily on oranges and browns.  I used the greens as my accent color.

I hope this has given you inspiration to use hearts in some way in your art journals this month, too.  And remember, in art journaling (especially this month), words are not required.  Just hearts.  Please join Erika, Yvonne, Bleubeard, and me this month at Art Journal Journey as we make art from the Heart. Be sure you link only journal pages, though.  No tags, ATCs, ATCoins, or 3-D art allowed.