Many men and women

Before we begin, has anyone seen this error on their blog, or is it just me?

Not sure you can make it out, but this is the error I got when I tried to add images earlier.  It reads: There was an error!  Details: Invalid credentials (Invalid picker token).  Luckily, I took this screenshot. 

How was I able to load my photos, you ask?  I reverted back to Legacy blogger.  If THIS is what I'm going to have to put up with, I may have to find an alternative blog site.  ANY help would be welcome.

Now for my regularly scheduled post. 

I'm joining Jo at Let's Art Journal who is our host this month at Art Journal Journey with her theme Texture.

Although this turned out more minimalist than I first envisioned it,

it certainly has lots of texture.  The sentiment reads "Many other men and women," so you can see where I got the title of this piece.

Gold and green play highly in my color scheme for this entry.

The bit of green burlap/hemp/hessian deconstructed even further as I tried to adhere it to the page.

Since everything was so linear, I thought a few circles I painted two colors of green and gold would offset the balance a bit.

This fancy fiber has so much texture, I had to use it.

For this page I created in my Challenges altered book, I began by laying down green house paint on the pages to cover the words.  I noticed the paint was starting to thicken, and I didn't bother removing the thick blotches from the pages because I thought they added more texture.  Once dry, I planned out the rest of the spread.

I actually started at the bottom and added the scrap left from a strip of hole-protectors.  Next came the sentiment found in a book, over which I placed the burlap/hemp/hessian.  Next came a scrap of gold ribbon left over from tags I made last month.  I loved the various textures of the fancy fibers, so those were the final textures I added horizontally on the page.

However, it looked a bit too bare, even for me, so I colored a sheet of leftover cardstock with two colors of green, then used two hole punches to cut the circles.  Last, I added the gold paint using my finger.

I appreciate you stopping by and following along on this minimalist adventure with me.  Please also join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey with your own art inspired by Texture.

Speaking of Bleubeard, Squiggles was driving him crazy, so I allowed him to join me outside while I cut a few weeds and saplings in my flower bed.