It's HEAVY, baby! Heavy metal, that is!

 

Today we welcome one of our own, our dear talented Valerie, who is hosting Art Journal Journey this month.  Her theme is Heavy Metal. 

I'm exploring the Legend of the Golden Apple.

Some believe Golden Apples are really referring to oranges or tomatoes, unknown in ancient times.

In case you can't read it, the legend

Appears in Greek and Irish Mythology, fairy tales, and modern literature.

Recurring Golden Apple themes depict a hero who searches for 

and finds the apples hidden by some monster or bad guy.

One Golden Apple is shown here.

Since this is the first of the month, I wanted to document the date, which I did in gold paint.

For this page, I started by painting metallic green paint on watercolor paper.  Once dry, I computer generated the words, then proceeded to paint them with fluid acrylic gold paint.  I didn't realize it would cover so well, so I removed a lot of the paint with a wet wipe so the words could show through.  Next, I painted a wood mounted rubber stamp with the same fluid acrylic paint that I thinned with a small amount of water.  I stamped it three times.  Finally, I used my paint brush to create the date.

Thank you beyond belief for visiting today.  Valerie, Chris, Erika, Yvonne, Bleubeard, and I are delighted you joined us and hope to see you this month at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Heavy Metal.  

 

We welcome art journal pages that meet the size requirements, altered book pages, canvases, loose or stand alone pages, and digital art.  We do not allow cards, tags, index cards, ATCs, or ATCoins, and as much as we don't want to, will be forced to delete your entry.