Day at the beach

 

I want to begin by thanking Halle for hosting Art Journal Journey in July.  She gave us some incredible botanicals and left everyone a great comment.  Thanks so much, Halle.

Today we welcome a new host as we do at the beginning of each month.  This host is no stranger to Art Journal Journey because she is a former moderator.  It is my dear internet friend Chris at Pearshaped Crafting.  Chris's theme is Hot Summer (Nights and Days).  She also referred to Neil Diamond and his Hot Summer Nights song.  This is my interpretation of her theme.  However, I must admit, this was a disaster from the very beginning.

It's obvious I named this Day at the beach.  Detail shots are below.

I started by coloring the surfboards I found on the internet using watercolor pencils.  When dry, I fussy cut them.  While they were drying, I used watercolor pencils to fill in the ocean and sky.  I cut and colored a sun, but when I began the assembly, it was so large it overpowered the collage.   

 

I really messed up during assembly.  

I glued the bottom sandpaper (marked as the front) to the base, but forgot to leave enough space for the surfboards and the top sandpaper to sit behind the front sandpaper.  Instead, the surfboards look really weird now.  The adhesive I used is so strong, I would have torn the cardstock if I tried to remove it. Since I waited till the last minute to create this and since drying time was so long, I didn't have time to make a new one.

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