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Lifebook 2016 Weeks 5 and 20 with Pauline Agnew http://www.paulineagnew.com/ http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2016/ This style is very different from what I am used to.  It took me out of my comfort zone but I enjoyed playing :-)

Lifebook 2016 Week 18 with Effy Wild Reframing Your Story April 8, 2016 The Bones of My Story WARNING:  This may be a trigger for some with sexual abuse or assault issues.  Not graphic. I was a very pretty little girl and grown men were attracted to me.  I was never molested or assaulted but that doesn't mean that a couple of people didn't try.   I beat the shit out of one of them with a stick when I found him in my bedroom (YEAH ME!).  However, I found out my little sister had been a victim and this tore my heart out.  She was so young and I had NO IDEA that this was happening to her.  I thought it was only me because I was older, about 12 or somewhere around there.  I felt guilt because I didn't know and I could have protected her.  I know that we were not supposed to dive into a deep subject but I felt that, since I found out that this happened over the weekend and I am in daily intensive therapy for other things, I could ha...

Lifebook 2016 Week 19 Wyanne Thompson Lesson http://www.wyanne.com/ http://willowing.ning.com/ It has been a great while since I have had time to actually sit down and do a Lifebook lesson.  Life is busy, and with medical issues on top of life, it's hard to find the time- no matter how much it calls my name.  So, I decided to start with this week's lesson by Wyanne Thompson who also has been dealing with medical issues of her own.  She is a fabulous artist and you really should check out her website listed above.  She is a dear.  This piece is watercolor and Posca Paint Pen.

Lifebook 2016 Week 3 with  Melody Ross "Your Sacred Box of Wisdom" http://willowinglove.blogspot.co.uk/p/life-book-2016.html "My Sacred Box of Love" This week's lesson, with the fabulous Melody Ross, was wonderful.  I love the way she encourages people to be their very best and don't let anything get you down.  Anyway, Her lesson was on creating a sacred box of wisdom.  Everyone has this that they carry around, things that they have learned and earned to make them a better person.  I, however, decided that I needed a box of love to carry around with me right now and so that is the direction I went with this lesson.   

http://willowinglove.blogspot.co.uk/p/life-book-2016.html This week in Lifebook 2016 with Ivy Newport Theme:  Patch it up and Make it Shine! In this lesson, we wrote down all of the negative things that we wanted to leave behind in 2015.  Then, we patched it up, making it shining and new, for 2016. For my page, I actually had a lot to leave behind, as 2015 was not kind to me.  Therefore, I had many layers of collage and paint and gesso before I ended up with the art journal page you see here.  I came across this magazine photo and it screamed my name.  I love the lace in her dress and repeated the pattern in the flowers you see using modeling paste.  Along with some charcoal, Art Anthology paints, and some glitter, I made my new year shine!

Materials and Processes: Water Color Crayons (first layer) Pitt Pen (outlining and detail work) Matte medium and Collage Papers  and Washi Tape (next layer) Art Anthology Paints (next layer)  Aqua Markers and White Sakura Pen (more details) Stickers (words, letters, and numbers) Glass Beads Medium and Star confetti (background) Butterfly cut outs and Pop Dots (finishing touches) For 2016, my word that I chose to concentrate on is HEALING.  With my best friend at my side (my kitty) and my spirit animals, the butterflies (technically these are moths), I intend to "Begin a Healing Journey".