I (along with the greater part of the paper arts world!) love washi tape and Cute Tape - where I have purchased the majority of my washi tape collection - recently had a giveaway. I thought about entering but I have been away most of the last week with work and I didn't get around to it but today I thought I would make a point of using some while I was doing a journal page.
Ever since doing Flora Bowley's workshop in March last year, I have been using up any excess paint on my palette or brushes on my journals. I apply the paint very randomly and imprecisely and it provides a ready background when I decide to do some journaling. This page has two washi tapes on it - the green text and the magenta birds and flowers (with silver dots in the background). The rest is just doodling and writing using a less than perfect white pen on the painted background.
And, while I am still on the subject of washi tape I found some in the Typo stores here in Perth just recently (not sure how long they have carried it but it was a pretty exciting moment for me). I bought the black and white measuring tape style and the green and white check - a very pretty two pack.
A few blog posts back I shared the results of the beautiful Aus Art Sisters Mixed Media Hanging Houses and I have finally hung them up in my "bliss box" (where I get to play with my beautiful art and craft supplies!). Last weekend's effort fell off the wall so hopefully today's system will prove to be more durable!
Tomorrow the new Flora Bowley "Bloom True - Brave Intuitive Painting" e-course starts and I can't wait. I had the wonderful experience of being part of Flora's March three day workshop here in West Australia last year but it left me hungry for more. I've cleaned out my tiny little "bliss box" and made as much room as possible for BIG canvases and lots of messy paint. I've checked all my art supplies and got out all the drop sheets and rags and mark-making tools I have collected over the several years of my fascination with surface design. So you know what I will be doing when I am not at work or asleep over the next five weeks!
PS If you are in Australia and have even the smallest urge to paint intuitively, I really suggest you get yourself to Melbourne in June for Flora's only Australian workshop in 2012.
