Dare to be ourselves...

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  Tina here today with my last month of projects.  I am SO enjoyed my time with y’all and I hope you have been inspired!

Today, I created a project that is very special to me, for several reasons.  1)  I consider myself to be very unique and sometimes struggle with staying true to myself while ‘still fitting in’.  I am sure that many of you can relate.  And 2) This Art Journal page is not the typical ‘Tina project’, but when I finished it, it resonated with me in an unsual way.

When looking through the 1000’s of VLVS stamps, I kept getting drawn to these 2 stamps, 'Eye Close-up' and 'Eye Design'.  I’m not sure if it was the unique, Picasso-esk look, or the fun, doodle-y nature of the image, but I knew I had create something with them.

I had envisioned a page using them both as the ‘eyes’ into my soul.  By stamping them off-set from each other (and I think 1 is actually upside down), I stamped them so they eyes ‘lined up’.  Using 1 of my favorite techniques, I colored in the image with Glaze pens and Doodling markers.  

I had not originally intended to add a mouth and nose, but as my page evolved, I knew it needed it.  I hand-drew both elements to create the face image I had in mind.  

The quote I used on my page reflected the feeling I was trying to portray exactly, and I thought it was a perfect fit.

Do you Dare to be yourself?  In what ways?

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you have a great day.

Tina