A Week of Color, Day 6: 'Yellow'

affirmations journal - 'create and grow'

"Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.”
-- Shigenori Kameoka


closeup to show detail and textures

Okay, here's my journal entry for Yellow, what a happy color to work with. Weekends are slower paced around here so I was able to slip into my studio and just create away at my own pace. I've learned to savor those moments and trying to work out a schedule so that can happen a lot more for me this year :>

The January Art Journalers are now down to our last day of 7 days of COLOR, no kidding - I can't believe how fast this week flew by!!!!! I'll be working on my blue page today instead of the prompt pink as I did a switcheroo at the beginning. Hopefully my resistance has left the building by now, seriously, I had quite a few of those moments this past week when nothing was happening and I felt like I was wasting my time. I am very product/results driven and always reminding myself to enjoy the process more and have less expectations.

Again, thank you my dear Misty for hosting this wonderul adventure in art journaling, what a ride!!!

EDM #124 - something yellow

watercolor sketchbook, 5x7, 140lb coldpress

Something yellow - with a hint of blue and red, one of my favorite color combinations. This started out as a pencil sketch in my garden journal but I decided to transfer it to this sketchbook because of the texture and weight. Most of my journals can take light washes but heavier applications are better suited for this paper. I love this sign with rusted wire hanging simply from a nail on the fencing in my patio area. And actually there's a lot more fencing and lattice that I left out so I could concentrate on the focal point :)

The color yellow has many meanings, but to me it symbolizes happiness, hope, sunshine, cheerfulness, warmth and relaxation. I've always liked surrounding myself with words that have special meaning to me and Peace is one of them. It's a universal word I think and associated with everything from the political 60's (the word originated with the Ancient Romans: peace, pax, as absentia belli, the absence of war) to a state of mind. To me it symbolizes serenity, a sense of calm, tranquility, stillness and balance.