art journal on holiday

Wouldn't it be fun to be on that little sailboat… on the St Lawrence River, heading for Lake Ontario? Then sailing around the Thousand islands? I actually saw this boat . . . my drawing skills are not the best, but the boat looked something like this!

We were staying in the family cottage on Wolfe Island in Canada. The St. Lawrence runs directly in front of the cottage and I couldn’t help but try to capture this scene. It was a fun thing to do at the time and now a lovely memory. I had prepared the journal page earlier with white gesso, so it was all set to go. I liked the texture it left on the page, so I grabbed acrylic paints and oil pastels and jumped in. 

I left some of the gesso uncovered on the sky, to look more like clouds. The paint is a thin watery wash and made a nice light, airy feeling. You can see I applied a little bit of the same paint to the river too, but then added pastels over that as well.

I had packed my list of positive affirmations, given to me by my friend. I chose easily and hand wrote it with a Sharpie Marker. We are looking at Kingston, Ontario.

Even though it is not a realistic drawing, I am pleased with this journal entry. Thanks for looking! I’m linking this entry up at Art Journal Every Day!

I also worked on my 2013 Sketchbook project while there and plan to scan & share those pages with you soon. Right now I am concentrating on the Prayer Flag art swap I am hosting. There are lots more flags to scan and share. They are quite remarkable, inspiring, beautiful . . . You can see them all on my creative swaps blog! All swap flags are due in my hands September 15th. Please check them out if you can Such gorgeous fabric art!

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.  

  ~ Theodore Roosevelt