Crusade 43 - Text Messaging

Toen deze Crusade gepubliceerd werd dacht ik gelijk: "Die is leuk, daar ga ik gelijk mee aan de slag!" Helaas, het liep anders. Te weinig tijd, geen zin, de ontdekking van Zentangles, het kwam er allemaal tussen door. Wel maakte ik deze Moleskine pagina. Rommelen met verf, inkt en knipsels uit tijdschriften, en een tekst erop die ik wel toepasselijk vond. Want om te groeien moet je hard werken, en dan bedoel ik nu vooral op het 'artistieke' vlak. Ik ontdek zoveel materialen, en daarvan weer zoveel toepassingen, en ooit zal ik dat toe kunnen passen in groter werk..... Tenminste, dat hoop ik dan ;-)

When this Crusade was published my first thought was : "Wow, a lot of fun, I'll start immediately!" But, I didn't. No time, no inspiration, not in the mood, the discovery of Zentangle, it all got in the way. I did make this Moleskine page. Messed around with paint, ink and pieces from magazines, and a quote that made sense to me. It says growing doesn't come easy, it needs work, and for me it means growing in art. I am still experimenting with a lot of different supplies, and I hope one day I can use all those supplies in larger pieces ;-)




Vandaag dan ook de tijd gevonden om met de Crusade aan de gang te gaan. Op het nippertje, want de maand is bijna om, maar dat maakt niet uit. De achtergrond had ik al een tijdje klaar. Gekleurd met aquarelkrijt, en de randen gemaakt van papierstrips uit tijdschriften, en vandaag dus gewoon wat willekeurige teksten uit tijdschriften erbij gezocht en ingeplakt. Ik heb er verder niet veel mee gedaan, alleen nog wat kleur toegevoegd, en ik vind het erg leuk geworden.

Today I found the time to work on the Crusade. Just in time, because the month is almost over ;-) I made the background a while back, just colored with watercolor crayons and added a border with paperstrips from magazines, and today I just cut out some random text that I liked out of magazines and glued them in. I didn't add much, just some happy colors, and I really like these pages.


Translation for some of the pieces :


'If love is the answer, could you please repeat the question ?'


'Knowing if you made the right decision, you will often know that many years later'


Thanks for this wonderful Crusade !


Het was weer een leuke Crusade !

10 opmerkingen:

michelleward zei

Brigitte - glad you found the time! The pages are both so interesting and full of color and optimism. Thank you for sharing the translation of the foreign text so that we can see what phrases appealed to you. And thanks for sharing with the team!

joyfulploys zei

Brigitte...both spreads are great. I think I like the bottom one best...love all the bright color. Thanks for you kind comment on my blog.
Cheers,
Mary

Cath Wilson zei

Ooh, what brilliant words (always so much more interesting in another language, lol) and great use of colour! Translation helps - thank you for that. I really, really love this.

goudenregen zei

Love the background you made for your words. You found some very cool phrases!

missy k zei

Great pages Brigitte

I lOVE the colour of these pages and they have such a positive, happy feel to them - and that really appeals to me :)

The translation helped (!) but I could sense they were powerful words!

Thank you so much for visiting my Crusades... I loved reading your comments....

Looking forward to the next crusade!

Karenx

Plume zei

I love the backgroung with the flowers and the bright colours of the second page. very creative.

Janet zei

I think these are great! I love the last one with the hits of color.

nosyreva zei

Great pages. Very colorful.

Elena

Parabolic Muse zei

Ah! Thank you for the translation! Your colors are so great behind, and the patterns of the cat and the satin-y paint texture, really cool.

Jester zei

I love these - they are both very striking although completely different from each other.