A circle begins anywhere

It's another beautiful Saturday and the weather beckoned me to be outdoors. That's where I have spent the day - a wonderful indulgence to be sure!

Before leaping out of bed this morning, I grabbed a set of oracle cards - the card chosen was the Wheel of Fortune - the ever revolving circle of change. Also a book, Zen Stories and Paintings by Stephen Cassettari, provided the story for the day with accompanying quotes. Its theme was also change. The Cassettari quote I've used is "A circle begins anywhere". 

Doing the journal page was a welcome break from the mini album creations I've been working on. 

In layers, I roughly stepped through as follows:

1. Gesso on watercolour paper page. 

2. Torn illustrations and text adhered.

3. Off cuts of gelli plate pages adhered.

4. Script stamp randomly

5.  Gesso thinly brushed on and painted with mix of green, blue and black water soluble oil pastels. 

6. Stencilled texture onto arches with impasto medium.

7. Adhered people illustrations (coloured with pencils); clock and fleur de lys (made from mould); letter tiles (made from mould), words typed on paper.

8. Highlighted edges with black oil pastel.

Change is constant.

A circle begins anywhere.

Well that was fun! Remember change means we're alive!

Love C.