Day 17
August 8: That's interesting
Yesterday's session can be summed up in two words: that's interesting. Maybe total surrender is more like it. I'd planned to circle back to doodling faces, but I got downstairs and found yesterday's page — drawn in masking fluid — already dry and waiting. So, okay. Sure. Let's do that instead.

The paint and paper had a mind of their own. I dropped in juicy washes of bright color, let some go muddy, let some just barely tint the rinse water. My only goal was to keep messing with it until it looked good — no plan beyond that. I'm excited to see how it all dried when I get back to it today.
I also tried turning one of my gel-print pages into an envelope — because why not let the scraps become something too.

This is the part of the challenge nobody warns you about: sometimes the "plan" gets overridden by whatever's sitting there wet on the table, and that's not a failure of discipline. That's just how the work actually works.

To see the live chat in real time watch this video on YouTube here.

Download and print this
How to save & print your files:

  1. Right-click  (or control click for mac, press and hold on mobile) on the image and choose "Save Image As" (or "Download Image").
  2. Save it to a folder you'll remember — like "Day 1 Journal Files."
  3. Open the saved JPEG and print at 100% / actual size (not "fit to page") so nothing gets cropped or stretched.
  4. Print on whatever paper you're testing today — plain, cardstock, watercolor, whatever's on hand.

Tip: if the image opens directly instead of downloading, just right-click anywhere on it for the save option.

Things I used Some of these are an affiliate link some are not. 

The masking fluid I love to use
The old skool ruling pen I use with said masking fluid
The blank sketchbook I am using
The ecotank printer I have and love
The printer paper I used for the tiny envelope
Tiny scissors
The envelope maker I talked baout but found at a thrift store
The paintbrush set I use

The paint I used: