I love time spent in my journal and I LOVE layers! this journal page came together quickly and with passion. I love how using an inktense pencil in combination with gesso and charcoal give a soft shading to this lovely lady. I also love all the layers of paper and stencil work peeking through and around her.

She was inspired by a book that I’m reading called Girl wash your face by Rachel Hollis

If you get a chance you should read it, it is a good one! She writes about the lies we tell ourselves and in the most recent chapter I was reading it was titled The lie: I need to play small. Rachel writes, “There are hundreds of ways to lose yourself, but the easiest of them all is refusing to acknowledge who you truly are and that the real you is not an accident”

Yes, you! have been created for a purpose, just as you are. And your fabulous self should not play small but be bold and wonderfully comfortable in your own skin. I share the rest of the story in the video. Enjoy!

Supplies used: Canson 9×12 mixed media journal, Deco art media matte medium and gesso, Deco art premium acrylic paints, vintage papers from collage packs, inktense pencil, general charcoal pencil, signo ball pen in black

Stencils used: pattern 4, pattern 6, Mediterranean 1, doodle circles, faces looking over, vintage crosses,

Have a great week… be inspired, create and know that you are loved!