Even here, (when the door feels closed), you can still find light along the path. Your unknowns don’t define you, there is still more (joy) ahead of you. ~~Morgan Harper Nichols

I love it when a quote seems to fall in my lap at just the right moment.

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks and I’ve got some things that I’m working on, processing and changes that need to happen. Choices to make… there’s just a lot on my mind.

The best place for me to process everything is in my journal…. In my regular journal I will write out all the things and it helps me get things out of my head and on paper and things seem clearer.

Then I usually will take that to my art journal and get lost in the process, thinking while I’m creating and allowing the pages to settle me.

And that’s what happened this week. I have Morgan H. Nichols app on my phone and each day I get a beautiful quote, poem, or writing that encourages my soul.

This one leaped out at me and it was exactly what I needed to hear.

This page has so much texture, it’s just delicious! And the inks just melted into the texture. I had a few mishaps and spontaneous moments of joy as I created it.

I’ll share more about the inspiration and how it all came together in the video.

Have fun watching!

Supplies used:

1. Hand made journal
2. Liquitex matte medium
3. Nova color texture paste
4. Liquitex acrylic ink (raw sienna, deep violet, carbon black, transparent raw umber, red oxide)
5. Daler & Rowney acrylic ink in sepia
6. Generals charcoal pencil (soft and ex. soft)
7. Black soft pastel
8. collage papers

Stencils used — THESE WILL BE ON SALE THIS WEEK

1. Cobblestone
2. Bouquet of Flowers 1
3. Numbers jumbled
4. Arch 1 round large

Collage paks used: –THESE WILL BE ON SALE THIS WEEK

1. British Butterflies (Download) (Printed)
2. Neutral Flower drawings 1 (Download) (Printed)
3. Old doors (Download) (Printed)

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