Art Journal: The 8th Chakra

This Art Journal page emerged organically from an intuitive art session. And while creating it I also had no idea that the 8th chakra was actually a thing but doing some research after I created this page, apparently it is something I have been working on the past 3 years without realizing I was doing so.

 I played with different materials to explore a resist technique and then wanted to use the symbol 8 from a stencil and add a face to it and she just naturally came into being. Truly amazing!

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Resist with oil pastels and Lindy's Magicals on pastel paper.

Added some watercolor to the page and this is the first layer after it completely dried.

Then I went to work with some acrylics and a stencil and a sponge. I used Donna Downey's Circutboard stencil and worked on placing the circles within and around the oil pastel circles and just love the effect here!

Added some interference gold paint and scribbled around the circles with the Jane Davenport Paint Over pens. The 8th showed here and I was really happy at this point and contemplated to stop...

But then something just compelled me to stamp the Large Face by Jane Davenport on this page and just see where that would take me. It was a real struggle to get the acrylics over all the different layers, but with patience, it started to build up more...

By this point I was happy with the face, the under layers showed through just enough to give it some interest and I created shading with a really soft pencil. Then it was time to work on her hair...

Which I used a semi waterproof black brush pen to add the initial lines. Then played with Jane Davenport mermaid markers in purple and blue black, plus added some interference gold paint to the hair and the eyes & the number 8.

When you tilt the page the number 8 and the eyes shine brightly. Connected to the 8th chakra. I felt the need to add one last thing to the page after I spattered some acrylic ink in her hair...

I added the sentiment I am Present and Connected to the bottom of the page. The stencil I used is from StencilGirl and I just hand lettered the word connected. Outlines with a black roller ball pen I called this page done.

I've learned so much in this process and felt so elated and happy when this page came into being. Complete mindful journaling. The sentiment is of course the name of my mindfulness based instagram and blog. And I have found that journaling on Letter format (A4 format) has given me a lot of space to creatively express myself more. Very happy to be exploring that more. What is your fave size to art journal on? 

Sharing this piece with everyone over at Art Journal Journey as well as the Theme Art for Art's sake is really present in this created page.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have an awesome creative weekend.