In the new year I resolve...

This week the theme at The Butterfly Effect is Resolutions.......

I only usually make 1 resolution, the same every year...to love my hubby more this year than last year. A resolution we have shared since the year we met...everybody say aaaaaawwww! :D

But this year I need to get more focussed. I need to calm my mind and learn to relax more. I need to spend more time in prayer and meditation, so that I can focus my energy on the important things.

So these are the things I am resolved to do in the new year...and ever onwards.

I have used the board book Amy showed us at a live class(video here) as the base for this piece.

I drew a face tilted down as if in prayer over a paper collage base...

then used a dry brush to add layers of white and blue acrylic paint
Next i "scruffed up" the double spread with blue and yellow
before adding a skin tone with wetter paint.
I wanted the bee visible again, to represent my busy mind, so I gently scratched away the painted layers with an emery board
and highlighted the features with blue pencil.
I have been enjoying using coloured pencils of various types, and used Inktense and Soft Colour to add some words to the page.
All together a feel a calm peaceful creation :D XXX