This month for our muse challenge we are getting out those paints, paintbrushes, gesso and pencils to create some fabulous abstract art throughout the month. Each week the challenge host will provide you with a two part prompt to use as the focus of your layout. The prompt will consist of one basic shape layer plus one nature themed shape. Challenge for Week 2: Abstract Circles + Flowers This week we will create our abstract page using circular shapes (which can be very loose) and you may include but don't have to include various circular flower type shapes. Think of combining soft watercolour shapes with solid shapes, add some ink, paint or gesso, just get messy! Have fun! Remember the challenges this month are all about going ABSTRACT and the focus of the page should be the shapes you are given, which for this week is circles and circular flower shapes. So no photos, let your imagination and creativity inspire the artist in you to work with using the shapes noted above to create your masterpiece! I chose to just focus on circles. I did not include flowers, but you are welcome to use them as you like. Inspiration board: Here is an inspiration board I created using some images from Pinterest to give you an idea of what this week's challenge is all about. Use this board to get some ideas; perhaps a color scheme, a particular image design or even a combination of two or three images! and here is my layout-I chose to focus solely on circles Challenge Rules Please refer to the challenge rules under the pink heading above on what you need to do this week. Do remember, you need to create an abstract artsy style of page this week. Your page can be all digital or hybrid. No templates to be used. As always you need to include TLP products on your page and meet the requirements to post in the TLP gallery - Layouts must contain at least 50% TLP products; Uploads must be less than 250k; List all credits; no off-site linking allowed. Please post your layout to the Art Journaling Gallery prior to Midnight EST 1st September 2024 and then post it in this thread by copying the code (at the right of your gallery image) from the box under "Share BB Code". If you want to work with a divided page template then you are welcome to use the templates that I created and which are available on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/nx2ya9qtf9uqjwrfbv7vs/h?rlkey=ucikrkh36foim4szirsizq0rg&dl=0 We will draw a winner at the beginning of next month for a coupon!! Every page you create is equal to one entry in the random draw. So if you create 1 page you are entered once, if you create 4 pages you are entered 4 times. (Maximum of four entries.) You can use any products in the Lilypad store or retired products from current Lilypad designers, (just make sure you follow our gallery guidelines).
Here is mine, better late than never I guess!!! Thanks for hosting Kimberly and wow, what great layouts everyone has created!! ♥
