Get Messy Art Journal 06 - Super Serious

It's Thursday, so that means I have another two pages to share with you for the Get Messy Art Journal Challenge!  I decided to go a bit out of my comfort zone and try to draw a guy for once... I usually only draw girls.  I was happy with how he came out!

Here's what my two pages looked like:

It was kind of fun to turn the book on its side and do one tall skinny page like this:

It's not often that I draw "serious" looking people in my books, so I labeled this guy "super serious" as kind of a joke... I also wrote the words "Victorian Women Can't Lose" on the next page - it was just something weird that popped into my head while drawing her, so I had to write it down.  I often do this while working in my art journals - I just write down whatever comes to mind, or else I will write down some lyrics from whatever I happen to be listening to while I make the pages.  Music is a big part of the creative process for me.  I always have something on in the background while working in my books...  Lately, I have been listening to a lot of Ellie Goulding, Kasey Musgraves, and The Head and The Heart.

Here is a close up of the Victorian woman:

The drawings were based on some antique tintype photographs I found on the Internet, and they are composites of more than one person.  I love drawing that way - referencing several photos at once and turning them into something new by putting my own spin on them!

I hope you are having a great week! :)

Get Messy is an art journal challenge where a gang of crafty vixens are sharing art journal pages we have created to practise our skills and push past our creative limits with hopes to inspire. We share our pages without restraint every week, and once a month we create around a prompt. Go check out these crazy talented ladies who are creating pages who each have a unique perspective and style. We will be sharing our work around social media so follow the hashtag #getmessyartjournal.