Creative Power

The challenge today at Saturday's Workout is to share your favorite technique. My favorite technique right now is to photocopy an image and handcolor it with Prismacolor pencils and then to collage it onto a watercolor/acrylic background. That's what I did here with the flamingo. Then I filled the page in with bits and pieces I had on my art table for Step Outside Your Box Saturdays "Scraps" challenge. On many of my journal pages I've used images from antique books, magazines, the internet, and even family photographs. Some days my mind is completely blank until I read a new challenge and other days, like today, I wake up with three or four ideas brewing. Very often I find inspiration in the work of another artist. I like the idea of an art journal, but I'm not very comfortable writing my own thoughts, so I search for a quote to express how I feel. I'm sure you've noticed that most of the quotes I use deal with themes of magic, hope, or creativity. I guess that's what art is all about for me: the healing power of the imagination.