Last year I joined the fabulous group ‘Get Messy Art Journaling‘ purely on inspiration. The thing is I had never ever done any art journaling and I had no clue about it or how to create one of these pages.
What I did know was that I liked the work I was seeing made by the talented folk of Get Messy, and deep down I thought I might be able to give it a go.
So, I did. I got a sketchbook or two and started to make backgrounds and stuck a few bits and bobs down and did some drawing and doodling and I began to repeat this process in no particular order. Some pages I liked and some I really didn’t, in fact I ‘finished’ a page this morning and didn’t like it one bit, so I started again and came up with the above page and I am super happy with it.
To start with I didn’t really follow the prompts provided by the group because I was getting bogged down in even making a page let alone following any guide. This new season is all about ‘happy’ and I am dipping my toe in and this is my first ‘happy’ page, hopefully of many.
There is happy right in the art work, as soon as I started putting down the initial colours, I was happy to be creating this page spread, I found the picture of Ava Gardner in a 1947 Hollywood magazine and I loved the far away relaxed gaze she has.
I may add more to the page but I think it is done, onwards to the next!
Happy Thursday and happy creating!
Clare Davis Etheridge 
This is really lovely Clare, the little splashes of orange are great against your lovely background & writing!
Thanks so much! I am so happy you popped by x
This page is so happy! I’m glad you are happy with it too, it’s such a good feeling when you come up with something isn’t it. Like a happy surprise:)
Hi Emily! Thank you thank you for being the person who introduced me to Get Messy, I would never have done anything like this otherwise! A happy surprise indeed.
love it! it’s framable!
Thanks chick! Hopefully just the beginning.
What a great page! Isn’t it great that we use the prompts or not. Such a great group of ladies.
Such a great group, so true. I am really enjoying playing in my art journal.
Great page! Great style! Can’t wait to see more!
How kind, I am looking forward to making more!