More Than Words: watercolour

10 July, 2022

Special Guest Spotlight on RACHEL MARTIN

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend doing something arty!

This month, we are very pleased to feature Rachel Martin as our first Guest Designer for July. Rachel was one of our March 2022 winners and is also now one of our new Design Team!

We invite you to get to know Rachel a little better through her interview below. Please also visit her social links which are listed in her Artist Bio.

Artist Bio

Hi, my name is Rachel, but I am also known by the artist name of "La p'tite Barbouilleuse". I am an artist who is passionate about art journals. However, I also do cards and scrapbooking. I work as a teacher of disabled children, I love playing with words in my creations. I’m part of Scrapbook Art et Passion DT also.

INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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Q & A with Rachel

How long have you been art journalling?

I've been doing Art journaling since January 2021. I've been doing it almost every day since I got into it!

Are you inspired by a particular artist or artists, if so who?

One of my favorite artists is definitely Dina Wakley. I admire not only her art but also her philosophy of life. She inspired me with the pages of Art journal of which I am very proud.

What is your favourite type of art supply or product?

I really use a lot of varied material, but I admit that I can't do without my stencil collection! I have all kinds, and I like to mix them to produce surprising effects.

What's your favourite colour palette to use?

I can't live without turquoise. I find it to be a go-anywhere color that blends easily and blends into different palettes.

And finally, why do you enter art challenges?

I find that creative challenges are a way of surpassing myself and taking me elsewhere. they allow me to explore different emotional avenues within me.

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Rachel's Interpretation of our July Main Challenge

When I think of "Watercolor" I automatically think of Lindy's magical powders. So I used them to highlight the background texture of the page made with structure paste through a stencil.

I had this inspiring phrase that told me that life was wonderful even if it was imperfect. It inspired me that you can't quantify happiness. So I used numbers all over the place to play with the concept.

Life is represented by the funny, rather serious gentleman. The imperfection is represented by the foliage which goes in all directions.

Finally, I added the small acetate butterflies to represent the wonderful aspect of life. The result makes me laugh and smile!

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Thank you Rachel for sharing this wonderfully textured art journal page with us! We hope that Rachel's take on the Main Challenge inspires you to enter this month.

Here's a reminder of our current Main Challenge which you can enter here on the blog, in our Facebook group or on Instagram:

Don't forget that you can find all of our challenge details and extra information, as well as Rachel's published interview in our new magazine Artful Pages.

01 July, 2021

July 2021 Main Challenge - And Special Announcement

Hello again and Happy July!

This month we have some important announcements to make ahead of our usual challenge announcement.

Summer/Winter Break

We work very hard here at More Than Words to ensure MTW is one of the best challenge sites around. We’ve been doing this for a long time and we’re now at a point where we need to take a break and take time to reassess our future. For those of us in the Northern hemisphere, we are taking a summer break, and for those of us in the Southern hemisphere, we are taking a winter break, for the months of July and August. However, we don't want to leave you without a challenge to keep you inspired, so we will continue to post our challenges, just for fun, and would love it if you joined in.

Join our new Facebook group

We have created a new Facebook group for all our fans and followers to have a creative space to connect and create together and have fun.

As soon as the group is available we will add a link here, watch our Facebook page for announcements

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July Main Challenge

just for fun - no prizes

This month, we are challenging you to use our inspiration word Complete and add some Watercolour to your project.

As usual, our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge. The word inspiration can appear on your project or not but you must show that you have been inspired by it. The creative challenge must be used on your project!

Word Inspiration - COMPLETE

Creative Challenge - WATERCOLOUR

Helpful Tips For The Challenge

What makes your life COMPLETE? Is it family, a partner, a friend or a beloved pet? Or have you completed a project or a difficult job? We want to hear about it so tell us about your inspiration! To complete your page we need you to add WATERCOLOURS. Perhaps paint your whole background with watercolours, or just add some splashes and splatters, it's up to you! Use them in any way you like so long as we can see them! Please feel free to enter the challenge as many times as you like. This month's challenge is perfect for celebrating the joy of watercolour with World Watercolor Month, why not join in that 30 day challenge with hashtag #WorldWatercolorMonth.