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Hello friends!
This spread was completed for the challenge over at Fall Fearless and Fly and boy oh boy was it a challenge!
Headline prompt: Triumphs and defeats: What do you see as your greatest triumps and defeats. What have they taught you? Which have you learned more from?
Color prompt: Black & white
Quote prompt: Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Just using black and white was so difficult for me and I did manage to sneek in a little bit of additional colour, the map in the top right hand corner has some red dots on it (that was intentional) and the stencil I used, still had some colorwash spray on it which came off on the page (that was unintentional)!
It was interesting to see how much depth was possible from using monochrome, but I still prefer using brighter colours.
As for triumphs and defeats in my heart I know that neither is really that important, but in reality defeats still knock me down and triumphs boost my self-confidence. I guess I have a bit of work to do in that area 🙂
Yesterday I bought a couple of pairs of socks so I can make Sock Monkeys for Operation Sock Monkey. It looks like fun and will challenge my sewing capabilities. Why not give it a try?
That’s all for now, see you soon
Big love
AJ 🙂
AJ's Art Journaling 
Yes it was HARD wasn’t it!
I love how your pages turned out though…. great details, love all the swirls and splodges!
Karenx
wonderful page, i think the quote you chose sums it up perfectly. x
Great page!
Love this! It is a departure for you, but I think you did it well!
I love the depth you were able to put in this piece. It looks like a fabulously stormy night sky. Nice lettering, too 🙂
The lightning and flashes of light work particularly well in this palate.
So glad you’re a part of Fall Fearless and Fly! The whole black and white thing is really tough for me too! Call this one a triumph!
I love this and your quote is so true. B & w was a big challenge for me too.
This page is phenomenal! I know what you mean about feeling attached to colour… I felt the same way! Your text really ‘pops’, all in all a very striking page!
D x
This is excellent! It is so abstract, but so interesting! Great job with the challenge.
Brilliant pages, love the intentional and the unintentional!