Pixie Dust Sketch Challenge

I finally had a chance to color this sweet Pixie Dust image that I've had printed out for, like, ever.  I decided to follow the sketch and enter the:

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #84

I colored my image with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  DP is from My Mind's Eye - buttons are from foof-a-la.  

OK now I'm also going to share with you my very first pages in my very first EVAH art journal.  Don't laugh.  Please.  Pretty Please.  LOL   OK you can laugh - but I had fun, and that's what an art journal is about.  I am playing along with the Greeting Farm's Heart Journaling project.  Here are my first 2 pages, the theme for Week 1 is "Spread Your Wings" so I went with butterflies because this poem reminded me of Mel:

So yup, this was my first time playing with Gesso and paints, I went and used a 50% coupon at AC Moore and got a set of small tubes of acrylic paints.  Instant.  Addiction.  Holy cow - I love them.  I love painting.  And one thing I learned is that these colors are BRIGHT.  I would have lightened up the green had I known how bright it was, but c'est la vie, you know?  I know it looks like a 5-year-old did it, but I do not care.  Seriously - I had a blast and I learned a few things right away (like foam brushes work better for over-all coverage and small angled brushes are better for details and drawing lines).  I am finishing up the cover and first single page of my journal now and will be sure to share later.  The best thing about art journals is that they are YOURS - you're not giving them to anyone, there's no doing it wrong... so you can just relax and have fun with it.  Peace.