Proverbs 4:23

 Bible Journaling. 

Getting back to the basics in life.

The foundation of my faith.

Getting back to where God wants me to be.

Taking that step to put acrylic paint . . .

onto a Bible page . . .

wow! it's a great big step!

But one I felt I had to do.

It starts with finding a verse that means

something special to you.

Or a verse that speaks to you in your

daily devotions.

I focused on Proverbs 4:23 -

to guard my heart!

I began by prepping my page with some clear gesso. 

I just spread it over the entire page.

I don't mind if a little of what I'm doing bleeds

through to the back of the page,

I just don't want it to be overwhelming.

So prep.

The verse focuses on the heart,
so I traced out a couple of hearts.
And since I'm a tangler - 
I tangled a little line of hearts, as well.

I used Jane Davenport ink water brushes to add the color. My handy-dandy tool to make the spreading lines? A drinking straw :). I made the heart area real soupy with water, added the color one at a time, and blew like crazy through the straw. Aiming where the lines went. I tangled a small line of perfs around the inner heart, and wrote the word guard. A super simple page.  And I really like the way it turned out. A beautiful reminder to . . . "Guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life." ~ Proverbs 4:23 ~