The beginning of April happened during my unanticipated trip home to upstate NY. I did this April art calendar quickly and with limited supplies:

You’ll see I just drew the lettering with some swirling ribbons coming out of the them. Then, I just watercolored in a rainbow in the swirly ribbons. After that I had a little fun and added some rainbow splatters to the page. After that dried, I just added some white squares with glue, and outlined in black around them. I have never pre-outlined my squares like this before. I like the way it looks now, but I’m wondering if I will like it as I am journaling in the squares. We’ll see!

I am definitely taking a more “free” approach to my calendar layouts this year. Since I have so much more time to focus on other art projects now, my calendars are more of an afterthought. I think of the layouts more as experimental playtime. They are more spontaneous and quick rather than planned out and executed with perfection in mind.

Here are a couple of close-up pictures: