Monday, August 18, 2025

MMMJP #18 on 18 August 2025

 Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity!

why: This blog post is my 18th for showcasing geometric designs that have been influenced by the paintings of late Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Go to the bottom to see inspiration for this journaling page. This particular notebook was started in March 2025. 

when: #18 will be published on Monday night, August 18, 2025

what: #18 installment in My Mondrian Mondays Journal Page notebook



how-to & a few vendor notes for #18=

1. journal notebook with elastic band closure; 80 sheets of peach tone graph paper; distributed by Dollar General stores/corporation

2. colored pencils = the 3 blue tones are all Marvy Uchida watercolor pencils; the lighter red is by Crazy Art and the darker red is Crayola

3. mechanical pencil, ruler = stash

4. thicker marker tip = black dual-tip permanent marker = Art Skills

5. thinner marker tip = black retractable marker pen = Zebra Clickart

6. the smaller sections on the left are a nod to the 1929 painting

7. the larger/longer sections on the right are a nod to the 1922 painting

8. some time references: my paternal grandparents were born in 1905 and 1910; my maternal grandparents were born in 1913 & 1914; and my in-laws were born in 1917 & 1918. Then my dad was born in 1937 and my mom in 1939. My husband is 12-13 years older than me and was born in 1949 while I was born in 1962. I find it interesting that Mondrian's geometric/color block paintings were considered 'modern'. But visit the website/organization shared below where some of his masterpieces are featured to find out he did paintings in other styles. You will be pleasantly surprised. 

where #18 will be shared/linked =

1A. The Color Hues Challenge; new on Aug 18; use only tones of blue and red and allowed neutrals; I've kept my geometric design to 3 blue tones, 2 red tones, white/blank spaces and black.

link = https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/07/color-hues-116-blue-and-red.html

image: 


1B. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends; new on Aug 17; theme is anything goes

link = https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2025/08/260-polkadoodles.html

1C. The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Aug/still open; theme is the title; this entry is a geometric design journaling page; this is my 3rd entry for the month

link = https://theoutlawzchallenges-saturday.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-outlawz-anything-goes-in-card-free.html

1D. Kleuren met potloden or Coloring with pencils; Aug/still open; theme is the title; any brand of colored pencils is acceptable

link = https://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-augustus-alles-mag.html

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from website: https://www.piet-mondrian.org/

a. Tableau #2/II from 1922 (partial image of painting)


b. Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue from 1929 (partial image of painting)


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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

~~this is not for DT and/or owner commitment

where to find my DT contributions:

* as DT member only = HAOOCAYR (Deanne is closing this after August 31) and PRS

* as manager/DT member = Owner Shell and I are in the process of closing MTTC (effective after August 21) and closing MTTCC (effective after Aug 14)

* as owner/DT member = CCC; ConBC; AA; HQCB, HQFCB at TFATU, HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT; also FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHSKCB and FQGGCB


13 comments:

  1. Your book is filling up quite nice. A sweet composition .
    Thank you for joining the challenge at Kleuren met Potloden.
    Greetings Miranda dt KMP

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  2. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Color Hues Becca...we're happy our color pairings have helped with another of your journaling pages! Marcia (DT) :0)

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  3. Wonderful page with beautiful colors. There is something so satisfying in creating artistic bars and graphs. So much symbolism and color combined with math/shapes. Thanks for sharing with us at The Outlawz AG in a Card Free Zone. Katrina

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    1. Yes, it is satisfying! A need the creative departure from assembling cards and tags! :)

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  4. What an awesome manner in which to convey your family history, Becca! It will be a fun "read" and a family treasure for many generations! Thanks for your kindly comment on my blog. I just noticed that I wasn't following you for some reason (probably got confused and followed on your other sites). So I'm your newest google follower today! huggers, de

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    1. Thank you Donna! And thanks for reading one of my old heritage blog posts and for also participating in some of my challenges this month. Take care!

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  5. How nice that you created a notebook inspired by Piet Mondrian, a painter from my country.
    You've created a beautiful page for your book.
    Thank you for sharing your journal page on How nice that you created a notebook inspired by Piet Mondrian, a painter from my country.
    You've created a beautiful page for your book.
    Thank you for sharing your journal page on Kleuren met Potloden.
    Greetings Annie (DT)

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    1. I'm grateful for Piet's masterpieces that have been saved and photos of them are being shared on the internet today. I don't have any Dutch lineage but I feel a bit of kinship with Mondrian. <3

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  6. Another delightful journaling page; thank you for sharing your creativity at Colour Hues.
    ~carol

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  7. And here is another nice piece of art, very creative.
    Thank you for joining us at Kleuren met Potloden.

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