The Hamster on my Head

You see things; and you say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say, “Why not?”

— George Bernard Shaw

Let’s draw selfies. Much more fun and original than taking them with your cell phone!

Art Journaling: Me and hamsti selfie in my art journal, by iHanna of www.ihanna.nu 2014 (Copyright H. Andersson)

Working on new journal with brown paper bags inside, but also in this one darling journal. There is a drawn selfie of me, with a hamster on my head. It’s from when I did baby sit a hamster a few weeks this fall:

Sweet as sugar Santie the hamster, photo by iHanna, 2014 (Copyright H. Andersson)

He’s called Santie. He used to walk over my journals when out on the desk, eat my washi tape and lick my watercolors. Because then I colored in the background:

Art journal self portrait detail close up by iHanna (Copyright Hanna Andersson)
“Don’t you want somebody to objectify you?”

 All while listening to these lyrics, by Lily Allen again, over and over again:

Detail: quote handscript by iHanna Art journal  detail of handwriting by iHanna, lyrics by Lily Allen (Copyright Hanna Andersson)

I quite like this art journal spread, as a whole (no collage included):

Art Journal spread of Me and Santie the hamster selfie and handwriting by iHanna, lyrics by Lily Allen (Copyright Hanna Andersson)

What do you think?


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5 Responses

  1. This is what art journaling is all about! The day to day stuff that makes you smile, think, wonder, or giggle about your life! That’s why I do it!

  2. I loved this spread :) There are less layers compared to your usual pages, but i liked this much more.