Diva's Weekly Challenge #381: New year, new medium and bookmark GIVE-AWAY!!!!

This week's challenge to use a new, or rarely used, medium came the day after I thought it would be fun to use some gesso. I was missing the experimentation that I enjoyed in my art journal last year, and needed some "standing up" art that would keep me moving on my feet a little bit, sort of like cooking does! (You may wonder how gesso does this. In my house,  I use wet media in the kitchen and bathroom, but draw in my office/studio space. Unconventional, but it works for me and keeps the paint and gesso away from the carpet!!)
I started with some recycled cracker boxes, just playing withe the gesso and some blue acrylic paint.
That was Monday morning. As the week progressed, I was getting more and more frustrated and uncertain about where this was going! Lots of "Maybe if I just add (color/pen/graphite/more gesso/etc.)" Perhaps you've been there. Then the thoughts of "I just won't post this week". By last night, I had a half-decent bookmark to show for the process.
This morning, I finished my bookmark. (It's the one on top.) I looked at the larger piece and decided, "Bookmarks for everyone!!"

Let me know if you want a bookmark by January 27. I'll happily send you one! (If there are no takers, these guys will go to the library where we have Zentangle classes.)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful week.