A Simple Counting The Omer Journal Page

A simple counting the Omer journal page might just be what you are looking for! Today is day 22 of the Omer, and I might be behind on this journal page! It is true, I embarked on a counting the omer art journal project last year, which is wonderful and so interesting, but sometimes you might just want a really really simple way to count the omer, even if you are doing something else more complicate to boot. Or not? A very simple painted pattern that you then fill in with numbers as the 49 days progress is a first for me, but I plan to do this every year, as it is just simple and gets the job done, in a creative way! And when you do it in your sketchbook, maybe you’ll be inclined to fill up some of the other pages as well? I can’t recommend a sketchbook practice enough, whether it be watercolor, collage, doodling, lettering, pick one, or all of them and do it, you’ll thank me!

You’ll Need:

paper or a sketchbook, I paint in my drawing sketchbook, just with the minimum of water
acrylic paint
a black pen

How To:

There are so many ways to use this idea, if not simply copying it! And wouldn’t this be fun if the rows were different colors, or each person in the family did one a different color? The main idea is to paint shades or variations of one color, if you go with one color, so that there is a beautiful play of color! The marks here were created with brush strokes, meaning the brush is roughly the width of the shape seen here.

Other ideas for creating something similar without actually creating equal sized brush strokes are as follows:

• use a wine cork to stamp rows of circles

• use a potato to stamp rows of shapes

• use your thumb or finger to make finger print shapes

• forget paint and ink altogether and use a glue stick and pieces of paper in any shape

Enjoy!