I had this A4 paper with loads of colors of paint on it for quite some time. I've always wanted to use it, but never had the nerve to cut it up. Even now, I couldn't cut it up because it didn't have any big areas with main colors but had loads of colors all over the place. So, this page gets it's own spread, as it deserves.
Having left over pinkish paper that I can use as a collage I used that on one corner to see what it would show me and how I'll incorporate that with the rich background.
Having a colorful background presented the challenge of what color to use for the boarder! I went with the lilac color from the background and decided to use the purple with some blue, added some yellow to brighten it up. Looked like a hopeless mess… but…. keep going an don't stop! Started wiping some paint off, which resulted in some pieces of the paper coming off too !!! WAAAAAA!!! But.. keep going.. ad some pink and let it blend and it was starting to look better.. pfewwwww!
Interesting enough though is that while being so busy with the background, that little pink elephant was happily reading books in that corner!
This reading elephant:
I believe it's a she,
cause she reminds me of me.
When I have a book in my hand,
doesn't mater if I'm at sea or on land
I can travel far away in my mind,
and leave everything, that scare me, behind :)
Interesting, now that I mentioned it, I was distracted and happy with that reading elephant that I wasn't sure about the images in the background. At one point I saw a ship with a huge exploding party on it, but my hands wouldn't follow that image and had a mind of their own. It started with the white fluid permanent marker trying to outline the bottom of the boat, but that didn't' work and it was time for the big black ink tube. This is what turned the background into a huge doodle. I don't know what it is, but once I start tracing the different colors I see in the paint I can't seem to stop until they are all outlined somehow, I believe this can be addictive! And no, I'm not complaining :D That background makes me think of our imaginary worlds when we are reading different books. Because in that space, everything is possible :)
Once all those exploding colors were done with the black it was time for the yellow to use on the border. I really like the way those textures feel wen I'm running my fingers over the page. I almost grabbed the red one to outline the elephant, but thought it might be a bit too much.
For the quote on the page, I did a lot of searching to find something to say about reading, but then ended up using part of a quote and telling you all to go do something worth writing about :)
Happy journaling!
Enjoy the creative process here
Supplies used: (in order of appearance)
- Product Manual as art journal
- Masking tape to protect the spine
- Recycled paper with excess paint
- Wood glue
- Acrylic paint
- Permanent marker
- Fluid permanent marker (didn't work, but at least I did try!)
- Transfer paper
- Gel pen (glitter, pink)
- Acrylic varnish (matt medium) to seal the page.
