Page 9 and the last page in my product manual turned into art journal.
WooooHoooo! :)
Because the background worked so well with the previous page, using one whole paper that was used to test a stencil and mop up paint, I decided to use that technique again.
Using a brush this time, I put blue acrylic around the borders. I used a brush because this paint is rather dry and choky and I didn't think it would work well with my fingers… maybe I'm worn, but the brush felt right this time.
Using a misprinted image of another one of my pages to cut up into little pieces and use as collage for this page. Glue glue and more glue and try to separate the lines a bit…. keep going…
The camera sees first a parrot…. a duck…a little monster… an angry man…..then some really angry creature and finally I see a Picasso like face :D I outline it with my acrylic paint pushed from a thin nozzle on a tube. I like the feel so much and the paint is flowing so nicely that I decide to give that person, who later turns out to be a woman, some nice curly hair. She also happens to have some red in it.
Using the "spray my paint with water like crazy and soak the $$$ out of the page" technique for the first time ever, and not ruin the page! YAY!! Really just flowing with it.
Showing the face, I used skin tone acrylic paint for that which is spread on very thin to allow the colors to show from the collage. I also had those nail stickers that I only ever used once and they are so many little pretty flowers, I decided to put them in her hair, since I had no intention of using them on my nails as I have the tendency to pick at them! A flower here, another there, and you end up with flowers everywhere! But, those flowers were tiny and are nice accents for the background. That's when I decided to add some roses in her hair. I've never drawn roses before and just went for it and put all my fears aside… I mean.. what can go wrong? nothing did go wrong :)
The quote was inspired by the roses in her hair. She also reminded me a bit of a gypsy, who would stop to smell the roses in her path.
The border: seeing that I've used all the colors of acrylic paint that I have in tubes accept for the green, I decided to use it here for the border. Creating nice green leaves that will look good with the roses, and they did.
I have to admit that this is another texture rich page that I love to touch. That wonderful texture you feel under your fingers when you rung them on the page, you'll feel the curls in her hair and the roses under as well as the tiny little flowers :) I like this one :)
Happy journaling!
You can enjoy the whole creative process here:
Supplies used: (in order of appearance)
- Recycled product manual
- Masking tape to protect the spine
- Recycled paper with mopped up paint
- Wood glue
- Acrylic paint
- Recycled misprint of another art journal page
- Nail sticker flowers
- Acrylic varnish to seal the page
