Check out this page...
It looks so neat in real life but I'm at the point where I need to know what I'm going to do next so I can do it and so I don't ruin a page I'm really loving. It's a problem.
I used 3 shades of Faber Castell Gelatos for the blue. Gelatos are new-ish to me so I'm trying to see what they can do. The stencil is Chequered Dots from Dyan Reaveley's Dylusion line. I used them with Claudine Hellmuth Studio paints in Altered Orange and Blank Canvas.
And while I'm at it, I want to share my favorite way to prime a page. I have been embedding book pages in the gesso before it dries. It's extra texture and visual interest with very little work. I like to tear up the book page and randomly smoosh it into the wet gesso. Then I cover the book paper in a thin coat of gesso.
Here's a look at an index card I made as part of Daisy Yellow's Index Card a Day2 challenge. If you look closely you can see the book pages in there.
And that's another week in my art journal.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Cathie
Omg...glad I found this post cuz I was just saying the same thing!lolol Thanks for sharing these gorgeous back grounds :)
ReplyDeleteha ha! thanks, Jane. it's good to know I'm not the only one that gets stuck sometimes.
DeleteI so know what you mean about not knowing where to go after you finish the background! I don't know how many times I have ruined a perfectly good background after trying to add a focal point that I end up hating! LOL I am working on a canvas for my wall right now and I don't know how long I stared at the thing after I finished the background until I decided what to do with it next.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about "ruining" things. did that just recently. I think making mistakes & figuring things out is all part of my learning process. at least I know I can make a decent background. ha!
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