Again I've gone with something totally different to anything I've done before, infact until I'd finished the background I still didn't quite know what I was going to do.
I started the pages by randomly stamping some tissue paper before gluing down. Next I rubbed a bit of blue paint in odd places just with my fingers, followed by a bit of random splotches of gesso. I then sprayed the 2 outside edges with Dylusion Ink spray (London Blue) and water and allowed that to dribble across the pages. When this was all dry I got out a couple of stencils and made random patterns everywhere.
This is when I struck my problem "WHAT TO DO NOW ? ? ?"
I found some serviettes with these cute birds & flowers so decided to go with the tree idea. Even though I'm no artist I drew this tree using a brown marker pen, followed with a bit of texture paste. I tore the birds and flowers up then adhered them to the page. Lastly came the saying I found online "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a SONG - Lou Holtz". I finished the page by inking the edges with Black Soot TH distress ink. All in all I think this probably took me about 6 hours to complete, even having to wait for layers to dry. Infact the drying time was minimal as it is SOOOO hot here at the moment.
Again I have thoroughly enjoyed the chance to contribute to this great project and if any of you out there come across something like I would recommend you jump in feet first and seize the opportunity as this is a great way to experiment and learn soooo much, it really pushes you outside your comfort zone (in the nicest way of course).
Thank you for visiting, please leave your thoughts and check out all the previous art journal pages I have done here.
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