Wednesday 12 August 2015

Mindfulness Matters - Art Journal Page

Wow, the process of creating this journal page was cathartic! Yesterday afternoon I took a much needed break from a bulk order of cat cushions, switched off my sewing machine and pulled out my paints!

I didn't have anything in mind initially and simply opened the page to the first available page, which happened to already have the background done from a previous playing session.

My state of mind at that moment, plus the background that was already there, quickly spoke to me and told me what to do!

   
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I used the following materials:
     
MEDIUMS USED: White Gesso, Black Gesso, Mod Podge Matte, DoCrafts Artiste Spritzing Ink (Ocean Blue & Hematite), DecoArt Crafters Acrylic (Flesh), Gelatos (Coconut, Red Cherry, Metallic Melon, Gold Champagne).

All products above available from That Craft Place.

ANYTHING ELSE: Old kitchen roll sheets, Dylusions Art Journal, Posca Paint Marker (Black), Molotow Paint Marker (White), 0.7 Pilot Liquid Ink Pen (Black).
       
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Summary Process:

Background (created at a previous play session): There was already some stencil / texture paste clean off on the pages so I covered all of this with scrunched kitchen roll sheets before spraying with DoCrafts sprays. Then I played with white and black Gesso till I had a background I was happy with.

Whimsical Girl: Outline of face and shoulders drawn onto scrap paper and glued to page. 1 coat of white gesso applied before painting the head and neck with the flesh coloured paint. Tonal interest and flushed checks added to face with Gelatos. Shirt coloured with a Gelato. Hair sketched with pencil.

Hair: I was going to undercoat with white gesso before deciding what colour to do the hair but once I started doing that, the Gesso picked up more of the DoCrafts spray than expected, a VERY happy accident! So I went with the flow, adding gesso and agitating the background Ink until I was happy wBlh the finished look!

Sentiment written with White Molotow Paint Marker and outlined with the Pilot pen.

I finished by outlining the girl and smudging with black Posca Paint Marker.
   
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Here are some more photos:



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Thank you as always for popping by.
  
xxSAMxx
      

3 comments:

  1. Love the background and the image is wonderful
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  2. Beautiful art page and love the blue tones

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  3. Hi Sam this is a gorgeous page. Hugs Jackie

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