A Lesson in Layering

Here is a piece I recently finished using a layering technique.

 

 A couple of close-ups are below.

Use Your Words Journal

I am trying my hand at journaling based on the workshop of Carolyn Dube's Use Your Words.  My first page looks like I spilt a cup of coffee on it which isn't true as I very seldom drink coffee.  I just hate to do anything that includes my handwriting as it is so ugly.

The words down the side are "heavenly home", "my husband" "To Be Thin Again", "To Dance", "Crafting", "Sing" (should be singing), and "No Pain"   The background was done with splotchy airbrushing with Copics made to run. I  have started on my next page.  It is going to be full of color.

Art Journal- Page Two

I know a lot of people do a page a day on their art journal.  I have two- that's not bad for a month!  I am just feeling my way around on this craft venue.  I am just loving doing the backgrounds.  Where I need help is what to put in the foreground.  Well here it is my second page.  I hope you can see the symbolism in it. 

.My hubby wanted to know if I was making a ransom note with all the cutting of the letters out of the newspaper.!  I had completely demolished the newspaper before he got to read it.  The background is basically watercolors

Art Journal - Page One

 I thought I would get brave and try my hand a am art journal.  I finished my first page t his week on a piece of watercolor paper.  This was so much fun and liberating.  This piece was purely experimental, but I hope you like.    It was so much fun to do.

First I completely covered my watercolor paper with watercolors.  I had no pattern in mind.  I just put them on to covered all the white of the paper.

Next I airburshed the surface with Copic markers.

 

Next I stamped a doll parts stamp by Paula Best.  It was not very large so I stamped all the parts on a piece of paper, scanned and printed it out on my printer after increasing the size.  I have no idea how large I increased the pieces as they were all on one sheet.  Afterwards, I glued them on.  I wanted her to hold something in her hand.  I did not have any pictures as all my magazines have been thrown away (just when I needed them!) so I went to the web and found a nice pic of an apple and enlarged it to fit her hand.  The head on the doll is a picture of me and on top of it I place one of the heads from the stamp.

I was thrilled that the head fit my face perfectly.  If you look closely you will see that the eyes and lip fit together.

 

This was so much fun to make; I think I will try again.