A quick art journal show and tell for you today.
For this page, I collaged book pages all over the background, then white-washed the whole thing with gesso. I put down three shades of blue watersoluble crayon (using lots of water), covered in cling film (plastic wrap) and left to dry. When dry(ish), I peeled off the cling film and stamped patches of blue stars all over the background.
I covered most of the background in a thin layer of white gesso with my fingers, leaving the odd patch of blue here and there . I put down some light grey over the gessod bits, repeated the clingfilm and stars (this times using a medium grey ink), and added some other background stamps.
I cut out a picture of the kids playing in the paddling pool over the summer and used it as a template for the centre of my sun, then drew the rays by hand. I gessod the sun, added a couple of shades of yellow, the photo, and journaling. The background still looked a little too flat for my liking, so added some black and white dots and doodling here and there and darker patches of oil pastel.
Gorgeous gorgeous page Carin… love that you put the photo in the center of the sun… and love the writing around the edges… looks wonderful….
Jenny ♥
Thank you so much Jenny! So nice to have you back 🙂
Oh, HOW beautiful! I LOVE the sun and the whole idea – but really, you had me at plastic wrap – ooooh, I so want to try that now! Thanks for sharing, xoxoxo
Lol! Thanks Kristin! Have fun experimenting with the plastic wrap!
This is so cute! I love the whole idea of this page…and the picture of the kids is adorable.
Thanks Janet!
This is fabulous! Love the rays of your sun and how they draw the eye to the cuties in the photo!
Thanks Carolyn!