OK..Ladies..y'all have done it again. I have been seeing so many art journal pages on this hop that I felt the need to try one myself. I found a small 5x5 notebook hidden amidst all the junk in my scrap room and thought..huh..this might work. I took it apart and made my first page.
So, to start, I painted the whole page with Mayco's Softees Acrylic paint in Flat Black. I only put one coat on it. I then took a sponge brush and smeared some Mayco Softees Acrylic Orange Rust on some of the areas. I then crumbled up a piece of copy paper and dipped it in Folk Art Pure Gold Metallic paint and daubed it all over the page. While that dried, I colored in this Sugar Skull from Opal Manor with Sakura Glitter pens and then fussy cut it out. When the page was dry, I adhered the skull and used a White Gelly Pen to write my sentiment.
I'm not sure if this is what I should have done, but I did it . Thanks for stopping by today. I truly appreciate it. Make sure to stop by all the blogs on the roll (posted to the right of this post) and make sure to stop by Terra's blog for the rules, sponsors and winners of the Scavenger Hunt.
Great page. You're gonna have fun with it. Some people glue several pages together to make them thicker and then cover with Gesso when they're thin like that. xxD
ReplyDeleteI think you've done a wonderful job. Adding gesso helps or making your own journal out of a heavier weight paper. But I have seen them (and attempted them) using whatever I find cheap in the back to school section.
ReplyDeletethat's a fabulous page! Love the skull and the sentiment. Sorry cant help with the journal suggestion... i'm still struggling to get card for printing images!! lol Love what you've made anyways! looks great! mo x
ReplyDeleteSpooktacular page, so eerie!
ReplyDeleteGreat skull page. I use aquarel paper. But also glue 2 pages to eachother (first i make the pages and then glue them back to back) i don't gesso the pages first but a lot of people do
ReplyDeleteCute page indeed...Love the skull! Julie Balzer has a ton of tips too on getting started with aj- http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2012/03/art-journal-every-day-getting-started.html
ReplyDeleteIts art, it can be do anyway you want. Love what you did with the background! That is a great image and sentiment.
ReplyDeleteGreat page Emily. Love that skull and how you colored it! Perfect sentiment.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful page, love how you did the background!
ReplyDeleteFabulous journal page!!!! LOVE all the layers you did to create your background!!!! Great Skull. I use an art journal that has heavier paper. Rarely I glue pages together.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I am no help. You did a wonderful job. Love the saying and that sugar skull is awesome.
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