So, here is Week 2 of my Art Journal Quotes.
I realize that I am behind. However, I have had to find my groove with the drying time between gesso applications. Hopefully, it will run a little more smoothly for me now.
For this entry, my challenge was to use paint. My supplies included: a pre-gessoed page to work on, spray bottle of water, acrylic paints, paintbrush and a straw.
I mixed my paints with water to make them very thin and therefore easy to move around on the page. I found these tiny 'pinch bowls' at Superstore for 97 cents. They are perfect.
Recently in the scrapbooking world (especially on the blog of Amy Tan), I have seen this technique of blowing the paint across the paper.
After using all of the colours that I planned, I left it overnight to dry.
After drying, I used a black Sharpie marker right over top of the paint to write the quote. I noticed that by the end of the writing my Sharpie was really drying out. I think it may be from picking up the chalkiness of the gesso layer perhaps? I will have to investigate what others are using to write with over gesso before doing this again.
Well, it isn't a masterpiece by any means, but I do like the final outcome. And I love this quote.
If you remember, my goal is to collect 365 (I guess it will be 366 this year!) quotes and to choose one each week to put in my art journal. Below, I have captured the rest of the quotes from my week to share with you.
I truly am enjoying this little project as it gives me a place to collect quotes (rather than on random sticky notes) and forces me to learn and grow in art journal techniques.
I wonder what technique I should explore next?
