WISH --- Art Journal Page

yesterday was the first art journaling class of 2018 :)

I worked up this page before hand as a sample.

It's my take on the use of your junk drawer / left over / scraps cups! It really is a fun and super diverse technique that seems to have taken the industry by storm. My take is a bit more subdued than the way some of the other artists use it. Anyways!! watch the video, followed by closeup shots & my remade during class. :)

Supplies:
Canson Water Color Paper : http://amzn.to/2D8eiaU
DryWall tape : http://amzn.to/2CTwM1q
Paper doilies 4" : http://amzn.to/2CRj131
Golden Heavy Gel Medium : http://amzn.to/2FfYEek
Finnabair mini art stones : http://amzn.to/2CTB8FA
UmWowStudio Star Confetti : http://umwowstudio.com/chipboard/confetti/100042.html
MISC : buttons, paperclips, metal arrows, wires
Liquitex gesso : http://amzn.to/2D7PiAL
Dina Wakley Turquoise : http://amzn.to/2Fd9NwB
Amsterdam Acrylics Prussian Blue : http://amzn.to/2FebzgX
Vintage book Text
UHU (12 pack) : http://amzn.to/2CFvm73





& then I decided to just have fun and layer things up >>> try a different combo etc in the remake during class. I love the color combo & am playing with the idea of adding in some black and a metallic for a more victorian/steampunk feel :

Some different sized paper clips, a grommet, a ruined needle threader... I love how the drywall tape looks & i'm a HUGE fan of the chunky chevron and those brads that act as a design element between the valleys of the chevron.

Always loads of stars for me... i LOVE stars. anything celestial makes me happy. & the hanging bulb was really fun to throw into the mix, too.

One of my FAVORITE parts is tucking doilies & flatter texture pieces on the bottom layer... then when the colors are spread all over it, the shadows become prominent & the highlights are accented.. YUM!

These little circles between the triangles are pieces of lego! hahaha... my friend Shelly brought them to class and was sharing :) The triangle pieces come out of the Penny Farthing's wheel.


Supplies:
Canson Water Color Paper : http://amzn.to/2D8eiaU
DryWall tape : http://amzn.to/2CTwM1q
Paper doilies 12" : http://amzn.to/2m6Ukp9
Golden Heavy Gel Medium : http://amzn.to/2FfYEek
UmWowStudio Star Confetti : http://umwowstudio.com/chipboard/confetti/100042.html
UmWowStudio Layered Stars : http://umwowstudio.com/100006.html
UmWowStudio Doodle MASH : http://umwowstudio.com/chipboard/100569.html
UmWowStudio Penny Farthing : http://umwowstudio.com/chipboard/100328.html
UmWowStudio Hanging Bulbs : http://umwowstudio.com/chipboard/100566.html
MISC : buttons, paperclips, legos, brads, pop tabs, old wooden letters
Liquitex gesso : http://amzn.to/2D7PiAL
Amsterdam Acrylics Venetian Rose : http://amzn.to/2D9WoEV
Amsterdam Acrylics Caput Mortum Violet : http://amzn.to/2FhwUpQ

Allure {Art Journal Spread}

Today I am sharing a double page spread in a traveling art journal. I participated in a journal swap a few months back and I sort of dropped the ball on a couple of spreads... well I'm playing catch up and trying to make it up to those lovely artists... so here is one spread I finished up and mailed out this AM. 

The shape of the journal was a neat change in my routine.. curvy delicious sort of butterfly shaped pages. Each journal was themed, and this one said Madame X on the front.. it had a really gorgeous sort of corset stitch closer and some heart dangle beads. Add that to the few who had worked in the journal before me which gave me this sort of pink stripe in the binding.. and I knew the direction I was headed.  I promise you there is A LOT of beauty in these pages.. and the closeups show you tons of texture, layering, and lots of really great techniques have been utilized to complete this spread. SO... Here they are! 

The Left Page

The Right Page

The background is made up of vintage ledger pieces and old book pages that I had previous diecut for other projects. Never throw out anything right? I love the ledger paper with the vintage #s in this photograph. It's such a beautiful piece.

Here is more of that delicious ledger paper... YUM! I also layered up some drywall tape which has quickly become an absolutely favorite of mine. I adore the little perforation it has and the circles it adds to the background. All the background pieces were put down with Golden's Fluid Acrylic. Then I used Blick gesso to swipe and highlight areas of the background. It also camouflaged some of the hard edges from my papers. A bit of glazing was done with some gray paint and glazing medium.

I drew the lines and circles with a fineliner, golden fluid acrylic in carbon black and airbrush medium. There are drops and some hand drawn doodles, circles, and dots with a Sakura of America Micron pen. I also did a bit of lovely hand stitching using some super thick hemp cord in this beautiful charcoal color. Picked this up at Hobby Lobby. SO glad I did! The pink is from Tim Holtz's Distress Stain in worn lipstick. LOVE the sweet pink against the neutral background.

The flair (or button) is from a newer set at UmWowStudio called Noel. The colors fit perfectly with a brand new christmas lined I designed for 7 Dots Studio --- BUT it can be used out of context just as well. I loved the stitching that was it and it was perfect to mimic on the page. I also did some stamping in Gray Flannel by Memento with the new Numbers Set I designed for Viva Las VegaStamps!.

I ended up tearing out my pages, cutting off the scraggly binding part and then doing a bit of machine stitching to add more texture. I sewed in white to keep the contrast low. And finally.. this little bit of goodness that finishes off the page.. I recently got a stack of beautiful vintage dictionary pages and found this one quite relevant to the theme of this journal! The tone of it was very.. alluring! haha. First I used matte medium to put down some muslin, and then the dictionary page.. and finally all the machine stitching.