Today I'm sharing an Art Journal Page. I recently went back to basics and purchased an art journal like I had in high school. You know the A4 spiral bound one?!? Well, it has released something in me that has made me happy. I love the way pages look in it and the pages hold up really well to mixed media. When I got my new Shimmer Dust I couldn't wait to have a play and just let the colour do the talking to see what I came up with.
First, I spritzed the paper with water then using a palette knife dropped tiny bits of colour onto the page. I stuck to using the Candy and Sunflower. I wanted to use colours that would mix nicely to create a third colour - Orange.
Once the powder was dropped onto the page, I just sprayed on more water and tipped the page up to allow the colour to run and mix. I added even more paper and then used a heat gun to dry it and move the colour around in the process.
Once it was pretty dry, I added a third Shimmer Dust - this time the Velvet. I only added it to the middle of the page and then spritzed it with water to dissolve it and move it around. I dried it the same way as I did the other two colours.
Once it was dry, I found a shape in the purple that I wanted to make the focus of the page so, I drew around it with a Black pitt pencil and smudged the out line to blend it. I then used a white pencil to add highlights to the outline and some hair. I then added some textural stamping to the background, inked the edges of the page and added a few embellishments and the page was finished. A flamingo dancing in the sun.
Art Journaling isn't always about starting with a plan or a page in mind. It's about letting the colours and media talk to you. And in this case that is what I did. Don't be afraid to experiment. You can watch my process video on my YouTube channel POPLEOPOD.
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Love the colours and what a fun page
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