Sunday 27 November 2011

An Art Journal Page

Okay so I've braved the world of art journalling. I've always wanted to try it, but art journalling is something completely out of my comfort zone. I don't like not being in control and not being entirely sure what the end result is going to be. When I scrap a layout I don't stick anything down until all the elements are in position and I know exactly what the finished page is going to look like. I then carefully lift up corners of my work and stick them down so as not to move them. I have recently journalled straight onto layouts in preparation for my entry into the big wide world of messiness and I was very pleased with the result


So here is my first ever Art Journal page. I'm not really sure what I did, but I can tell you that I used Dylusions acrylic paints and sparay inks, loads of kitchen roll and a fair amount of gesso. I also made use of some buuble wrap which I had lying around from one of my many virtual shopping expeditions. The rings were made with the lid of a stick of glue and the feather is cut out of a magazine and painted over. I used some Tim Holtz stamps and hand wrote I'm taking flight. Thanks for coming over to look and I'd appreciate any comments especially the nice ones

8 comments:

  1. I gotta admit that when you mentioned to me that you were venturing into the world of art journalling I was a bit sceptical - after all you don't DO messy.
    But this is uber cool - colour me impressed (not literally!!).

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  2. It's great!I love the peacock feather.

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  3. I don't do messy either ... so its possible to journal neatly cos I DO!! This is such a great first page - you've obviously had fun!

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  4. It's super - keep going - love the peacock feather in particular it's great.

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  5. Love it! Well done on taking the plunge into unstructured messiness! :D

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  6. Great journal page, welcome to the world of painty,inky messiness :D I need to get my journals out again,my fingers have been clean of ink & paint for far too long.
    C xx

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  7. Love the energy in this page - glad you decided to try out journalling it is such fun

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  8. This is fabulous - well done for getting messy!

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