Friday 23 February 2018

Art Journal pages "Embrace imperfection"

It's been a while since I have done an art journal page and it really made a change from my recent art work.

I started by collaging some scraps and adding a couple of tags for interest. I then added lots of heavy gesso for texture...

art journal page grunge 3 

I used Liquitex inks in Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber and Burnt umber. Then I added black. Lots and lots of black. In fact I got a bit carried away...

art journal grunge 8 

At first I thought I had ruined my pages but as it dried I really liked it...

art journal 5 

The black ink has given the pages I think a very moody, dark look...

art journal grunge 6
 Did these pages turn how I expected? No. Did they turn out perfect? No. Hence the title "embrace imperfection".

I will be adding these pages to this week's grunge challenge at Simon Says Monday challenge. I was thrilled to have made the designer spotlight for the "Take Note" last week!

See you soon xx

4 comments:

  1. Congrats on taking the designer spotlight last week, this looks amazing. I keep looking and looking to see all the layers. Absolutely amazing :)

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  2. Now I want to increase my collection of liquitex inks, those brown sepia tones look amazing. I love the dark mysterious grungy look.

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  3. Love your gorgeous art journal pages. The color scheme and the texture are so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)

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  4. The strong contrasts really appeal to me, congrats on this one too!

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