Undefeated | Art Journal

Here’s a recent art journal spread of mine –

I first tried the focal image on a different piece of paper, inspired by a Creative Jumpstart lesson. I didn’t manage to get the technique (on the dress and the headdress) right, but there’s always next time. 😉 So I just left the dress be, and overlaid the headdress with some stamping.

And meanwhile, I worked with what I had and decided to concentrate more on the face instead – I was really happy with the result. I mostly used watercolors and watercolor pencils in the painting process. Finally, I used fineliners, multiliners and gel pens to accentuate things here and there.

For the background of the spread, I used a gel-print negative from a previous session. After adhering the focal image, I used watercolors for an ombré effect that also retains some transparency, and followed it with some light stamping using dye inks. I stamped and handwrote a quote.

To finish the spread, I added some marks with a marker, I scribble-journaled along the edge with a fineliner, and added some stamped borders. Ta da!

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With this spread, I’m joining the following challenges –

613 Avenue Create Oct Challenge: Anything Goes w/Optional: Winged Things	Arty Divas – Challenge 30 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #125 – Anything Goes	ABMTTC Extra Challenge for October – Anything Goes
More Mixed Media Challenge – Anything Goes w/ Optional Orange	Paint Party Friday: Week 32, Year 10
STAMPlorations October Stencil Challenge	STAMPlorations October Theme and Photo Prompt Challenge