Speak Your Truth

[Challenge win: Winner at Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge]

Here’s a recent art journal spread of mine –

I made this spread on kraft paper. I started out by using a gel plate to make some acrylics background using stencils. I followed that with acrylics drips, then more acrylics pounced through a stencil.

To this, I added some gesso streaks, followed by white acrylics through stencils. I also used a fineliner to scribble some asemic writing on the white-streaked areas.

For the focal image, I used a different piece of paper. I drew the image outlines using my non-dominant hand, then used a fineliner to trace the outlines.

I added color to the image using watercolor pencils with a water brush pen, then followed it with more subtle shading using oil-based pencils. I fussy cut the images and adhered them to the page, then added some additional interest using dye inks with a stamp.

I stamped the quote using archival ink, then fussy cut it. After that, I inked the edges using distress ink, and adhered the quote to the page.

To finish the page, I added some shadowing around the focal image and the quote with a watercolor pencil and a water brush pen. Ta da!

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With this spread, I’m joining these challenges –

613 Avenue Create Jun Challenge – Anything Goes	Happy Little Stampers June Stencil Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Something Beginning With ‘S’	Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Add A Sentiment