Where Flowers Bloom

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge]

Here’s a recent art journal page of mine –

I made this on tea-dyed copy paper page that I’ve included in my journal. I started my session with some fun gel printing. I smooshed acrylics onto the plate and transferred them to the page; I used stencils and acrylics on gel plates to transfer negatives & ghost prints onto the page; I also used the brayer that I used to spread my paint for some additional texture on the paper.

I then tried out a new-to-me supply–soft pastels. I experimented with smudging them using a brush, and tried out some water spritzing with them as well. This took away a lot of pastel pigment that was on the paper, so I stopped for the time being.

I pounced some acrylics through stencils onto the paper, and then ran gel pens roughly inside the stencil shapes. I also made haphazard Copic marker lines connecting some of the shapes.

For the focal flower, I adhered a die-cut shape to the page. I outlined the shape using a water-based marker outline, which I diluted using a brush dipped in water. I then reinforced the outline with a Copic marker. I then fussy cut a pre-printed quote, ran a Copic marker at the edges of the shapes, and adhered them to the page. That completed the page. Ta da!

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With this page, I’m joining these challenges –

613 Avenue Create Jan Challenge – Anything Goes (w/ Optional Twist: Winter Theme)	Arty Divas Jan Challenge – Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Beautiful Blooms	Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

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