Magical Dreams

Here’s a recent art journal page of mine –

I made this page using some new supplies that I bought recently–a new stamp, and a much-awaited archival-quality black ink.

The page started out with some spray smooshes from a previous session. On this, I used acrylic paints for some finger-painting. I then used more acrylics on a gel plate with a brayer for a bit of a grungy texture.

On this, I adhered various scraps from previous sessions that used stencils with acrylics and sprays. I then used white gesso for more finger-painting. I also added gesso splatters.

The colors were pretty vibrant, so I added some diluted gesso to the page using an old card as a squeegee. To add more interest to the background, I used my new archival ink with some stamps for some light stamping. I also made some marks with a black Copic marker and a white Posca marker.

I used a heat gun over an old receipt to obtain a negative print of the faded content on the receipt. Over this, I used a hard-carved stamp with acrylic ink, then fussy cut it.

For the focal moon, I used my new stamp with dye ink and fussy cut it. Along its edges, I applied distress ink and watercolor with a pencil, and roughly traced its outline with a fineliner. I then added a printed quote, and outlined it with a multiliner. I finally drew some tassels with a fineliner. Ta da!

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With this page, I’m joining these challenges –

• 613 Avenue Create – Jan Challenge – Anything Goes (Optional: New Beginnings) (New stamp + ink)
• Ally’s Angels Challenge #78 – Anything Goes
• Art Journal Journey Jan Challenge – It’s On The Calendar (Moon to represent lunar-heavy Hindu calendar)
• The Outlawz Anything Goes In a Card Free Zone Jan Challenge
• A Place To Start – Jan Challenge – Anything Goes
• We Love Stamping Jan Challenge – Something New (New stamp + ink)

Challenge wins –

• Rising Star at A Place To Start
• Top Pick at The Outlawz Challenge