1924 yearbook journal

I buried some of my girlish dreams under the decay of the citrasolve paper.  Maybe a few traumas also.

Gelli jester

This creepy jester has been hanging around for years so I finally gave him a home in my 1924 yearbook journal.  Background made using inktense and gesso over a gelli print.

1924 yearbook journal

I spent the weekend painting this kingfisher with my inktense blocks.  I can see that mine has a big head but I used artistic license.

Went back in with the fern stencil and added inktense on top of the rubbed out background.  Love that ferny jungle.

1924 art journal

Feeling a little lost without my Ganesha project so I've been playing in my 1924 yearbook journal.  Top page was made with a sheet of circle labels printed with a photo of a t shirt I painted a while back.  I practiced with my Stabilo pencil and ruined my background! Used way too much so when I painted over with water everything was gray.  Bottom page I glued my World Market bag to the page with mat medium then practiced drawing dandelions with a silver uniball gel pen on black gesso.  That was fun.  So many you tube videos online that artists offer for free.  So much inspiration and knowledge.  Thanks to all who share.

Projects with the little gelli plate

 

I got my little gelli plate out and worked this page really quickly.  So easy to create layers by laying the stencil directly in the journal and stamping with gelli.  I really want to do a t shirt with this technique so I might copy my bird page on my next shirt.  That is what I love about art journaling, no pressure, just play and it might turn out cool.  

Riki's new hoodie

They have been playing that movie "unfaithful" over and over on cable.  I love how my snow globe turned out.  I painted it using distress stains then used molding paste and smashed mica into it.

Riki got a new hoodie.  Poor baby got matted while I wasn't looking.  Had to give him a major haircut right before a cold snap.  This was Buster's hoodie but he was too fat for it.