Hi Everyone,
I am still enjoying my small 150x150mm art journal. This journals will be available in the shop by the end of the week. It is stitch bound with a plain chipboard cover so that you can decorate it. It contains 48 pages of slightly textured Modigliani 200 gsm Mixed Media paper.
WONDER Art Journal Page
Prepare the pages with white Gesso (let dry) and apply Gelatos in warm colours to the background. Spread Gelatos with a baby wipe (wet wipe).
Use a wet wipe to remove some of the colour from background through a stencil. (Stencil-Art Starry Night A5 Stencil).
Mix white Gesso and water and apply to the background with a cosmetic wedge - this will lighten the background.
Cut a picture from a Colouring-in book and glue onto your page with Matte Gel Medium.
Apply the Gel Medium over the image and use a old credit card or your fingers to remove any air bubbles. Complete the the image with a pencil so that it is spread out over the whole background.
Paint the images with Gesso to create a whole and draw in the lines with a black Posca Paint Marker. (Make sure that the Gesso is completely dry otherwise you will ruin your marker).
Use Derwent Watercolour and Intense pencils to colour in the images. Apply a layer of pencil and activate with a wet paint brush (or a waterbrush) and Liquitex Matte Medium.
I dipped my paintbrush in the Matte Medium to blend the pencil. This will ensure that the watercolour pencils do not blend with the next layer. This is quite time consuming but all the layers create a lot of depth.
Apply Ranger Texure Paste with a palette knife through the Stencil-Art Angie's Journaling Words 2 A5 Stencil and leave to dry. Ranger's Texture Paste can be dried with a Heat Tool.
Use the blue Derwent Metallic Pencil to add colour to the bottom of the letters. I wanted to create an ombre effect and applied some white Intense pencil to the top of the letters as well.
Use a black Posca Paint Marker to outline each letter and all the images. Add shading with a brown pencil and activate with water and matte medium.
Add details to the images with a white Posca Paint Marker. I just love my Posca Paint Markers - it writes over anything and are available in different nibs sizes and colours.
Add glitter to the angel wings with the clear Wink of Stella Brush pen.
Add more details with Ranger Liquid Pearls.
