Meandering through the process of art journaling, I just enjoy the journey and do not think about the destination. This process works to a point, then I need direction. For this journal spread I was guided by the #WOIW, Word of Inspiration Wednesday group's challenge, Forgive.
The finished spread is bright and shiny, but began as a very bland stenciling with Dylusions and a TCW stencil.
Hmmmm. To elaborate the floral theme I looked through my wallpaper books for some images and used a pattern to make a set of stamps.
Needing some focal elements I added the bird...remembered I had some black embossing powder so I could make him patent leather shiny and balanced him with some black embossed flowers on the opposing page. To amp the colors I experimented with drippage (a new French word for letting ink run down the page, pronounced drip - pauge).
Looking through my Google+ posts, I discovered the new #WOIW, Forgive, which I interpreted to be about self-forgiveness and positive outlook. My little black bird seemed to be looking for a positive message and found several that suited my intended message.
The finished spread is bright and shiny, but began as a very bland stenciling with Dylusions and a TCW stencil.
A big fan of bling, in art but not in dress, I had to go further, adding gold embossing powder and black highlighter.
The finished page reminded me to keep in front of me that art journaling is for discovery not for product. I enjoyed finding all the quotations and then cutting them out word by word to embed them.
