These colours are just so JOYFUL aren't they - just splodging about with them made me smile and cheered me up, so I was working on this page and giggling to myself whilst doing it. If I keep this up there may be doubts about my sanity!
Anyway, below you can see how it all began, acrylic paint in wide curving bands across the page, with a few shapes cut out from my collection of collage bits and pieces. Some of it is sections cut from colour copies taken from previous journals, and the rest is bits of magazines and other publications. What I liked most about the page at this stage was the touches of red which really added something ....
So I added a few more reds - you might notice that the piece in the top left is redder than before. I coloured it using my Promarkers, which is a great way to change cuttings to suit your purpose! I was having fun with this, and had no particular theme or message in mind, and in the end I just wrote about how happy the colours made me. The red spots were added with my Posca paint pen, which is wonderfully opaque and writes over anything.
And then the red spots sort of took over! I admit there are rather a lot of them, but what the heck I was enjoying myself.
Sorry this is a rather brief post - we have had a new grandson this week and I have been somewhat distracted by this joyful news.
I also wanted to add these pictures which should have been included with last week's post, which shows the difference adding water makes to Caran d'Ache Neocolour crayons.
On the left is what the page looks like when you've scribbled with the crayons, and on the right you can see what happens when you add water!! Perhaps this demonstrates just why I love them so much - alchemic magic!!
5 comments:
Many congratulations on the new addition to your family :). And no wonder your page is full of joy. Giggling - there's balm for the soul.
As always Rosie i enjoy your art journal pages. They make me smile too.. :) Hugs!deb
Congratulations on your new grandchild. A good reason to be joyful. Love & prayers, Barbara x
Another fabulous page = love the purple and red! Congrats on your new grandchild x
Aww a new baby in the family, a blessing that can't easily be topped if you ask me! As always love the journal page, I'm with you on enjoying the dots and adding colour that offsets instead of matches, works so well in your hands...we can see the fun, so no sanity concerns here!!!
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