Art Journal Page No. 17

“Embrace your curves and live for yourself at peace.”

Lots of texture and color for this page.  The true is that I started this page with one idea and the color went bad on me, so I walked away and cooked supper and let the page dry really well before tackling it again.  I find when you have no inspiration and things go a little wrong with your art that is a good thing to walk away from it and try not to force the ideas, but to let them come to you. 

Notes:

• After a rocky start with a purple I absolutely hate it and decided to keep going and glued some strips of paper  and covered it with some gesso.  I then took some Dylusions spray ink and used crushed grapes and some fuchia and created the color on the background
• I have a lot of washi tapes and love it when I have a chance to use them.  I took some strips of different patterns and taped them to the right and left of the page and to add even more texture I took strips of window screen material as well.  I find this screen material really nice to work with.  I actually like it better than lace.  It is thin and flexible and does not add bulk to the page.
• On page 10 of my art journal I used a template from stamps I purchased from The Enchanted Gallery that I really like, so decided to use the corset and wings and cut-out the stamped image. 
• I also have a TimHoltz® dress form die I cut and glued to page.
• I drew and cut a skirt and glued all the pieces together (dress form, wings, corset and skit).
• The mirror on the corner is a sticker I had on my scrap pile and I just glued it and wrote my quote. 
• With some $1 unmounted stamp that mimic writing I lightly stamped all over the page to just add more interest.
• The final step I did was take modeling paste and just randomly applied it with a putty knife to give it that peeling wallpaper look those very old abandoned homes have.

Honestly I like the way it turned out.  I started with no inspiration and a color I did not like to a page that shows the girly in me.  Trust me that is not something I show often!! 

Lesson here is that with art journal there are never mistakes, just opportunities waiting to be found.

Have a great day and thanks for visiting.

WonderingMindField