This week I painted with along with Rae Missigman's 15 MINUTES OF MIXED MEDIA©. The process was freeing, I got all kinds of paint under my fingernails (and all over my sleeves) while learning a couple of techniques as I painted along.
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What I learned
- When mark making, use a dark, thicker paint marker then go over them again with a white gel pen to make them less obvious.
- When painting over a layer, put the paint on thick then quickly scrap it off using a half circle motion with an old plastic card. It creates texture while allowing peeks of the layer below to show through.
- It's okay to write down a thought or feeling then just cover it up with paint. You don't have to make a big deal of camouflaging it or incorporating it into a design. Just brush some paint over and leave it!
- Using these Art Journal round stickers for the flower centers adds a bold touch of color awhile creating a focal point.
Joining Paint Party Friday
where having paint under the fingernails is the norm. What colors are under yours?
Your journal pages are lovely. I like the hints you gave about covering the dark marks and covering up texts.
ReplyDeleteLove your journal page. Great learnings from the exercise.
ReplyDeletenice work.
ReplyDeleteGreat journal pages. Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteLove these pages so beautiful!!
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Love your journaling and you are learning a lot. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeletesuper pages-your flowers just dance across them!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful spread! I loved your learning tips too, thank you!
ReplyDeleteReally wonderful. I do like your art area. I too have a salt lights in several rooms in my house.
ReplyDeleteOoohhh I love those flowers! I am working on redoing my studio right now--big job. Looking for shelves or bookcases. Wish me luck! Have a great weekend! xo
ReplyDeleteWow Diane, what a great page, and thank you for sharing those very helpful mixed media tips which I must try and remember!
ReplyDeleteShoshi
Love your page. Have a great week.
ReplyDeletethanks for playing along Diane. And I always love it when someone learns something from one of my videos! Have fun!
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