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| art journal page of 9 x 12 book |
As an artist, I have a slew of various paints and assorted art mediums sitting around. Some have sat awhile, fallen out of favor or simply not used to their potential.
It did not take me long to realize that ANYTHING can be used in art journaling! Dust off old pens, paints, markers, pastels, rummage through kitchen drawers for odds and ends.....and by all means, pull out that favorite food saver, the box of clear plastic wrap!
I had a few tubes of Turner acryl "gouache" and simply blended a few of the "pearl" colors onto the previously gessoed pages of one of my journals. ( Gouache is an ancient medium usually seen as an opaque watercolor but more recently re-invented as an acrylic gouache with much the same properties as Golden, Liquitex, etc. Beautiful colors!)
Then I crumpled up the clear wrap, pushed it onto the wet paint, let it sit about 10 minutes, then pulled it off.
The results are a beautifully textured surface, shimmery with gouache paint to which I applied purple and black markers and a few cut out phrases.
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| close up of textured surface |
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