The challenge at Three Muses this week is 'The Written Word'. This journal page has quite a few layers but creating it gave me so much joy!
There was no initial plan, no rough outline, just me with my journal and a pile of art 'stuff'.
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| Death by a sharp word! |
The background of the page is completely covered with pages from an old Punch magazine and sealed with Golden Mat Medium. Once dry I painted over the top with DecoArt medium white mixed with Liquitex mat medium (makes the paint thin without losing pigment.) Once this was dry I used Gallery Molding paste through a text stencil and waited for it to dry completely. Next came a text stamp in Archival Ink in Monarch Orange, followed by a French Script stamp in Archival French Ultramarine.
I then used Sennelier Oil pastels in Chinese Orange and Azure Blue and used my finger to smear them into the page and over the raised molding paste.
The words are all printed in different sizes from the computer and dabbed with Spiced Marmalade distress ink. (tip: I always use a pouncing motion over printed words so that the ink doesn't smear).
Thanks so much to Three Muses for the theme, I've really enjoyed creating this piece! Check out what the other artists have done.
What good fun to have made this. I must try some of these types of techniques. Old Punch magazines and Sennelier oil pastels, lovely combination.
ReplyDeleteWow, another stunner from you, Liz, it's fantastic pieces like this that gives me the inspiration to get back to 'hands-on' art!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting and textural piece. Thanks for sharing the story of its creation. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteWonderful, just wonderful! xx
ReplyDeleteI know you had fun making this marvelously dimensional piece of art because you got your fingers into it! There is nothing like getting one's fingers to work. I just love the thickness and depth. Superb!xx
ReplyDeleteYour art is great, love your technics and skils.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous art, Liz. Fabulous page...lots of work and it shows!!
ReplyDeleteJoli travail Liz !
ReplyDeleteAmicalement Mary.kg
This is exquisite Liz!
ReplyDeleteThis is great Liz and thanks for sharing your knowledge of techniques. I love what you did with the Starwars figure on your book too.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, Miss Liz, you have me enthrall at how you created this. Fantastic piece, my friend.
ReplyDeleteSuch fabulous texture, Liz. If I tried molding paste, I's probably stick my fingers to the collage!
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous!
ANd I love your book--more fabulous texture!
Excellently done collage! I see that you used one of my favorite art tools to do your smudging this week: your finger! I used mine for some staining on my work as well!
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