This page made me think of space, so I made up a perfect quote to go along with it:
I started out by experimenting with white on white (you'll see more of this experimentation in other art books). I created texture by using my brayer over a wine bottle holder (plastic with a diamond pattern) on wet gesso. Pressing this "stencil" into wet paint created this fun diamond pattern:
Then I tried another a new technique: adding acrylic paint and removing most of it with a baby wipe (or a face wipe in my case). I went with orange (Amsterdam standard series azo-orange) to give it an almost aged look. I love how the orange clung to the cracks and edges of the pattern! Of course, from there, I had to add more colour instead of more white!
I added some round stickers next, but didn't exactly love how it looked, so I gessoed lightly over everything. Finally, I doodled in some circles, dots and a quote to finish it off (with white and gold Sharpie pens and Faber-Castell Pitt pens in raw umber, light flesh and ivory):
I love this spread for a few reasons: I tried new things, I used up old supplies and I stayed true to my style. Love it!
"Look up at the stars and dream."So true, don't you think?
I started out by experimenting with white on white (you'll see more of this experimentation in other art books). I created texture by using my brayer over a wine bottle holder (plastic with a diamond pattern) on wet gesso. Pressing this "stencil" into wet paint created this fun diamond pattern:
![](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5457/9594667945_9453878043_z.jpg)
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/9597458412_ec41b3e9b9_z.jpg)
Then I tried another a new technique: adding acrylic paint and removing most of it with a baby wipe (or a face wipe in my case). I went with orange (Amsterdam standard series azo-orange) to give it an almost aged look. I love how the orange clung to the cracks and edges of the pattern! Of course, from there, I had to add more colour instead of more white!
I added some round stickers next, but didn't exactly love how it looked, so I gessoed lightly over everything. Finally, I doodled in some circles, dots and a quote to finish it off (with white and gold Sharpie pens and Faber-Castell Pitt pens in raw umber, light flesh and ivory):
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/9597555514_95955c5991_z.jpg)
![](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2878/9597471206_a4312c4d9c_z.jpg)
![](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/9597471500_83ebb7b5f8_z.jpg)
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7381/9597470948_bb1c917dc7_z.jpg)
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/9597470510_652b83145a_z.jpg)
1 comment:
Very cool. Your sketchbook pages always make me smile :)
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