On art journals and other things

So I said last time I would share a few more of my art journal pages from the class I took. Here are the last few I made to go with the various lessons/videos Julie shared with us.

 

This was done with layers of monotone. Then I just pulled the lady out of the paint using a dip pen and India ink. The white is also done with a dip pen and ink.

This is many layers of several colors built up over some collage pieces. Again a dip pen with ink is used for the writing.

 

Just 2 colors here followed up with some oil pastel on the edges and dip pen and ink for the sketching and writing. The figure at the top of the bird house is just what I saw when the color blocks were finished. The bird is made from a photo I took. I used deli paper that I stamped and watercolored to make the individual segments.

 

This had a couple of blocks of color laid down first then I spray painted through a couple of stencils. Reversed the flower one on the bottom to make the flower at the top look so faded and cool!

 

I’ll end today with a photomontage I quickly did this morning for my sister Chrystal. Her husband took the initial picture of her out working with him.

They and some other guys have to pull and count all these thousands of small fish out of this net. Hours they spent doing this! It was an unusual situation. Usually they have bigger fish that they are tagging and counting and releasing.

Ever onward my drier art friends!

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