Friday 27 December 2013

Looking forward

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Mine was peaceful, spent in the company of my husband and our two Sons. Our daughter and her partner couldn't join us as she was unfortunately working, so I made them both a 'takeaway' Christmas dinner, which her boyfriend called round and picked up so she had a good meal waiting for her when she got home at 8pm.
 
I was thinking of the coming year and came across a lovely quote online, which I wanted to use on an art journal page
 
“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
T.S. Elliot



I started off adding a coat of gesso to my page, and then using a collection of paints, inks and Dylusion sprays added colour

 
The colour was added in layers.

 
interest and texture added by using stencils and sequin waste.


some splatters are added with Dylusions

 
just keep adding layers until you are happy with what you see.

 
I stencilled through a face stencil using texture paste, and when dry I re-stencilled using a black permanent pen.
 
 
I added some pieces of masking tape and some Mega Flakes to give more texture.

more stamps are applied and some details using a black pen.

some white paint drips to lighten the page.

 

 
the words of the quote are torn to size and then added to the page, you could if you wanted hand write on your page.

 
 list of items I used from Clare Cure Crafts
 



17 comments:

  1. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a stunning piece of work Debs, love the quote and how true! Wishing you all the best for 2014.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

    ReplyDelete
  2. this is beautiful done Deb, and great colours you have used.

    gr karin

    ReplyDelete
  3. Such a fabulous detailed project Debs. Love the design.
    Laine
    xx

    ReplyDelete
  4. Fabulous project love those zingy colours -lovely sentiment
    xx

    ReplyDelete
  5. Gorgeous colours and texture Deb, and a nice insight to your work process! Seasons greetings xxxxx

    ReplyDelete
  6. O my its fabulous love all the layers and the face is fantastic. xxx

    ReplyDelete
  7. Love how you have created this, fabulous colours.

    Moira xx

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hi Deb, Wow this is a gorgeous Art Journal page and looked like a lot of fun to do, love the stencil face and fabulous colours. I love the words too.

    Hugs Erin x

    ReplyDelete
  9. Fabulous Deb glorious colours ty for sharing your technique x

    ReplyDelete
  10. Wow what a wonderful project, love all the techniques you've used, thanks for sharing x

    ReplyDelete
  11. Hey Deb, love the process photos. Watching the layers develop is really interesting! I'm just learning to create that way. Looks so freeing and fun!!! Mixed media is endlessly inspiring and I love your take on it! Beautiful page!!!! :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks for your lovely comment Ryn. I love doing mixed media pieces as I love the freedom I get from it, it allows the inner child to run free and make a mess :))

      Delete
  12. Wow an ab fab project, so beautiful & gorgeous colours xxx

    ReplyDelete
  13. LOVE this page, even so much I become a follower here :) After work I will look at your blog better, in a hurry now! What mask did you use here?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Wilma, and thank you for your lovely comment. The mask I used was the 6x6 Baroque stencil by Andy Skinner.

      Delete
  14. Nice! Thanks! You make beautiful things, I saw the rest now. Your blog is moving all the time, I got seasick, but it was worth it! :)

    ReplyDelete