iNk bLOts: Journal page journey

In case any of you are interested, some photos showing the development journey this page took to completion, so I took a photo each time I finished a layer. Hope you like and if your persevere to the end you get to see the finished page. . . enjoy (on an aside I work for a bank that does "for the journey" LOL)

music sheets stuck down and gesso applied

contrasting paint over circle masks, so some music still shows through

paint through sequin masks (circles and stars)

stamping with art journey broken circle stamp

spraying with dylussion inks

some ink blots, a la Gonzo

more colours of dylussions ink sprays

drew around shoe mask, shadowing added with black acrylic

shoe mask glued down

title added using black uni-ball

journalling added in blank shoes

bottom text added using transfer letters

edging applied using eco friendly paint

heavy black edging using acrylic paint

bar code lines drawn

doodling on letters and lady of the shoe added

final wording on shoe in white sakura

finished page

Hope you enjoyed the journey, I have to thank the wonderful Kate Crane who helped and inspired me to develop, just by blogging her fabulous art.

14 comments:

Kristy C said...: GREAT journal page!!; 25 January 2011 at 13:42
Gez Butterworth said...: OOOOOOOOOOH! AMAZING page. Looks like you had so much fun. Thanks for showing us how it came together. GORGEOUS.; 25 January 2011 at 14:55
Sherry said...: Wow - what a powerful piece! Thanks for sharing all the stages and I love the finished page!; 25 January 2011 at 14:57
Dylan said...: Ooooh look at you girlie, not only a fabby page but a tutorial as well, way to go xx; 25 January 2011 at 15:54
flutterbycrafter said...: Woo hoo, fabulous page, and I love that you showed us how you achieved it all, love your handwriting by the way. xx; 25 January 2011 at 22:54
Deborah said...: Brilliant, brilliant page, Pidd!Where did you get your star sequin waste?; 26 January 2011 at 01:43
thekathrynwheel said...: Oooh thanks Pidd, you say the nicest things ;-)
Love the journal page especially the woman sitting in the shoe - genius! Great to see all the stages. How long did it take? I'm so slow a journal page takes me about 3 days LOL!; 26 January 2011 at 03:44
chrisg said...: Hiya Piddawinkle
Dropped by via Dyan's bloggy - GORGEOUS journal page and great tutorial too.

It's always a treat to see other people's journals. Just off to have a peak at the rest off your bloggy :); 26 January 2011 at 14:49
Sherry Goodloe said...: REALLY like this! The addition of the pinup girl is just PERFECT. xo; 26 January 2011 at 19:56
Gez Butterworth said...: Hi Piddawinkle thanks for popping by my blog.. I just love the heart balloon stamp too! I can see me using it a lot!! it's a Paperbag Studio stamp. :); 27 January 2011 at 05:16
Paper Paradise said...: Hiya Piddawinkle, loved the cheeky comment, and I was truly honoured to find you wanting one. Which one would you fancy? Let me know your address and I will send you one of the three recent ones and a lucky dip from my stash! I think you will be able to find my email address on my blog. If not let me know, I tried to find yours but am not too good at all this techno stuff!!!!!! Wait to hear from you. Sue x; 28 January 2011 at 05:09
Claire said...: Thats a lovely page, I've been neglecting my journals lately, would very much like to pick them up again
C
xx; 28 January 2011 at 12:34
Holly said...: Wow very effective, like the way you have shown in stages, you are soo good at all this, I just cannot seem to get it right...lol
holly; 29 January 2011 at 12:25
Minxy said...: Loving the step by step photos, and the page turned out fab :D; 30 January 2011 at 04:28

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Journal page journey

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