Happy New Year!
It was a frosty start to the morning...but beautiful for a morning walk. I don't always get up in time to go along with Paul...but he slept in too so I was able to join him. There was enough moisture in the air overnight to create lots of frost....and it was lovely.
Inspired by Lynne's recent cards using torn floral images I wanted to do something in my Sketchbook Challenge book on the page spread that included her note. You can read about that and see her cards here in this post. I started with an image of a clematis bloom from a catalog and loosely tore it out around the petals. My natural inclination would have been to meticulously cut it out....but I do like the torn look.
For the background I chose a page out of my manuscript book because I thought it nicely mirrored Lynne's writing on the back of her card....and handwriting has such wonderful texture.
Using gel medium I adhered the image then once it was dry outlined the flower with a black marker.
Then the page spread went through several stages throughout the day....many of them looked pretty bad. I liked it better just simple and plain. But because I wanted more texture I added paint. Then I covered it up....then I added paint...then I covered it up......and so on.
I also wanted to use some polka dots which is a bit of a theme throughout the book. I forged ahead with added polka dots using a mixture of paint, cut circles from security envelopes and cutouts from a black and white daisy I had mass produced in my computer.
Here's where I ended up. I'll have to find my own way with this Sketchbook Challenge....but this book is about trial and error and experimenting with paint, mark making, layering, and collage. I have a little bit of everything here and it started with a little inspiration from Lynne.
Here's how it looked at the beginning of the day.
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