I use my art journal to experiment with material I have and this page has a lot of experimention on it.
I used so many things I can even remember them all.
I glued down flowered tissues paper and then layered a napkin I had with the same colors. I wanted to see how this would look.
I had bought the Plaid's folk art extreme glitter on clearance a while back but had never used it. So I pulled it out. I found using a foam brush and a pouncing motion gets the best coverage. It is definitely extreme glitter.
Then I was watercoloring another page and accidentally got green watercolor on this page. It actually was the right color and worked well.
I sprayed Smootch Spritz on the top. Another clearance item I have had FORever.
Then using archival black ink I stamped the flourishes over both the extreme glitter and the smooch spritz to see if it would work. It did!
I cut the bird from paper using a felt embellishment I had as a template (old school die cut. Hahahaha). Then I stamped it using the same stamps and archival ink but these impressions are second generation to be lighter. I outlined it with the smooch spritz using a paint brush. I glued it on the page and out lined it again with Pitt artist pen in black and a brush tip. Drew some little legs on the bird with the same pen.
Funny how the simplest looking page is the most complicated.
