Hello All,
Starting tomorrow I'm taking a Strathmore on-line class from Jane La Fazio. It's for watercolor art cards. I haven't painted in quite a while so this morning I got out my paints and made an art journal page.
I started with a yellow background and added the purple. There are a couple layers of paint. The yellow in the center suggested a hand so I went with it. The squares on the left are from a photoshop experiment from at least 10 years ago. I printed them on tracing paper. One edge of the paper got crumpled in the printer but I liked the translucent effect so I've kept the page. The roses at the bottom of the hand are printed from a scan of a painting I did. I tore them from the page and used gel medium to adhere them. I love the purple diamonds, too. I used a lead pencil container as the stamp. (I really liked the shape of the container so when it was empty I couldn't throw it away!) The infinity sign and the heart are meant to convey infinite love.
Best of all, I had fun creating it. Painting with acrylics is so immediate, instant gratification.
Hope you all take time to have fun!
