I haven't joined in on a
Mix-Ability Challenge at SCS
for ages! Time to get back on board!
Check out MIX108 HERE.
The challenge Friday was to use
brown paper as a base and include
images stamped or cut from paper
with text on it.
I adhered brown paper to my
art journal pages and then
tore hills from an almanac-type
farm catalog. I used ads that
included horses and horse equipment.
To make the birch trees, I dipped the edge of an old
credit card in black paint and swept it across the
advertising. Then I cut the tree trunks as wide as
I wanted them to be. I adhered them and when
the multi-medium was dry I outlined them with
black and brown big Pitt artist markers.
Next I went over everything with a gesso wash.
I was careful to go vertical on the whole page
and then horizontal on the tree trunks.
I added my horse (Phyllis Harris stamp from Unity)
last and didn't whitewash him so that he would
stand out. I inked him with Vintage Photo DI.
Then I added texture paste to imitate snow.
I used a gel pen to add the snowflakes and went
around the outside of the page with Black Soot
DI on my inking tool.
This layout feels sad to me. I may have
to add a quote or something yet.
