Hello everyone, So glad to be getting to this Art Journal Swap with my awesome friend Suzanne Johnson . This is my second layout in our book. You can find the first layout HERE The prompt for this layout are the bird die-cuts Suzanne sent me. I started off by collaging pieces of paper from my scraps using Modpodge, followed by a layer of gesso. Next came a layer of watercolors, followed by another layer of white acrylic paint softened with a wet cloth. From there, I fussy cut some flowers out of an old G45 collection of floral paper. I then set about stencilling leaves and stems and inking the edges and applying script stamping all over to make the pieces more cohesive. Next it was time for the die-cut birds. I coloured them in using my watercolors and then added them to the piece. The quote came from the G45 scrap paper I used. I finished off the edges with some Nuvo gold glimmer paste. You can watch the e...
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