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Art Journal Prompt:  Under There

 

Instructions:

“Under where?”  *giggle*  My kids made me do it! 

Seriously though, make a page today about something you were under.  Umbrella, awning, water, tree, misconceptions *wink*… go where your muse takes you on this one.

 

Example Page:

  

This photo of the photo doesn’t do this tree justice… here’s the original image:

 

How this example was done:

No video of the page today.  However, my pal Lizzie ( you met her ) is doing the most amazing travel journal about her recent trip.  She told me that she was concerned though because she’d put down the images already and wanted to have things behind them now.  I’ve done this before.. and I’ll bet a lot of you have too.

So today, we are not only going to make a page, but we are going to talk about and see how to fix a page like that.

My page was done exactly backwards.  Everything on top was put on first. You’ll see as I go through the steps below.  First though… here’s a quick video on how to get things under there.

 

First step – Background.  I painted my spread brown and then did some swishes of blue and green neocolor on both sides.

Second step – Collage.  I worked backwards because it was going to be great to show you how to get the things that you want in back after you already have the main images in place. Just know that I started with the Tree (matted), Me and logo. Then I did the book pages in exactly the way I did the video.  I added the same blues and greens to the edges of the pages and a lighter shade over the middle. Finally I did the map. Straight Edge: Put image over the page and draw a line on the image where it is to meet the edge that is already adhered down cut off the part that will be “under” the other image adhere down, butting edges together Torn or Uneven Edge: hold new image over the page and put it on a light box, over a light bulb or up to a window – draw along the contour of the image below cut off the part that will be “under” the other image adhere down, butting edges together – if they don’t meet perfectly, slide your image up over the other a bit Tee Tip on Torn Method If your new image is too dark to see through, even with the light.  You can use tracing paper or white paper and make a pattern to transfer to your image.

Third step – Shadow.  A shadow helps give the illusion that the added images are behind the other.  I use watered down acrylic ink, but you can use a pale marker for this step too.

Fourth step – Journaling.  I added info about the trail, the preserve and our love of hiking.  The Tree I’ve been under is exactly at the end of the yellow trail where the map ends at the photo edge.

 

 

Supplies used today:

• pitt big brush markers
• acrylic ink
• pilot liquid ink pen
• waterbrush - you can never have too many of these!
• neocolor II water-soluble crayons
• liquid acrylic paint
• gel medium

 

A Word from Tee:

Working hard to get the book videos ready for tomorrow.  I hope to have it finished early but we’ll see!

 

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