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  • AEDM 2012!

    When I started AEDM (Art Every Day Month) this time last year, we were in the process of selling the house prior to setting off on our travels. It’s been a very exciting year, we’ve experienced a lot and had so much fun along the way! Now – one year later, we have settled near the sea in North Yorkshire. I’m really looking forward to taking part in the challenge again.

    I created todays art for this weeks Life Book class from Tracy Verdugo.

    Dreams and Gratitude - Life Book 2012, Week 44

    As I completed each part of the process I was reluctant to go on to the next stage – I liked it as it was, so I scanned the four stages. The first stage above started off with journalling using wax crayon. I was supposed to use oil pastel but I didn’t have any! The idea was to create a resist – I thought the wax crayon would work, but it didn’t seem to work at all! I added acrylic paint on top of the journalling.

    Dreams and Gratitude - Life Book 2012, Week 44, scan 2

    The next layer included stamping done using a home-made foam stamp with distress ink, and some more acrylic paint.

    Dreams and Gratitude - Life Book 2012, Week 44, scan 3

    More acrylic paint for the next layer,

    Dreams and Gratitude - Life Book 2012, Week 44, scan 4

    and finally a doodle layer. I doodled using a selection of gel pens, sakura soufflé pens, uni paint marker, and rotring rapidograph pen then added some additional colour added using neocolour crayons.

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    By on Thursday November 1st, 2012 at 12:00 in AEDM, Artistic Ramblings, Life Book - 4 Replies - Leave a Reply
     
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    Ginger Davis Allman

    November 2, 2012 at 03:25:36

    Because I’ve never been very good at drawing or painting, I’ve never thought about doing this sort of work. But seeing how you do this step by step it seems more approachable and I think I might try something like it this month. I love all the layers of color.

    eunice

    November 2, 2012 at 11:56:48

    Thank you for your comment Ginger. I hope you have fun trying and look forward to seeing what you do 🙂

    Terrie -Creative Explorer

    November 8, 2012 at 14:37:59

    love the hide & seek feeling of this painting – and those are some seriously great colors!

    eunice

    November 9, 2012 at 00:33:25

    Thank you Terrie. It was a fun way to work – the first time I tried it! Glad you like it 🙂