Sunday, March 15, 2015

On Soaring (Acrylic Paint and Texture art journaling)

When I first started mixed media collage, I worked almost exclusively in acylic paint and created a lot of texure using various acrylic mediums (gesso, gel medium, bead gel, etc.). When I moved to art journaling, it felt very natural to incorporate this style into my art journaling. This page features butterflies stamped in gesso using foam stamps and then painted with acrylic paint. The journaling is a sweet little letter to my daughter. 
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5 comments:

  1. KarenMarch 15, 2015 at 9:15 AM

    What a beautiful page; lovely art and touching journaling!

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  2. alexaMarch 16, 2015 at 4:08 AM

    Your butterflies just dance across the page - lovely to look at with the handwritten journalling inbetween. Might she get to read it one day? Or is it just for you?

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  3. JO SOWERBYMarch 17, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    You know I love butterflies and I love this art journal page. It's full of life and energy and those beautiful butterflies seem like they have somewhere beautiful to fly to. I do hope your daughter loves her love letter and that we get to see more of your art soon
    Jo xxxx

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  4. SandieMarch 17, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    What a lovely page Rinda! For some reason I seem very aware of butterflies at the moment. After admiring someone's piece of work, with a butterfly inside a tiny box, I see them everywhere! No bad thing - they are beautiful!! And the idea of stamping them in gesso then painting sounds interesting.

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  5. MiriamMarch 18, 2015 at 6:15 AM

    This is so beautiful kinda. Butterflies have been finding me recently too. I am so interested in this year long exploration of yours. It makes me think about art and play, just because it makes me happy.

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