Post 136: Art Journal Pages: Dream On

Hi friends :)

I'd like to share a mixed media art journal spread with you, titled "Dream On". The color scheme here is black, white with bits of blue :)

Synopsis of the process:

1. Applied white gesso to prep the pages then some washi tape to add patterns and texture.
2. Did background stamping with archival jet black ink
3. Added texture paste through a stencil at various places, after it dried colored the blocks with a black sharpie.
4. Did stamping on some snippets of cardstock, distressed the edges. 
5. Die cut the gears and tags from snippets of cardstock, then distressed them with black soot distress ink (gave a greyish look), colored them with a black gelato (blended with finger for a softer look) or black zig marker (for dark black look). 
6. Layered the elements and ephemera (corrugated cardstock snippets, gauze, clothes tags, tags, die cuts) and adhered them using Tombow glue. 
7. Used the black zig marker and an aqua brush to add color and depth. 
8. Inked the edges of the pages, doodled to create a border with a sharpie. 
9. In the end, created splatter with some watered down black paint and tied some threads to the tags.

List of Supplies:

1. Prima Cling Stamps- Dream On

2. Mudra Stamp- Go Confidently 

3. MFT cling stamp- burlap background

4. Sizzix Tim Holtz Tag Collection Framelits Die set

5. Sizzix Tim Holtz Gear Hear Thinlits Die set 

6. Ranger distress inkpad- black soot and round blending tool with foam

7. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

8. Ranger Archival Ink- jet black

9. Faber Castell Gelatos - Black

10. Aqua Brush

11. Prima Heavy Gesso 

12. Prima Modelling Paste

13. Art Anthology Stencil - blocked 

14. Black Sharpie Pen

15. Tim Holtz Distress tool

16. White Thread

17. Gauze 

18. Tombow Mono Multi Glue

19. Blue corrugated paper 

18. Clothes Tags

19. Snippets of Iris Cardstock for stamping and die cutting

Here are a few pictures of the art journal pages :

 

 I am playing along with the following challenges:

More than Words April Main Challenge (black, white and a little bit of blue has been used here)

Butterfly Challenge #75 - Repeat and night sky (I have used both themes- the word dream on, the gear die cuts, the stenciled block designs are all repeated, also black and blue have been used here to depict the night sky)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Things with wings  (Butterflies have been used here)

Simon Says Stamp- Show us what you are working on 

Mixed Media & Art March Challenge (I was inspired by the black, white and blue colors in the moodboard) 

Mixed Media Place March Challenge 

Pixie's Snippets Playground- Week 275- 276 (all the die cut elements including tags, gears as well as stamped images are on snippets of cardstock)

Dare2BArtzy April Anything Goes Challenge

Stamplorations April Mixed Media Challenge (have used a block design stencil on this project)

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.