Alice Hendon, Artangleology

  Today I want to share a post from 2013, back when I went by The Creator's Leaf . Many of you will remember those days. And for those of you who are newer friends - 2013 was around the time I began playing with art. Quite literally. I went through CZT training in 2012, then gradually moved on to color. Thank you, Mr. Pinterest!  In early 2013, I heard about Dylusions Ink Sprays and my life was changed. Snap! Just like that! Not even kidding.  I watched videos and read articles and February 8, 2013, I began to splash some colors with these inks! The two spreads you see above are my first and second results. My techniques have improved and advanced but these are still two of my favorite sets of Dylusion-ed pages. Super easy and only took about ten minutes per spread. Let me show you what I did.  Back then I was working in a Dylusions' Creative Journal by Dyan Reaveley. Huge pages at 9" x 12", a two page spread gave me lots of area to fill up. The pages were heavy dut

  I love working with this paper! What paper am I talking about? Why, The Collection Cold Pressed Watercolor paper from Hahnemühle , that paper. I have almost used an entire block lately. The Collection comes ten sheets to a block. I have one sheet remaining. Yayay!!!! Let me show you what I did here.  I began by taping my page into two sections, using painters tape . This tape is great! If you use it, make sure you have it pressed down well so the paint doesn't seep under the edges. BUT if it does - I have been successful using a white eraser to remove those pesky little bits of escaping awesome! Anyhoo, I began with a layer of clear gesso all over. I used that same gesso to adhere and seal these bits from a couple pages in A Christmas Carol . I used clear gesso because I wanted to be able to see the text. Yes, mostly it was going to get covered up with paint, but I wanted the 'feel' of that text to be there.  I started a new trash plate. Hahahaha! Actually I have three

  Daily journaling mixed with The 100 Day Project and I am falling behind. Life interferes with my best plans, I'm sure you understand what I mean. Take today for instance. Yesterday saw Mark and I headed to Bangor for a nice meal and a trip to our brand new Michael's. Halfway there we were involved in a somewhat scary traffic accident. Not our fault but today we are having to do all the dealing with State Farm, the claims people, the business who backed over us . . . when will the phone calls stop? We thought we had it all taken care of yesterday, and now today is all but over and we are still on the phone. Mark is talking with State Farm Claims even now as I am typing. And because we live in the middle of nowhere the soonest they can get to the repairs on my car is a month from now. No bueno. We are both uninjured, just big time frustrated. We have had estimates done and now the business that literally backed over the front of my jeep wants to complain about the repair costs

Texture paste. It is a love/hate relationship we have. I love to work with it, but I don't always love how it turns out. Then I have to find a work around. Let me show you what I mean. I've done these art journaling steps many times in the past. I started with my Harmony cold pressed watercolor block from Hahnemühle and placed down strips of painters tape - dividing my page into two work sections for two separate pieces of art. I covered each section with a layer of clear gesso , then placed down some sections of book pages. These happen to be from A Christmas Carol . Next, I brushed more clear gesso all over the tops of the text, sealing the edges.  Here is my trash plate. Hahahaha! A simple styrofoam plate that I can use over and over until I get sick of it. The paint you see in blobs is cheapo Walmart bottles I bought for fifty cents each. Apple Barrel brand. Acrylics. I knew these were the main colors I wanted to work with for my background.  Using a small, flat brush I