The challenge is to paint a double page spread with gesso, add acrylic paints, drop on water, wipe or dab and then cut paper snowflakes to use as stencils over the page. The stencils are then added to the pages for texture. My poor flakes were falling apart by the time they had been used a couple of times..........they were only paper after all.............but that was OK, in fact I liked that!
I then added a few words, went round with a black pen, added some black and white charcoal, played a bit more etc etc!! Still "feels" like they need some more adding but they meet the challenge so far so here they are!
15 comments:
hey sue! thanks for coming to play with us. great pages! love the smudging effect surrounding some of the flakes.
LOL I was there thinking, how could you have snow only an hour away from me when I live nearer the hills!!
Cooool pages ;) Always better to be doing something other than what you should be!
Looks lovely. I thought you meant you'd had more snow - real snow - too!!
Well here you go...the snow is REALLY falling here in Northern Illinois USA!
Hey Sue...great take on this challenge...I always love to see what's next in your creative mind!
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Hi Sue, nice to meet you via the Crusades. I really like what the charcoal does to your images - very cool. Now stop procrastinating! ;-)
Love the stencils...I saw the challenge and just haven't taken the time. I love making snowflakes...maybe this is just what I need to push me to work.
Love your snowflakes!! The black/ white charcoal just sets them off. Your blog is really great too - did you do your own background?
Wow Sue! Quite the challenge! Very cool. xxD
Great pages!
very very pretty...so soft !!
Love how you made it your own by adding words and pencil outlining - very cool indeed!
I really like what the charcoal smudges did to take your page up a notch. Really cool idea and counter-intuitive to how I think of pristine white snow.
I love the smudging! It really gives depth--WOW!
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