Visual Journal Sneak Peek - Friday Morning

Here is a sneak peek of my first visual journal entry.  I'm trying to paint a bit everyday.  

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In Flight

Bird watching never gets old.

Source

I simplified the shapes and colors for these quick paintings.

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Inspired Vintage

I made this tiny shadow box a while ago.  I love how toile fabric tells a story.

I used postcard craft paper and lots of crackle paint around the edges.  

The dress and birds are cut from the fabric.  I kept the project fairly simple.

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Tim's 12 Tags of 2014 - April

I hardly ever get a chance to join in on Tim Holt's 12 tags so I jumped in for April.  

I don't have any dies or die cutting machines so I pulled out my Heidi Swapp stencil which looks a lot like the Trellis Sizzix die.  After I covered my tags with Tim's French Industrial paper and tissue/washi tape I used antique linen distress ink to distress my tags.  I wasn't able to get the mottled effect when I sprayed the water on.  Maybe I didn't use enough ink?

I used a palette knife to spread my Liquitex gloss gel through the stencil.  You will know the gel is dry when it becomes clear.

Next I spread my acrylic paint in between the raised areas and used a wet paper towel to wipe the excess (a baby wipe probably works better).  I did this a few times to build up the paint.

Here is what I was left with.

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