I decided to do the "Second Floor" Challenge run by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer from Balzer Designs and Nathalie Kalbach. This first challenge was to create something using Gold Acrylic Paint.
So here is what I did.
I already had the orange, flower, tissue paper background in my art journal ready to use.
When I heard of the challenge, I immediately pictured gold hand prints.
So off I went and painted my hands with gold paint and slapped them down on the page...... mmmm not what I expected.... the hand prints just looked like globs of gold paint and definitely not hand print, they didn't stand out as I wanted them to. The background is to busy.... so what to do.
I decided to spray on some hearts using from a Crafters Workshop Stencil using Adirondack Color Wash Spray ink in a few different colours. The page was getting there but the gold paint was even more hidden.
I then painted the word Believe on black card stock and when it was dry covered in crystal Kindy Glitz, glitter glue, cut it out and stuck in on the bottom of the page. I was not happy at all, with where this page was at.
I left it for a day and then came up with the idea of drawing some leaves on the page and painting them in Gold. This was much better, but the page still wasn't done.
I added a Dylusion stamp, Tallulah Tripp, and coloured her in. I then started doodling with a white out pen and finally added some words to the page to build on the word Believe.
I finished off using my Inktense Blocks to do a bit more highlighting.
Now the page was done.... well for now anyways :-).
I am quite happy with the way the page turned out. The lettering could have been neater but it was the first time I tried lettering with a white out pen so overall I am happy with it.
I really enjoyed this challenge, it made me push myself and to use gold paint, which is a new thing for me in my art journalling. I am really looking to the next the next challenge by Julie and Nat.
Have a great day
Lynn
