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Get Messy Art Journal ‘Happy’ Season.

The weather today is pretty grey but I like to think of this page as grey sparkle rather than dull weather grey. As I splattered the background I managed to cover myself in black ink as well as the page and the floor.  Don’t worry I did the splatting outside! I did have a very nice time with my gelli plate and some pages from an old dictionary.  I used a used gift card and feathers as texture creators in the paint. I mixed some paints, but stuck to the grey theme. I also did some prints using dry deli paper for a lovely see through effect when I stick  them on my final page. It really is wonderful how many effects can be created using lots of different techniques and tools.  I am so pleased with the gelli prints on this page. All of this journal fun was inspired by the week six prompts over at the Get Messy Art Journal website. The idea was to cover the background with the same colour, so I chose …

‘I Like Friday’ The Get Messy Art Journaling Edition

  Art Journaling is fast becoming part of my daily routine and I love that it is in my life and on a regular basis. The first and last images are in my ‘regular’ sketchbook and are inspired by prompts and supplies from the Get Messy Art Journaling group.  I may do more on the last spread with the owl and the Brownies, although I like the white space and simplicity of it right now. The middle background spread was inspired by a video from Alisa Burke where she paints a flower background using her fingers.  I decided to give it a go, I like the result and I will definitely be playing with the paints some more to see what else I can do.  This spread is in an old book I am using as an art journal. I might just be addicted to using vintage books as sketchbooks, each page is different just because the paper already has images and words on it and I work over them.  I don’t usually incorporate the …