Art journal page

I am trying a bit of art journaling as a way of being a little more experimental and playful with my art work. I am not good at letting go of my perfectionism, but I seem to be giving it a go! This journal is a A5 sized hardback notebook and I am gluing pages together to give them more body. So far my backgrounds have all been made with my newly acquired set of gelatos. I find they work best on a gessoed background.

The thing I like best about starting with a layer of gesso is that you can take colour off through a stencil as I have here, with clouds and a small circles stencil. I finish off with a spray of fixative spray before I start gluing images on top.  In this case I used an image from a photographic magazine and butterfly die cuts. Finishing off with some mulberry paper daises that always make me feel happy when I use them as they are such cheery little things!

My words are chosen from my Pinterest wise thoughts board. I felt I was collecting loads of thought provoking words that should be given an airing some how. I typed a load out and have them to inspire my pages.

I was so pleased with the way this page came out. I really doubt myself having any artistic ability sometimes, so it is nice to just have a play and not worry too much about things being perfect all the time!

Whatever you are doing I hope you are having a nice weekend. I am off to a craft show tomorrow which will no doubt offer me plenty of temptation!!!

Elaine