Just doodling around...

I wanted to do something today, I just had no idea what.  So I started with a very blank page in my art journal, made even blanker with white gesso.  Have I mentioned that I love gesso?  It makes the page some much...more; there more texture and umph to the page.  Anyway, so I just started playing.  Just got some new pinks (acrylic color) and wanted to play with them.

I started by spraying a canvas grid (thrift store - 25 cents!).  Then I dipped a finished roll of tape into some bright pink and plopped some circles down. I also found a swirly stencil at the bottom of a drawer, so I used accents of that in the corners. After that, I just went with the flow.  I noticed some text lying nearby from a previous page and it had pink spray on it.  Perfect!  I cut it into a heart and placed it down with Gel medium.  

The dust cover of a Charlaine Harris book was lying there as well, and the color scheme was a perfect match.  I cut the woman out and added her to my page.  After that it was just a blur of markers (Sharpie), paint pens (Sharpie), more paint, watercolor pencils, charcoal pencils, and glitter glue.  I even added some splatter with my orange India ink.  Somewhere in there I added a great fabric tag by Webster's Pages.  Finally I added my stamp and date.  So much fun and so bright!

And of course this technique was inspired by Traci Bautista.  Thanks so much!