As the season goes on, I'm can't tell you how much I enjoy FALL....and love working in my Autumn Journal. The page I will share today is titled "FOX" for obvious reasons.
It started with wanting to do something fun and whimsical. So I sketched out a fox and used canvas letters to simply write FOX onto a gelli printed page with fabric accents.
I didn't really like the overall look of the fox, so I added some reinkers to the mix. I loved how this looked. Kate Thompson showed us this technique and material during her class.
I planned on keeping the fox, the same shape and whimsical aspect....but once the ink dried...I didn't care for his figure, but loved the background....so.....
I used another technique from Kate's class ...and started an image transfer of adorable real life fox (foxes?!? not sure what the plural is...my mom would be so ashamed :( I acquired the images from none other than Pinterest.
Before printing I mirrored the images:
The images below show the initial result from rubbing off the paper. I did this a couple of times to make the image not so cloudy. (Hint: You can use Tar Gel to make it even more clear.)
So after the paper dried, I used a Stabilo ALL black pencil to highlight accents of the fox plus it created a better outline. I instantly fell in love with these little guys (I refer to them as guys since I have so many Warrior girls already in the journal)
I felt I was done at this moment.
But the next day, I needed to add a bit of orange/rust via watercolor to make them more FOXY :)
And I fell deeper in love with the guys.
Other pages I have completed using inspiration from classes include:
My goal is to complete my first vlog once the album is finished showing each page.
I truly adore this and love mixing the papers and fabric plus embellishments.
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