Just Breathe

This page in my mini junk journal was

heavily inspired by France Papillon.

In particular this journal on Monday

video - 171 Brave

I wanted to emulate the texture that

France created, but using all I had.

Namely heavy gesso, brayer & PaperArtsy

Fresco Chalk paints.

This page is the reverse of the image

transfer & it was a tad fragile at the edges.

So I had adhered torn scraps of brown paper,

magazine paper & old tea bag paper in a

collage fashion (having learned from LorriMarie)

I watered down a little gesso to coat it all,

applying it heavier on the darker browns.

 I then began lightly brayering my colours;

PaperArsty Cherry Blossom,

Sugar Plum, Orchid & Pansy.

I added more gesso heavier in places & added a

frame of Spanish Mulberry using a brayer technique

Leandra had taught us in  the PaperArtsy videos.

I have several of the brayer ones in my playlist, here. 

I added stamping with some script images, which

I then knocked back with gesso.

I added gesso through this Circle Squared stencil

by Mike Deakin Art. 

I copied Frances technique of blending Inktense pencils

around the circles as I love my Inktense.

I journaled around them & then added a 

little black & grey for more definition.

Finally, as I loved the texture so much,

I just added the Prima Finnabair words.