Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Art Journal page for my Colour Exploration Journal.

A nice wintry feel to kick off the New Year Blogging.

I began this page with gesso.

Once dry, I applied my first colour, 

PaperArtsy Blue Smoke in vertical strokes,

taking care not to hit the edges.

This was overlayed with Wolf Eye.

Once dry, I added my final blue layer,

using Iceberg. I made this far more watery,

spraying it with water to create a running,

dripping effect down the page.

I dried it all well & then stamped with

a free snowflake stamp from Craft Stamper,

in Blue Smoke.

Once dry, I added Golden Light Molding paste

through the Tim Holtz Crossed stencil.

I printed my focal image, adding a light blue vignette

to it as I felt it would help it blend better

to my page than plain white.

I added text stamping with two free stamps

from Simply Cards & Papercraft issue 182,

"Let it snow" & "Walking in a winter wonderland"

I dry brushed gesso lightly to knock back the

stamping & to add splatters.

After adhering my image, I went in with

Stabilo Woody 3 in 1 pencils;

800/405 Ultramarine, 

800/470 Turquoise

this added just the right amount of contrast

& shading. To finish I added Tim Holtz

Christmas Clipping stickers.