Dina Wakley Media - Show Us Your Media Gratitude

Challenge Month Six

Grateful for Nature

Here is the completed double page spread.

Below are closer views of each side.

 

 I added white gesso to my kraft pages, 

not bothering to go up to the edges.

Then I set to work mixing my DWM heavy body paints

using Dina's mixing chart.

I used Lime + Lapis = Ivy

Lime + Sky = Cactus

plus Marine & Ocean.

Using the Little Birds Clear stamps & stencil set,

I added paint to the page & used the leafy stencil

to apply the reduction stencil technique, one colour

at a time, drying between each.

I then coloured the DWM Backgrounds Collage Paper,

circles using Dylusions ink sprays:

Pomegranate/ Tangerine / Lemon / Cherry

on the reverse & allowed to air dry.

I then stamped my little birds onto this paper.

 While the birds were drying, I used a Design Objectives

stamp to add the grasses & flowers.

I added pieces of the circles paper on the background

to tie the piece to the birds.

I then added my three birds & used gel pens

to highlight the details.

I did add a little journaling, but the plan

was to journal far more.

The opposite page had the left over paints

applied to it so I applied

Marine & Ocean stenciling over the top

before also applying white.

I cut the page to half a heart to show

my love for nature & added a few

more grasses, flowers & one more bird.

 I used Posca Paint pens to colour my flowers

& to add detail in the grasses.

Along with more gel pen details.

I then wrote my journailing.

It tells the story of how, watching my

garden bloom, seeing the bees, feeding the birds & spotting 

various wildlife species, helped my through last year,

when I was redundant from work & searching for

a new job. I applied for so many, faced so many rejections

& had to attend interviews. 

Nature gave me the peace I needed in between. 

I could not have got by without the beauty of Nature.