I wasn’t sure how I was going to express the notion of opening and passages until I copied Amy’s double page spread. I think I put my own “stamp” on it so to speak. Then that led me to my second page after I cut out my circular window.
I used a slow painted piece I had made using Daniel Smith watercolour paint in Rose of Aquamarine. The simple pattern makes me think of the song Purple Rain. If I had it to do over again (likely I will), I would make the door on hinges so it could open. But I hadn’t thought of that yet. I used a fine liner for the flowers and finally decided that it was okay to leave a couple of them white. Copying Amy’s page sparked what happened next.
I don’t recall the names of the patterns. The tiny flowers are from a month or so ago. I saw someone post her paper cut egg and that sparked my next move; to make my own paper cut. I glued most of the paper cuts to the page too; some I painted, some I didn’t.
I was watching a “stitch-a-long” on U-Tube using a piece of scrap cotton and embroidery floss. I cut out a blob shape and glued my eyelet stitches to the subsequent page.
This is in my everyday sketchbook, Royal Talen Art Creations. Reasonably priced so not at all precious. The paper is not suited to most watercolour techniques but I keep it simple. It is certainly an easy paper to cut with an Exacto knife (or scalpel). The page with the embroidery and bronze/gold paint is where I did my journaling about what I did on the previous 2 pages: paint used and sources of inspiration. I guess you can tell, I’m a more is more kind of gal.
