Journal page

I have been having a great time at Viv Denscombe's art journaling class again this month ... this page took most of yesterday and quite a lot of today .. it's very dark but I finally think I like how it's turned out. There are lots of techniques and layers on here and it is a double page spread in an A4 journal - much larger than I usually work ...

Stuck down, torn book pages, matt medium, coffee wash, acrylic paint, reverse stencilling, crayons, Citrasolv art dies cut into squares, Inktense, moulding paste through a couple of stencils, treasure gold, oil pastels and splatters!

More classes

Earlier in September I took a class with Viv Denscombe ... she is a lovely tutor and I really enjoyed my day at The Bramble Patch .. best of all there are two more days booked with Viv in October and November ...

This is the project that Viv taught and for this first attempt I stuck fairly close to her colours and layout ...

I love how it turned out especially as I did the finishing at home alone! Adding my own colours using coloured pencils was lovely and I think it looks OK ...

The process uses Napkins, Paints, Stencils (hand cut), Die cuts, 'doodling' and stamping.

When I got home I tried a page of my own using similar techniques and this is progress so far ...

I wanted it to look like an old Fresco on a wall ... just got to work out a focal point now and finish it off.