Art Journaling to the Rescue -with Kirsten

I worked in my art journal this week and by using a few stencils and paint I added to a page I previously worked on. Here are the supplies I used:

• Ripples 12x12 stencil from the water series
• Seven Jewels and Hemp Flower 6x6 stencils from the Japanese Geometric series
• Creative words pocket stencils
• Virtues words pocket stencils
• Dina Wakley acrylic paints
• DecoArt Media Crackle Paste
• Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle pencils
• Fude Ballpoint pen

You might remember this face from a previous blog post. The facing page was empty and I felt drawn (heeheehee) to it this week. It seemed to me that this facial expression was sad, confused or uncertain. I thought about what words she would like to hear to help with these emotions. The words used in the Creative and Virtues words pocket stencils were perfect positive affirmations to include on my page.

After creating a layered background I used a silicone tool to spread a medium layer of crackle paste in six small sections where I wanted the words to be. When dry I sanded the crackle paste to smooth it and then stenciled the words on top. To create a border around each word I used the Faber-Castell pencils and activated it with water to smudge the graphite.

I wanted to add some personal journaling in black Fude Ballpoint pen but I couldn't come up with my own words. SO many things are happening in our world right now and I am still thinking of how I can express my feelings about it. Right now the stenciled words are enough for me.

I hope you can make time to create in your art journal this week!​

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