Breathe, an art journal page by Nolwenn Petitbois

Hello hello ! I don’t know about you, but for me it has proven difficult to know what day of the week is which in this crazy period... My sleep is eluding me again, and I almost got up at 2am to create this page that was truly needed.

The creative process, for me, is often more important than the finished project itself. And as we do our best not to give in in paranoia, remembering not to hold my breath is something I have to actually think about during the day.

I took a spread (double page) in my square art journal that barely had anything in it. I love using the Old World Maps stencils as backgrounds. The four stencils are pretty different from one another. I layered two different ones. I used a beige color for the first one, all over the spread. Then once dry, I used a dark brown with another stencil from the same series to create a border.

Once dry, I picked the Om stencil in the Tibet series as my focus point. It is the perfect sound to calm my antsy mind. So it is a good reminder to have in between my journal pages. Remember: it’s mostly about the process. I used Extra Heavy Gesso with it to have a beautiful thick white base.

I then used acrylic paint after replacing the stencil on top of the dried gesso-ed motif to add color. Not perfect, but it’s okay. I will get a crisp painted stenciled image eventually 😆

I love oil pastels so I used them to add shading to the Om and also some mark making. A new favorite combo: a crisp teal blue over a dark brown. Makes me really happy, the contrast between the two is wonderful! I forgot how much I loved it.

I used acrylic markers to write my message. Added teal splatters in the top and bottom corners. And that’s it. 

I hope you are carving time for your creativity as a positive outlet during this time, that hopefully won’t become a new normal in our lifetime. What are you creating?

Take care,

Nolwenn

Find me on Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/nolwennp) and on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/nolwennpetitbois)

More pictures :

Also in News