Junque Journal Backgrounds: 3 and 4

Take A Sip Out of Life!

Here's a new spread in my junque journal I created.

(Click HERE to see my Junque Journal How-To).

Background 3: Oil Pastels

The face spread did not start out like this...

I had first painted the page with gesso 

like shown above BUT I originally

had something else in mind where

I had drawn the eyes and then had

a favorite quote with it,but things

didn't turn out the way I had 

envisioned...don't give up when

this happens because often times

a "happy accident" happens where

your idea takes a whole different

turn, but ends up working out!

Since my idea did'nt turn out I decided

to create a face around my original eyes.

I used one of my favorite products

Portfolio water soluble oil pastels

because I can draw with them, and

(wipe off and restart if necessary)

use my fingers to smear and blend 

the colors together so easily. After 

I will seal them with PYMII then 

outline areas with a fine sharpie.

If your not comfortable drawing faces

try drawing abstract designs blending

and smearing the colors so you get 

comfortable.

Background 4: Layered Acrylics

For Background 4 I started out 

by swiping plain acrylic craft paint

across the page just to give it a basic

background. I didn't mind that it wasn't

fully covering the words because I was

adding several layers of acrylic paint.

Supplies Used

Acrylic Paint

Punchinella (aka sequin waste)

Stencils

Make-up Sponges

Foam Stamps

Here I began layering my page using various pieces of 

sequin waste, stencils and acrylic paint. I have found that 

using a make up sponge works the best for me when 

I'm pouncing the paint over the punchinella and stencils.

 The idea is to keep adding layers on top of layers, 

but make sure that you first dry each layer.

You can see how each layer adds more depth.  At this point I 

used a foam stamp and some white acrylic paint and stamped a 

larger design.  I then went back again lightly with the punchinella

to help blend the layers and give even more depth.

Now that I finished my layering 

I wanted to add a bold image 

which I found by way of some 

junk mail from Barnes and Noble.

I created the straw from some 

twisted paper and then wrapped 

it with craft tape.  Once I adhered 

it to the page I outlined the tea glass 

with a dark oil pastel and blended 

it in to give the image some 

added depth.

Next I sealed the page using PYM II

so that I could then go back in with

my pens to write my message.  I've

found sealing the pages helps not clog

up my pens. Otherwise the paint has

a tendency to get into the nib and then

they don't want to write.