Journal 52 week2 with Gelatos

THIS IS A VERY PHOTO HEAVY  POST

Now that being said, onto my page 2 for the Journal 52 challenge.  This weeks prompt is "Just Be".  It brought to mind the still, quiet time of the mornings when I take my coffee outside (and feed the dog).  It is a time of day (cold or sizzling hot) that I enjoy the most.  It is the time of day I think about my to-do list for that day, meditate, pray and sometimes stand still and.........Just BE.

 

I started out laying in some Gelato colors, direct to paper......no Gesso, of a sun rise.

With a Baby wipe I blended in the colors (with Gesso it would have just wiped off) This is going to be done a number of times........so hang in there...grin!

It needed some rolling hills, so there was some shadows created, and  adding some clouds.

Once again blending with a BW, and adding some highlights as I went along

Once satisfied (somewhat) I added some modeling paste dots on the corners......gotta have texture!!

Adding some dark green for a background for flowers

Blending again with BW

Adding flowers with a stencil and more modeling paste.

The flowers were too stark white for my taste, so I scribbled a light blue Gelato on the back of a plastic card.  Then with a water brush, diluted it, picked up the color and tinted the flower leaves.   I used a yellow Gelato straight to the centers

A closer look.

I wrote the words on some scrap paper with a black Sharpie, and cut them at odd angles.

The placement of the words.

Added black dots to flower centers and the week number.

 

 

And here is the finished page.

 

A super fun page to create, I love messing with my Gelatos, it is a good change from all the inky messes I tend to make...... AND I also remembered to take pictures as I went along, ...... and the added bonus of a photo of each step......LOL

 

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment so I can return the favor.

 

Inky Hugs

Krisha