Tuesday 28 February 2012

Circle Journal

It's that time again, another circle journal done and sent off to the next person. This time I was working in JACKIES book. So after searching for things she light like and deciding on colours that would appeal, I came up with a Tiger....I just didn't know how to get it onto the page, and ended up staring at a blank page for a couple weeks..

Eventually I got started.. I used water based inks to block in areas and shapes..














I  then added stencilling and some modelling paste for texture...















Next I blocked in the stronger colours for the tiger...















I finished the tiger..




















I then drew some tropical leaves onto patterned paper, then painted over them, and spray acrylic ink over them. I stuck part f the leaves down, and left the ends free..















I then wrote the quote onto black card and sanded the edges to fluff them up..



















the finished page..















this is the poem I wrote out on the back of the accompanying tag..

8 comments:

  1. Wow! William Blake! another of my fav poets. Stunning "ART" Darcy :D XXX

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  2. This is wonderful, Darcy! I love how you just kept working the layers and the words at the end are great. Amazing!

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  3. Darcy, love all the layering you did, and those leaves are just incedible the way they come off the page. Fantastic!

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  4. Another masterpiece Darcy!!!-love how you showed the layout/blocking from step to step- It really makes you feel like the tiger was stalking us until he cleared the Jungle brush! GREAT JOB!!

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  5. Beautiful spread, Darcy! She'll love your circle journal gift!! :)

    Hugs,
    Abby

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  6. Darcy, this is amazing! I love the Tiger and the jungle fronds and the poem! Terrific!
    Deb M

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  7. Wow it's even better seeing the creative process. Can't wait to see this in person in July!

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  8. I cannot wait to actually see this page. It beautiful. Thank you Darcy. x

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