Today's post is a good example of what NOT to do (and one remedy if you DID)!
Since Psalms 100 is all about thanksgiving, I thought of this stamp I had (Antique Autumn Tags One from JustRite). I started by using green StazOn to stamp the image on the page. Then I colored the image in with my Scroll & Brush markers.
Unfortunately, I had NOT applied clear gesso first. Imagine my horror when I turned the page and realized the green ink had bled through the page VERY badly - so badly you couldn't even read some of the words on the back of the page!
Now, I had used StazOn successfully in the past without bleed through, but that was a black pad that had seen a lot more use. Perhaps I got away with it in the past because the pad was drier? At any rate, I now had this TERRIBLE bleed through on the back side of the page & had to figure out what to do about it!
I decided to use white gesso to cover it. That covered the bleed through - but also covered some of the words. After it was dry, I went back & filled in the words with a very fine (01) Zig Millennium pen. It's very obvious where I have done so as my printing is far from identical to the original page, but at least you can read it now! (I actually had to go on-line to see what some of the words were supposed to be!!!)
Naturally, I only applied the white gesso to the margine & the portion of words where there was bad bleed-through. If I had been more experienced, I would have followed this with a layer of clear gesso over the whole before doing the lettering. Since I did not do this, I'm a little nervous about doing any illustrations that extend beyond the margin. I'm afraid if I add clear gesso now, that the writing might bleed.
Well, like I said - this was a "what not to do" page, and I hope it helps prevent a similar problem for your work!
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