Today's post is another Bible journaling piece. As usual, for the spiritual message check out my other blog here. Continue reading this post to learn the specifics of how I created it.
PAGE PREP: I started by preparing the page with thick white gesso from Art Basics - adding it in thin coats using a 1" foam sponge brush and drying with a heat embossing tool between coats. (I used white gesso this time - instead of clear - because there was a map printed on the page that I didn't need and was covering it up to make space for my journaling. For more on general page prep, see Bible Art Journaling Tips on my other blog)
WORDS & PICTURES: For this page I was able to use several stamps I had on hand - stamping them with black StazOn ink:
- The text of Isaiah 40:31 and the eagle picture were stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs - "On Eagles Wings"
- The text of Matthew 10:31 & the sparrow picture were also Our Daily Bread Designs - "He Watches Me"
- The cat in the window & text of Romans 12:12 from Art Impressions - "Be Joyful Window".
- The banners (used for "BE STRONG and COURAGEOUS!) were from Inky Antics - "Banners, Brackets & Borders"
- The words "Important", "Rest in this" and "Praise Him" were from Inky Antics - "Memorable Messages" (for some reason these stamps, and the one listed next, tended to stick to the page & not stamp quite as well as some of them so I had to use a Pitt pen to fill in some places. I got the feeling they might stamp better without the gesso - but then there could be bleed through depending on the ink used)
- The words "Give Thanks" were from Inky Antics - "His Love Endures"
- The text of Jeremiah 29:11 was from JustRite - "Cast All Your Cares"
- The words "BE STRONG and COURAGEOUS" were hand-written with a Pitt pen
BACKGROUND:
- After stamping the basic shapes on the page with StazOn, I stamped the pictures & banners again with VersaFine ink on post-it notes and cut around the shapes to create masks to protect the images while I added color to the background.
- After the masks were in place, I took a Ranger round applicator with foam and pounced Broken China distress ink all over the page.
- When I removed the masks those protected images were still white and ready to have color added.
- Eagle - I added a bit of very dark brown along the front of the wings and pulled the color to the rest of the fore wings with a water brush. I then did something similar with the back half of the wings adding a medium brown along the front & pulling the color with the water brush. Then I started to dry it with my embossing gun. I discovered I needed to make sure there wasn't TOO much water or it would get blown all over the page. I also discovered that I could mitigate the amount that got blown around by holding the heat gun farther from the page. The colors I had were more reddish than I wanted, so I took a craft sheet and scribbled them on it - along with a touch of black. Blending with my water brush and then applying to the image worked pretty well! I kept working the wings until I was happy with them - then used the marker directly on the image to apply yellow for the beak and feet.
- Sparrow - The flowers were colored directly with my markers, but I had learned from doing the eagle and colored the sparrow by scribbling colors on the craft sheet and using the water brush to create the color I wanted to use on the sparrow. After layering color until I was happy, I used a bit of an apricot color on the sparrow's beak.
- Cat in Window - Most of this picture was colored by scribbling the marker on the craft sheet & picking the color up with my water brush. In a few instances I took the pen directly to the picture - like for the darker shade of burgundy in the flower pot & flowers.
- Words & Banners - The words were colored in directly with the marker. The banners were colored by adding a bit of color on the image and then drawing it out with my water brush - repeating this process until I had what I wanted.
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