Making my Mark

Hi, I'm back again to share my next creation for the 

'Gel Printing and Mark Making Challenge' over at Scrap Matrix.

Today I've done another Art Journal Page in my large Dylusions Art Journal....

Layer upon layer of colour and marks!!

Let's take a look at where I started...

I used a whole stack of PaperArtsy Fresco Paints.

I love how they layer.

I think because of the different levels of cover - opaque, translucent, semi-opaque etc it really makes it work.

I began by adding loads of colour. 

I didn't overthink it, I just worked on getting colour down.

From here I began to add some stencil marks and some painted circles.

I used a 7Dots Stencil, and a stencil by Carabelle Studio - Lit De Petites. 

I added paint through the stencil with a sponge.

I also used a couple of stencils by TCW -6x6 " texture love (this one is just perfect for mark making), and  6x6" BrickPoetry.

I added white paint, and whilst wet rubbed a wet wipe through the stencil to remove some.

I kept going, adding some hand painted bits. layering more stencils and colours.

The blue open circles were made with the end of an alfoil roll.

You really can use absolutely anything to make marks....

At this point, I added black to my circles.

Right here is where I freaked out and thought I'd ruined it.

AAARRGH

But remember when you feel its ruined, it just means you need to keep going....the magic is right around the corner.

I added some more black and then lots of white bits and suddenly I was happy.

So I finished it off by adding some alpha stickers from the pack Art by Marlene Whimsy Stickers.

There you have it....an explosion of colour.

So what are you making your mark on?

I look forward to seeing...