and it's about time.
I thought I would share a little technique with you.
This is a photo I took of some tea-soaked eggs I was lucky enough to eat in a tea-house in Greenwich Village (they were amazing, by the way):
Then - I photoshopped the photo a bit. made it both blue and yellowish (using the invert tool) and printed it out, and cut out just the egg shapes.
I painted the journal pages first with watercolor, let it dry, glued on the eggs, wrote some words, added some colored pencil a bit, and VOILA:
Sometimes colors and shapes just do it all.
And you can see how fun it is to play with photos that might not be spectacular on -their own - just take some photos and see what happens. Magazine cut-outs work, too.
Happy Journaling!
You inspired me to "expand a bit" and today I chalked my pages...with the purpose of making them look like Easter eggs...pretty successful. Thats why I laughed when I saw you did eggs also! Don't think mine will end up in a museum or anything BUT it was fun!
ReplyDeleteSince ending up in a museum isn't the point, it really lets us loosen up.
ReplyDeleteI think of pleasing myself as my goal, not making anything framable.
we should have gotten gold stars in kindergarten for coloring OUTSIDE the lines!