We've all been there right? A page starts out OK but then very quickly decends into pure ugliness. This happened to me recently when I picked out one of the worst colors in my paint repertoire and there was a lot of work to get it somewhere I was happy with.
just keep going
I think that the most important thing to remember when working through the ugly phase is to remember that it is just a phase and you can reach the other side. There are lots of ways to work through it and for this time around I relied on my old friend, gesso to dilute the color and push it back again before moving on.
start over again
Remember, this is just paper and paint, everything can be fixed. Either by adding layers of more paint on top or even by painting over completley with gesso and starting from scratch. This is YOUR journal page and you can do what you dang well please.
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Black is often a color which is overlooked when working with our mixed media projects. With so many other amazing colors available, it's easy to do.
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Art Journal With Me - Join me as I work inside of my art journal with a beautiful floral image which sparked the whole idea for this art journal spread.
I'm sharing my art journal process with you as we create this collaged page using acrylic paint, watercolor and some cut our scrapbook papers.