A Look Into the Universe...a Journal Page

I've been working on Journaling.

This doesn't have much to say....except that to me, it looks like a piece of broken sky where you're peeking out into the black universe with stars.

This is done with a page from Finnabair's Artistic Journal that's 7x9 inches.

 I start with a random layer of Heavy White Gesso, then 3 or 4 colors of Fresco Paint that I move around in a pleasing pattern.

(The problem with being a Midnight Artist is that the blues in my pictures are not quite "true." This really is more turquoise since it is Bora Bora from Freso Paints.)

Then I used the Ripped Fishnet stencil and Clear Crackle Paste in spots.

The Harlequin Stencil with Red and Orange inks are added with a sponge  square.

Then I sanded down the tops of the Crackle paste and made scratches throughout the piece.

The  diamond shapes were highlighted with gel pens

More sanding and then I got out the Heavy Black Gesso and added some interesting marks.

I love the way the inks and paint get into the crackle.

Splatter some white inks onto the piece and spread with a credit card to make highlights and stars. Use a White Sharpie pen for more marks. 

The next thing I did was add some stamping to areas with archival inks using the Pines and Messy Clear Stamps.

And last I added some more paint to clean up certain areas. 

The "page" had been removed from the Journal and I just liked the edges with the black paint, so I trimmed it down, added more black paint to the edges and mounted it on white  - then black mat board.

No, it's not going back into my journal, but probably on an easel on my bookcase.

Hope you're inspired to make a page of your own. Let me know what you think.

Linda