Saturday, January 14, 2012

Art Journal - Leaves

Decided to try my hand at drawing/watercoloring some leaves.  I've only ever watercolored on actual watercolor paper but this time I painted directly into my journal.  A thick layer of GOLDEN Absorbent Ground allows your watercolors to soak into regular or gessoed paper.  Cool!
Very different from painting on watercolor paper but was a fun experience.  The ground gave a fun texture that wouldn't have been there otherwise.
Linking up to Just Journals Link Party #9 and Art Journal Every Day.
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5 comments:

veronica said...

love the texture, and great shading! looks terrific.

January 15, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Susan Raihala said...

That is just cool, Michelle. Bigger, hung on wall...decor at its finest!

(Can you tell I'm thinking about decorating my new house.... ;) Your journal is amazing!)

January 15, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Kimberly Jones said...

Oooh! So pretty! I can see so much texture and you did a great job with the shading. I'm off to Blick tomorrow, and I think some of that absorbent ground medium will be finding it's way to my house!

January 15, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Glenda J said...

WOW! Absolutely gorgeous! Love it!

January 15, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Marcia Beckett said...

very cool leaves! Thanks for sharing at Just Journals!

January 17, 2012 at 1:28 PM

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