Thematic Journal Workshop - Part Three

Now is the time to start going back through pages and adding new elements and details to them.  I find that time away from the page gives you a new perspective and angle to your work.  Above I used tape to block out parts of the title page and to highlight the title of the

Book - A Simple Path

journaling desk

Journaling Page ~ Namaste

step 1

step 2

 step 3                                                                      

• using paints and pencil draw images and layer them with paint
• add painted images or shapes to integrate the pages together
• repeat shapes, symbols and designs on both pages to unify them.

 

Comments

[Judi]

Beautiful progression...

[Gina]

Thanks for the great tutorial! I’ve had great difficulty working on altered book pages, even when adding gesso. Could that be remedied by using a watercolor journal, instead? Right now, I’m altering a glossy photo book only by cutting and gluing (and removing pages!) ~ have you ever tried that? I’ll try to post photos on my blog soon.