Journal Night #novemberblogfest

I worked in what I call my “Play book”. It is a book which I have found, altered, and most importantly, played in. I don’t have any expectations for the pieces I make in this book. I decided to work with the Preface page today. I had previously blacked out the entire page with black India Ink with the exception of the word “Preface”. For the background, I used watered down white acrylic paint and an over sized stencil. Next layer was the wings, which I stamped and brushed on with acrylic paint. Then I used embossing powder and a heat gun to give the wings a three dimensional effect. The picture is of me from almost 12 years ago. Along the bottom I used vinyl stickers to write out, “She was just a girl, born to wish for wings” with wings stenciled in red paint. 

This page is pretty much how I feel about my life. I have always been a fan of flying, of leaving, of moving on. Lately, my lessons have been about walking, of pacing myself, and of staying in the moment, but I guess that would be another page entirely.

 
Continuing the adventure, 

Jesse