MAY 2019 - Beauty in simplicity - BY TANYALEE KAHLER
Hi there Art Daily adventurers. Welcome back to another inspiration post for the month of May.
This month’s colour is Mint, and I have prepared a spread in a handmade art journal using just that colour.
The mood board below might help you kickstart your art journal pages this month too.
This month I was very short on time, and I haven’t been able to get into my studio for very long so I really had to keep this simple – which suits the theme perfectly don’t you think? I kept my supplies limited to a few items plus collage ephemera so you can see how you can create a detailed page quite simply.
As always, I have used gouache as my main medium, added some water soluble crayons and illustrated with ink. I love how the black and white photo was etched out simply by outlining it with gouache.
Here is the list of items I used in this spread:
• Handmade journal
• Acryla gouache (pale mint)
• Neocolor II pastels (Payne’s grey)
• Gesso
• Gel medium
• Collage ephemera including magazine pages and tissue paper
• White gel pen
• Black gel pen
• Black India ink
Do you limit supplies, or give yourself a time limit? Or do you just create in intervals and let your artwork develop? All are great strategies, and I’d love to see how you keep your art practice simple.
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