{"id":4058,"date":"2014-02-17T04:08:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T04:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2014-02-17T04:08:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T04:08:22","slug":"lots-of-white-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=4058","title":{"rendered":"Lots of White Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Secrets\"<\/a>

Secrets<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve been working through Dina Wakley’s Art Journal Freedom<\/a><\/em>. So far, these are the two pages I love the most. The first is using the rule of thirds–dividing your page into thirds and putting the focal point where the lines intersect. The lips are painted on a small vellum envelope, and there is a secret inside.<\/p>\n

I used magenta and gray ink in the background. I wanted to blow it around, but didn’t have any straws, so made do with rolled up paper. I accidentally smeared a bit of the magenta, but as often happens, it was serendipitous, giving me the perfect platform for my writing.<\/p>\n

The text is from the movie The Prophecy, when the angel Gabriel explains why we have a divot above our lips.<\/p>\n

Way back, before you were born, I told you a secret. Then I put my finger there, and said: “Shhh!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Nevermind\"<\/a>

Nevermind<\/p><\/div>\n

The second exercise is about using lots of white space. I had a bunch of new toys to play with, so I used them liberally. I stamped with the bottom of a mushroom container; used stencils from Stencil Girl<\/a>; and mixed teal paint with my delicious new fiber paste.<\/p>\n

One of the coolest discoveries was made when I used the black napkin with white dots I picked up at the grocery store. The black stayed opaque, but the white became transparent. Neat effect!<\/p>\n

I made up the phrase on this one, and found a vintage photo to go with it. It says:<\/p>\n

“Nevermind, nevermind,” she said. “I have enough now.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you’d like to see more process pics, find me on my daily art progress blog, Skelemingo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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