Art Project Week 2

Thank you for the nice words about the first pages of my art journal project.  If you missed them I shared them here

We continue the January Challenge of the The Blank page

 and how to face it

This weeks art challenge:  Gesso

This weeks Journal prompt: "The beginning is always today." Mary Shelley

First of all I had to buy some Gesso.  I'm not an artist so I wasn't really familiar with this product so this is what I learned from Art is Fun website.  Gesso is similar to acrylic paint only thinner and it dries hard.  It's used to prepare a canvas for paint.  It can be used on many surfaces to make it ready for paint.  I put on a layer and then used a sponge brush to make some texture on the page

I let it dry overnight.  Then I started adding paint.  I used water colors to start since I wanted the Gesso to be highlighted.   For the journal prompt I choose to write my own words and use them on the page

New Beginning ~ Fresh Start

I used some acrylic paints and stickers

 and as before just had fun with it!

If you are interested in joining this project check out all the information here

Wishing you JOY,

Linda