Sunday 1 July 2012

Journal Page. . .


Good Morning, here is a page from my joynal.  The two girlies standing together were printed on acid free tissue paper that I popped through my printer (the tissue paper edges were masking taped to ordinary copier paper before I put it through the printer), then I  used clear gesso to stick the tissue paper down in my joynal. 

It's a beautiful day today and I would love to stay in my bunker and paint or be in the garden...but no... I'm off to school to finish costumes and decor for the end of school play at the end of the week.   Yay...then I'm on holiday for two whole months... I'm so lucky..... :D

Hope everyone at Sunday Sketches is having a little "Fun and Nonsense" today...  xx

19 comments:

Christianne Teixeira said...

Catherine, I love your little girls! This page of your joynal is wonderful. Have a wonderful and creative day xoxo

WrightStuff said...

They really are adorable.

Are the unicorn and fairy still there too? I did keep very quiet (although my typing is a bit on the rackety side).

Christine said...

cute pages, Catherine! Thanks for the idea of how to copy tissue paper.

Christine said...

printing to tissue paper I mean.

Heather said...

adorable as always. lucky you enjoy your holiday! hugs!!

Tammie Lee said...

so sweet Catherine.
i have not tried this yet, but sense it will be wonderful.

carol l mckenna said...

Oh love these girls ~ so well done ~ You are brave to put tissue paper through printer even if taped ~ it does give a great effect ~ love it ~ thanks, ^_^ (A Creative Harbor)

Debbie said...

what a cool idea for tissue paper, and the pages turned out so cute! I agree...lucky you to have 2 mths off! I hope you enjoy!

Betsy Brock said...

I'd love to browse through that journal....your artwork is so lovely!

Enjoy your holiday..2 months to recuperate! yay!

Netty said...

Loving your girls and thank you for the tip on tissue paper printing. Annette x

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Unknown said...

Love your pages!! The girls are adorable!!! I have been enjoying working on journal pages lately.

MS Raghav said...

didnt really understand the details about the paper but a beautiful piece nonetheless..so is the Unicorn one! :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Constance, fun to work with the tissue paper, isn't it?

Alexandra MacVean said...

OH Catherine, I really adore your girls. Even the one with the unicorn prior to this post. Awww. I LOVE LOVE the little red bows on her dress here. Something about a splash of red in paintings...movin to me. Hugs :)

Tracey FK said...

So sorry I am late and have been neglectful but the flu is taking us down one by one... thank goodness for winter break so we don't have to do anything... I wish we were heading into two weeks break... can't wait to see lots of drawing and painting from you... in the meantime I love the idea of taping down the tissue paper... have to give that a go...xx

Sabina said...

These girls are exquisite (love their hair and their round cheeks) and I also love that the hair looks sheer in parts where you can see other part of the design coming through the paper. These are very creepy cute--in a good way!

And wow you really are lucky to have a whole summer to focus on your art. I'm going to try to pack as much art as I can during my day off for July 4th!

Nora MacPhail said...

Cool. I like the tissue paper idea. It adds a cool texture. Have fun.

Sandra van Doorn said...

this is a bit fabulous, Catherine.

(and oh my, 2 months holidays. i am so so jealous. in a good way :)
bet you’ll be painting tons!