Art Journal: Cloud Collage

 

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[Image ID] A splotchy blue sky with 3 stylised white clouds, in an almost triangular formation, outlined in fineliner pen. Dotted lines with raindrops hang beneath the clouds. Different colours and patterns of paper are collaged behind the clouds. [description end]

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Collage based art journal spreads are some of my favourites to create, and have the added bonus of helping to use up my paper scraps!

I started this page by applying torn pieces of brown paper, printed tissue paper from a shoebox, and part of a nuvo bag from a Tonic Craft Kit.

Once those had been glued on and dried I applied splodges of distress ink, and later blended distress oxide ink randomly in different areas of the page. 

The clouds were drawn freehand, and without any reference, using a black fineliner. I tried to vary the size, shape, and angle of the ‘blobs’ forming the edge of the clouds to make them appear more illustrative and less cartoon-like.

Finally, a layer of watered down white gesso was applied inside and around the clouds to ‘mute’ the background and help them stand out.

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Black fineliners

Assorted papers for collage

White gesso

Distress Inks: Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers, & Lucky Clover

Distress Oxides: Tumbled Glass

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