Wanderlust Dandelion Wishes & Recollections

This week's Wanderlust lesson felt a lot more in my wheel house than the previous ones.  It started by cutting apart pieces of paper bag (I also used two different kraft papers I had on rolls) and painting them with gesso.  Once the gesso dried we added Watercolor paint (I used my new Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor set I got from St. Louis Art Supply).  I then left those to try overnight.

 

 

I tried every white pen I have in my house with no success to draw my dandelions.  I finally used the spray tube of my Dina Wakely White Gloss Spray to "paint" my flowers.  One of the paint pens I had tried splattered on my page, so I just went with it.

 

I didn't follow all of the instructions in the class (for one thing, to use my own hand-writing) and have finally started trusting my own artistic intuition as I create in my journal.  I just went with the general feel of the class and did it "my way". 

 

I used some Alexandra Renke floral papers, washi tape, stickers and gems.  I finished by stapling my paper bag pages into my journal.

Comments

[Katie Baird]

How fun! I have always struggled with finding a white gel pen that actually works so I wanted to comment. After a tip from a YT video, I tried Arteza white gel pens. I love them and haven’t had an issue. I bought mine in a pack of three different sizes on Amazon. Hope this helps. Your cards are gorgeous, I just don’t usually comment:)