My inspiration for Orange was "Wild Sweet Orange" Tazo Tea. The label inspired an ATC a few months ago. When Misty prompted us to journal with Orange today, I knew I'd be using the tea label again.
Today I mixed acrylic paint to get different shades of orange. I used Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Permanent Rose & Titanium White. Depending on the amount of white used, you can come up with a nice orange sherbert hue. I also added a bit of burnt umber for some of the darker shading. A sepia Pitt marker was used to outline the flower. I used a black gel pen for accents and journaling. There's also a bit of watercolor pencil accent work, too.
I also added a bit of stamping to add texture. A chalk ink pad works great for this.
8 comments:
What an original application of the technique of color, my Dear Regina ! I love all your diaries.
Pretty! Do you use pitt pens to write in it after?
regina, these are beautiful!
Thanks for your sweet comments.
I journaled with a Pilot G-2 gel ink pen on this spread. It's currently my favorite pen for writing and comes in a few different colors. It's not stable on this surface. After I photographed the pages, I went on to prep more pages for the rest of the week. Some medium leaked onto the bottom of the page and disolved the ink.
The flower is outlined with a Pitt sepia calligraphy marker.
I did use Pitt pens to journal on some of my earlier pages and on the Hope painting in a previous post.
bright, beautiful orange! i love the big, bold flower! fun pages, thanks for sharing.
nicole
Great sunflower! Love that deeper orange.
your orange pages are great! i love that flower...
I love these pages. Seeing them makes me feel happy.
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