road less travelled journal page

DeAtramentis Inks drawing, journal page

Over at the documented life project, the prompt for June 13 was road less travelled. I continue to work in this book that I altered nearly three years ago in which I left certain words visible on the gessoed pages.

On this page spread, the visible sentences were perfect for the travel theme

Departure is a simple act. You put the left foot down and then the right.

For the background, I painted a layer of Daniel Smith duochrome oceanic acrylic over the gessoed page. Using a dip pen and De Atramentis document inks in fuchsia and turquoise, I drew the portrait.

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For the page on the left side, I used Golden acrylic paint in titan buff for the background and then drew a sailboat in pencil. As I wanted to add a compass, I made my own linocut compass and stamped the image over the sailboat. To finish off the page, I added an excerpt of Gide's quote, "the courage to lose sight of the shore."

I am slowly learning how to use the De Atramentis document inks and really like how they flowed over the acrylic background on the page on the right. Next, I'm going to experiment with using them to mix colors. Do you have any favorite color mixes?

wishing you happy adventures.



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