Hello! It’s Robyn Wood with you today sharing an abstract style art journal page featuring Helmar adhesives.
Helmar adhesives make it so easy to use collage and glued in elements in an art journal. The adhesives I have used dry quickly, stay flexible and best of all dry totally clear. I usually use Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue for bookbinding projects but for this month I decided to use it for collaging in my art journal.
I started my page over a page that had been randomly painted with some blue acrylic and adhered some torn dictionary pages over the top, leaving some areas clear. I used a rough bristle brush as I wanted the adhesive to leave little bits of texture over my page.
Once the adhesive was dry, I scribbled over the page with Gelatos in purples and blues and smooshed the colour around with my fingers. Gelatos are water soluble so if you find the colour not moving as you would like, wet your fingers a little or use a baby wipe to spread the colour.
Next I stamped a few flower heads using permanent stamping ink onto watercolour paper and coloured them with Gelatos using a wet paint brush. The heads were fussy cut, ready to adhere with Helmar Tacky Craft glue across the page. (I find the thickness of the watercolour paper needs a glue that is a little heavier.)
Add some stems to the flower heads using a green Gelato and then add a rough outline using black acrylic paint and a fine brush. Make the lines sketchy and loose! Once the paint is dry, add extra green Gelatos for the leaves – I find this easier as if I do the leaves first I tighten up and end up with yucky looking outlines.
Add a stamped quote and the page is complete.
Supplies:
Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue
Helmar Tacky Craft Glue
Journal – Dylusions Dyalog grid pages
Stamps –Paper Artsy
Gelatos, dictionary paper, black acrylic paint
I hope you have enjoyed learning how my page came together! Art journaling is a fun activity if you haven’t delved into it yet. Until next time…
