The lettering was done with oil based paint markers. Love them. Fairly Expensive, but that's the only downside I've found so far.
The background is done with Loew-Cornell chalk pastels. These are soft pastels suitable for students. I found the 48 color package at Goodwill on half-price day and got them for a dollar. They had never been used. It was my first experience with chalk pastels, so I had to do some research on how to use them. They are a breeze to lay down and blend, but the pages need a fixative to keep the chalk from smearing and transferring all over everything.
That day I also picked up a brand new set of Louvre oil pastels for a dollar. They too were unused. These are also student grade, mid-price oil pastels. Then, I found a tin box of Prismacolor colored pencils, just slightly used, for another dollar. I think an art student must have given up before even starting and gave the stash away. Anyway, this gives me the opportunity to try out some new mediums without the normal supply cost.
This page is done with acrylic craft paint over a gesso base. I found an old work note I had written 21 years ago, so I used it on the page. The note was full of past participles, so I just used that as the page highlight.
More acrylic over gesso. The figure is something I used as a mask on another page. This was the back side, which had paint smears on it. I liked the the way it looked so I used it here. The darker outline figure to the right is bleed-through from the following page. This accident was what started the idea for this page.
I'm really enjoying visual journaling because I need to break down my need for perfection. The idea of visual journaling is to not seek perfection but to be as messy and free and unartistic as you like. There really are no rules, just do what you want to do to express an emotion or idea. It's very cathartic.
The one photo looks like HMC!!!Maybe someday I will try this art form!
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