Art Journaling – Fabriano Roma – Loved

Since I am a big believer of using what I have at hand (not that I don’t love shopping for art supplies, too.) I didn’t want to buy new paper I’ve had some amazing paper lying around for a few years and decided it was time I put it to use.

The first one was sheets of Fabriano Roma paper. Unfortunately, all I have is cream which sucks now that I’ve discovered my love of white. So what I did was to cover the background with white pastels to make sure the paper could be as white as possible. I didn’t want to gesso it since I wanted the texture of the paper to stay as it was and I wanted to use it. So here’s the first page.

The full text reads: You are deeply loved.

I used shiva paintsticks for the birds and on some of the background, then some pan pastels, then acrylic paints. then ink, stitching, etc.

Here are some details from the page:

Even though it’s not as bright as the others, I do like how it turned out and I love love love all the texture from the amazing paper.