Nature's got flair!

 

It's been fun to make...

 

 I decided not to put the text on the page itself, but on a seperate

transparent. Now you can flip the transparent over and see the page

itself without the text. I did not want to disturb the background too much.

 

I scratched different colors watercolorcrayons onto the paper, which was gesso-ed first.  I then added a layer of white acrylic paint, which blends the colors, and also adds a transparent layer to it.

  I added a second layer of branches, stamped wth some white acrylic paint, to give the branches more depth!  

 

Shadow for the bird!

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 This was the page I got 'stuck' with. I had finished the background, and the bird and water, as shown above... I didn't know what to add .... I did not want to disturb the background too much...

So I sent it to the Dutch Art Journal group asking for help.

I had 13 reactions, the most of them said : leave it as is...

One reaction said to give the bird some shadow, so I did!

The same and another person recommended some branches, so I did! 

A few other reactions: some text (in white) on the background - I did some text...

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!

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I am entering this in the following challenges:
1. Sir Stampalot- 'your crafty passion'. Do I have to mention what it is? Just playing with paper, stamps and color, of course! 

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STAMPS USED:

Branches - Stampinback
Text alphabet - ???