Mixed media for...

.... Art Journey, for thir monthly challenge! 

The background started as a watercolor background, which I was not happy with.

 So I decided to get messy, with glassy gel, cheesecloth, stamps, distress inks, gesso etc.

.... and now I am happy with it! 

I am entering this in the challenge on 

1. Art Journey - mixed media

A little mixed media...

It's so fun to get a little messy. 

I started with applying Golden glassy gel over a stencil. 

I then added watercolor, adding all sorts of color, and taking them partially away again or sometimes some more water so it could mix and run over the paper. ...  until I was satisfied.

I adhered the cheesecloth with a little gel medium, partially, so it could stay 3D a bit. I stamped the shells and seahorse on seperate paper and cut them out. After coloring the shells, I added a watered down layer of gesso over it, to be able to make them part of the background, and adhered them partially underneath the cheesecloth. I stamped a script with a grey ink onto the background, to 1 side. 

 The seahorse is the focal now, on an exremely colorful background, but I like it!

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