"Aim High - Reach for the Stars!" - Art journal page

Howdy and welcome!

Here's a page I finished several weeks ago in my art journal 'Never Give Up, Never Surrender!' This journal page experiments with doodling and trying out a bunch of Sharpie paint pens.

 

'Aim High - Reach for the Stars' - full page view

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'Aim High - Reach for the Stars' - close up 1

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'Aim High - Reach for the Stars' - close up 2

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'Aim High - Reach for the Stars' - extreme close up 3

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'Aim High - Reach for the Stars' - extreme closeup, sunlight view

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'Secret' ingredients!
acrylic tinted gesso over graphite pencil, over 2" masking tape over sketchbook paper, with Sharpie paint pens on top.

Quote:
An old quote from the U.S. Air Force that I adapted when I was considering becoming a payload specialist during the early days of the Space Shuttle missions. I only got as far as taking a couple of rocket science courses which I loved and joining a couple of organizations (SSI and CSSS) where I met some fascinating geeks. Also, got my copy of Gerard K. O'Neill's landmark book 'The High Frontier' autographed by the author!

What do you think of this page? Do you ever use Sharpie paint pens? In general, I like them. But I can't always get the white pen to flow right, even after shaking it according to the directions...

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Peace,
LuLu

'Icon Saint- art journal pages'

Howdy and Welcome,

This is an original art Journal page containing an image transfer test on clear Contact paper of a religious Icon/Saint. This was from an antique book of icons I found while on vacation in Galena, IL.

Page also contains my experimental lettering in foreign languages: Greek, French, German and Cunieform.

Mesh tape on tinted gesso background and masking tape. Dots with white Sharpie paint pen.

What do you think of this transfer? I'm not completely satisfied with it, but it was the first test.

Thanks for visiting. Please stop by again soon.

Peace,

LuLu