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I love playing with rubber stamps and ink, collaging with vintage images, and making mini books. I live in Maine with my husband and our cats.
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All content, including text, photographs and concept design work are © Penny Bennington unless otherwise stated. Stamp images used are copyrighted by the companies credited. Designs and ideas are just for your inspiration - please do not copy them for the purpose of sale, publication, or contest submissions. Thanks!

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Sunday, January 29, 2012

How do you create?

I have more art journal pages to share this week and I'm starting with this one using techniques I learned from a class with Catherine Scanlon online at My Creative Classroom. She has several mixed media classes that are a lot of fun and filled with techniques. This one used stencils over your underpainting that was then painted over with black acrylic paint. I added words with white ink and a dip pen. Notice those spatters? Well, I got sloppy and dripped my ink and just went with it and spattered more! So, how do I create - MESSY!!!!
Posted by penny4thoughts at 6:43 PM

3 much appreciated comments:

Janine said...

i love this tencnique also very much. I don't makemuch journaling, but make cards off it. I' m not yet comforteble with journaling yet ;)) but like to look at it very much. Like this piece off art. Great work Penny. Have a great week. Love, Janine

January 30, 2012 1:30 AM
Jennie Atkinson said...

That is just so stunning Penny. I wouldn't have thought of you as messy! I am trying to do a journal page a month with some friends this year and have gone back to some of the techniques I did with Catherine. Not my usual but I really enjoy it.

January 30, 2012 9:36 AM
lynne said...

You, messy? I never would have believed it.
Love the splatters.
Wishes
Lynne

February 1, 2012 1:32 PM

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