Killed 2 birds with one stone here. In our mixed media group we are doing a book study and we got to the Crazy papers chapter. Basically very simple with watercolour or acrylic paint wash and then some simple shapes added to become background papers.
I had signed on to do a paper swap with another group so ......
The theme for the swap was spring ( I know it's Autumn here but you have to roll with the group if it's in the USA) I used blue and green colours - not a big departure for me and added some decoration down the sides as these pages are destined to become journal pages for writing or further decorating.
Green leaf like design is from an Indian wood block I bought recently, as is the pinky bird.
Eggy shapes and lilacky flowers are just paint and watercolour pastels with a touch of pen work to finish.
After I took this scan I added some spritzes of coppery mist to add a bit more dimension to the main part of the pages.
