Saturday, August 18, 2012

enchanting black!

Hi again :),
I made these pages last night, so I could link them up to Art Journal Cafe's latest challenge; Monochrome. Yes, even when I have not completely blogging a few other older pages. They will have to wait :).


I have done monochromatic pages before but this time, I used sadder colors. I totally LOVE black!. With limited colors, I tried to vary the black tones (few shades of black, gray and white) with some green hues. Hope I didn't break any rules here :). 


I like to imagine myself walking trough a dark enchanted forest where pretty but sad blooms thrive on the ground :). I simply doodled some flowers with gray & white wax crayons, which later would resist black ink wash. I then wrote 'never never give up' with a correction pen.

To add dimension to the foreground, I stamped more flowers with black and white gesso. The crumpled tissue paper in the background really added depth to my pages when washed with watered-down black india ink. I could almost see strange tree branches and curious light coming from the deep forest, LOL. (I know I get carried away, I LOVE Alice in Wonderland movie too much).

Texture from crumpled tissue paper and black gesso. Dimension from buttons, tulle and gauze.

I especially like this post. It felt like I'm illustrating a scary scene in a children story book :). In actuallity, they are pages to remind me NOT to give up making art. That's all I have. 

I like to take this opportunity to wish all my Muslim friends a good Eid Mubarak or "Hari Raya Aidilfitri" as we Malaysians call it. Have a great and safe festivity tomorrow!. 
Hugs. 

31 comments:

  1. A really beautiful page bravo.......

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  2. Hi, I like your pages! Even so U used this dark color it is hopeful. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Oh, look at all those textures! That is some serious eye-candy - wowzers!

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    1. thanks so much, Betsi! Just can't get enough of them :).

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  4. you didn't braek any rules, you did a perfect job: your page is totally awesome!
    thanks for playing with us at art journal café :)

    france, one of the frappuccinos ;)

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    1. Thanks so much, France. It's such a pleasure to play along!:)

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  5. I would never think of using those colors, But you pulled it off my friend. These pages look great.. I always love seeing all the texture you add to your pages..

    Hugs~

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    1. LOL. I was'nt sure either, but in the end I liked it :).

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    1. Thanks so much, Ana!. Your watercolor art is exquisite :).

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  7. WOW AMAZING!!! Black never look so good :)

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  8. This is page is gorgeous even in black! I keep meaning to tell you THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR ALL THE DETAILS YOU PUT INTO YOUR POSTS. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WRITE ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE SUPPLIES, YOUR THOUGHTS AND THE CLOSE UPS OF ALL THE YUMMY TEXTURES AND LAYERS, LOVE LOVE THIS so thank you!!

    Ok now, you have inspired me with this page, will pull out my black paint and white sharpies and this new texture item I found. I love the textures going on and the white flowers are pretty, really liking the button flowers. The title is just what I need to hear, thank you.
    I went to my scrapbook crop today and got some pages done in my summer journal will show them soon.
    Thanks for the double feature today, made my DAY!

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    1. Sweet Dawn, the pleasure is mine :). Have fun playing with black & white & those lovely textures!!!. Hugs.

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    2. Hello Shahrul,
      hope you see this today. I just posted my pages from my crop yesterday and a little peek at my black/texture page I did last night. Went with kinda the same thing as you but didn't want to copy it, just played and had fun. Take a look when you have time. The picture is pretty dark so I'm going to retake them today with the natural light coming in. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  9. Hello Shahrul, this page is marvelously done, I love it.
    I think that because it is monochromatic the texture just truly pops off the pages . . . and I love the message, too. It is a great piece of work!

    It was very sweet to see you this morning in my comment box. I am delighted that you like my old bucket and even more delighted that you're following my blog. I love making new friends, Connie :)

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    1. I like making monochromatic pages because they allow us to be more creative on how to varies texture and depth. Thanks so much, Connie! :). The pleasure is mine.

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  10. I want to live in these pages. OMG...the texture, the techniques, the layout..just amazing. Thank you for all the fantastic pictures and close-ups. :)

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    1. LOL. It's a scary woods, you don't want to live here, Lisa! *Wink. My pleasure.

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  11. Wouawwww, this page is beautiful !
    Love all the textures, those dark colours !
    Well done !
    Lulu

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  12. I love your page, black is a great color to use !
    Carol, one of the frappucinos

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  13. I don't think the colours are sad at all! Black is one of my favourite...and this page totally rocks! Stamping with black gesso is just awesome! The bluer shades on the background is so beautiful...

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    1. hehe..dramatic, maybe? yup, it's the diluted black india ink's residue :)

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  14. Beautiful pages! Gorgeous black and grey - very dramatic! Great idea to stamp with black gesso - will try that too!

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