I have been working along with the Art Journaling 101 class in Big Picture Classes and I have to say I have been loving the lessons and the whole setup. It's a fantastic class for anyone who is well into or just wanting to get started in Art Journalling and the prompts that Lauren and Caylee have put together are a great jumping off point for you when you are stuck for a thought or an idea or the blank page is just too scary for you.
Anyway, I digress. I made the below after seeing one of the prompts to use a large photo and to use photo and words.
I had the quote from Rebecca floating around in my head for a while but I was finding it hard to picture how I could do it justice as I wanted to make something special. My Dad used to read to me all the time when I was younger and Daphne Du Maurier was a firm favourite. Rebecca and Frenchman's Creek were my two favourite novels and I think this opening line is one of the all time greats.
When I found this image on a back of a lost property magazine I KNEW this what what I needed to make the page happen. It was fate I tell ya!
I scripted the letters at the bottom of the page but haha I didn't leave myself enough room. Gesso to the rescue and in hindsight I like it more with it as I think it really tones down the patterned paper I used.
OK OK so where's the AMAZING news I hear you yell!! I'm getting to it! I posted the page online and Get Messy featured it to which was brilliant in itself. But as I had tagged Big Picture Classes in it to they announced I had own their "Win on Wednesday" competition with my page and I'll be getting a box of goodies! *happy dance happy dance*
I'll be sure to post up the details of what I got from them. As it's coming from the States to Ireland it may take a wee while but I'll be stalking the postman from next week!!!!
Woop woop! WEll done and totally deserved! You have been putting your heart and soul into these pages. Did it come yet! R
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