A secret society

Last updated : November 10, 2018

I got my vintage vibe back today. I really felt like art journalling. Getting paint covered fingers and messy grungy pages was all I could think about.

I didn’t really give a whole lot of for thought other than wanting to use some really watered down sprays so show off the texture I was going to create.texture on art journal page

In the end I used gelatos and water color crayons as well to add the depth of color I sought.

I layered strips of yellow and blue scraps on both sides of the spread before adding the first layers of color sprays. Layer upon layer until I got the look I desired.  After I found this woman on a pattern envelope I knew she needed something sort of snarky to say. She just had that look about her.Then this image from one of the Reader Digest books I tore apart magically appeared. Well not magic but darn close…it was basically the first image I saw in the stack. 

 From where I’m sitting it looks to me like a secret society

Yep…in those days the ‘good old boys club’ pretty much was a secret society to women.

 

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Linking up to with Art Journal Journey for this months theme for Vintage or Modern.
5 Thoughts on A secret society
    Erika N
    4 Nov 2018
    8:09pm

    I think it does look like a secret society.And maybe someone is trying to get into their private space. They all seem to be looking in that direction. I love the strips of paper and the colors. It’s a cool background. Thanks so much for joining us at AJJ. Hope to see your art there again. Hugs-Erika

    Bleubeard and Elizabeth--
    4 Nov 2018
    8:38pm

    What a fun, fun, fun spread. I laughed at the sentiment, but fell in love with the many layers you gave us. Lots of depth and lots of texture. It’s a fabulous entry for Erika’s theme at Art Journal Journey. Thanks for joining us and it’s great to see you there.

    froebelsternchen
    5 Nov 2018
    4:06am

    Such a fun and well designed spread with such depth in layering and toughts! Great entry for AJJ1 Thank you for your entry Halle!
    Hugs, Susi

    Divers and Sundry
    5 Nov 2018
    5:49am

    Even now it looks like the Old Boys’ Club. When I think of the “We’ve come a long way, baby” ads from the 70s and look around at today… well, it doesn’t look to me like we’ve come _that_ far even now. Your spread is the perfect illustration of that quote.

    Neet Hickson
    28 Nov 2018
    9:34am

    Wow! You have used the perfect shade of blue to compliment the tan/oranges in your journal page. I like and admire how you have used those blue strips down one side of your page – it gives the right balance to the whole thing.
    Fab!
    Hugs, Neet x

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