layers + gesso + tissue paper texture

mmm... blue. i've had a thing for blue going on the last couple of weeks--specifically this shade of blue. (see below.)

for this page, i put down 3 layers of gesso, collaged on some tissue paper, and did 3 more layers of gesso before putting down watercolor, and sanding twice.

the fingerprints on the opposite page are from grabbing the sketchbook to keep it from falling off the desk. i like it, so i left it!

also below is a detail if the texture.




here's a full page view of the next set of pages. the page on the left is unaltered so far--just as maralena painted it. the right is my addition of the girl.