Instructions 

I have been doing a lot of traveling recently, and have gotten a ton of inspiration from the areas I've visited. I've been sketching different landscape scenes in my art journals, and now I'm super excited to try out a landscape spread using glosses. P.S. I’m still in love with this new watercolor journal. I’ve got one going for acrylics, and another for watercolors. It’s perfect!

Step 1: Using Gel and Ultra Thick Gel Mediums, add various collage papers to your spread. I chose to use both painted papers and collage tissue.

Step 2: Spread a layer of gesso over the spread, and then scribble into the gesso with a  stabilo pencil to add texture.

Step 3: Using the #12 round brush, paint a landscape with glosses. Here I went with a mountainscape and used Marine, Olive, and Cocoa. Using white or sand gloss, paint over some of the negative space.

Step 4: To add some interest, when the glosses are mostly dry, spray a lighter color through a stencil onto the page.

Step 5: Stamp some birds onto cardstock and cut them out. Once the glosses are dry, stamp some scribbly birds into the sky area of the spread.

Step 6: Create your focal point on the page using some stamped birds, a phrase from the Typed Ledger Papers, and some cloth or fibers (here cheesecloth was used). Adhere to the spread using Media Glue. Finally, splatter the spread with sparkly gloss.

 Hello! My name is Laura Dame, and I have been a mixed media artist for 9 years now. I love to play and experiment in my art journals, and also enjoy dabbling in abstract, collage, and floral artworks. My family and I currently live in Austin, TX, and you can often find us out camping or enjoying nature. You can find me on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram at @lauramixedmedia. Check out my website for more information and artwork.