On the left hand page it looks like a face peeking between some trees. I was hoping you didn’t cover it up. This piece is gorgeous. So glad I found your channel ❤
It’s just amazing how you built up these pages. Who would have thought ‘scraps’ could inspire something so beautiful. You definitely have an Artist’s soul!
Love how you just get on with it and don't get precious. I find that when I don't agonize the process feels better and I tend to love the outcome more because happy accidents occur. Love that you use your fingers and your work space is human and organic. Thank you for sharing your process.
You're so welcome! I agree! The less I fuss around the happier I usually am with the results. It's just a matter of letting go and trusting the process. Easier said than done sometimes!
I just discovered your channel a few weeks ago and have binge watched most of your videos. I love your process! Why the graph journal? Also, saw peeks of the other pages in this journal. Would you consider a flip through? I have always loved the art that happens when we're not looking. Thank you for showing a way to transform it! Please keep filming. I find your videos calming and educational at the same time.
Welcome! Thanks so much for the kind feedback! I like the graph paper journal for a few reasons. It was just so cheap. I think I paid $5 for it! I also like how the lined paper shows through. I think it's a cool addition to the pages. I also think you can be less inhibited when you are working in a cheap old notebook rather than a beautiful pristine expensive journal. You don't feel like you are going to ruin it. When it's complete, I'll definitely film a flip through.
Thank you so much Erin, I really really enjoyed watching you create this beautiful and unique spread. I never get interesting backdrop papers like you have. Absolutely amazing and beautiful too, I really really love ❤❤❤❤ your process and your artwork too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
Oh Erin, your page turned out beautifully 😍 as soon as I saw this underpaper I thought, yes, trees and a wood or a corner of a wood! The stamps resembled the knots in the bark of the trees 🌳 I love this page so much ❤ TYSMFS 🌹I have subscribed to your channel 😀 ❤
Sometimes it really does work. Also, if you are having a hard time getting motivated you can tell yourself only 15 minutes but usually once you get going you get sucked in for longer!
New subscriber to your channel here and on IG. Absolutely love your style and process Erin. I look forward to catching up watching more videos. (I totally saw birch trees when you applied your first paper). Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!🥰
Hi! I just discovered you and I'm very glad... I love the way you simplify everything... I would very much like to know what you're using as "under paper" and where you buy it if you please! TIA
Underpaper is simply the paper you put under your artwork to protect your work surface. Overtime it gets marked up with paint and other messiness. I use butcher paper and buy it in large rolls online.
Gesso is thinner, I find, so spreads around the page more easily and gives a dreamy quality and it's cheaper which is really the main reason I use it. But you can certainly just use white paint if you have it. Maybe thin it with a bit of water.
Yes. It's the protective paper you put on your work surface on top of which you create your art. All the mess lands on the underpaper rather than your table. That mess of paper can be great to use in future journal pages.
Underpaper is the paper you place on your worksurface to protect it from paint etc. After a time of working in your journal, the paper gets covered in marks and paint and becomes just a big mess but it is fun to save it because sometimes beautiful random things appear on it and it works as a great jumping off point for a journal page.
Underpaper is the paper you put down under your projects. I use mine several times and get paint and stamps and marks all over it. You can then use that paper as the base for another project. I have no idea how I made this underpaper. I think I was painting square pieces of paper black and I went off the edges onto the underpaper. I think I might have used a gift card?? Not sure.
