Now that I am overcoming the concern for certain results, my art journal is a playground for mistakes and experiments.
This one is a failure in a good way:
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Ink, Copic markers, Sharpie pens |
I like the flower head technique but the colors do not work well together. However, the patterns derived from the technique are nice and I will create other interesting patterns in future work. Out of my failure comes something positive :-)
This next one is an experiment in smearing:
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Oil pastels, Inktense pencil |
The flower heads are sort of likable and I believe these colors better are better coordinated.
Swimming against the current, in my world:
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Ink, gel pen |