Kitty Gaze

 

This is page #44 in my big  Dylusions Artjournal, it'd the last full double page IN the Journal, I still have the first and last page blank, but from the inside, this is the last page. (I did take  some pages out about 2 years ago because I knew it was going to be a hefty book, and didn't want it to bulge to much. 

I've had the idea of having an animal stare in a girls eyes for some time, but didn't look forward to drawing/painting an animal. 

This page started with stencilled music notes with leftover black acrylic paint. I added some dark purple butterflies and dark green tiger stripes. To add a little more texture I also stamped some flowers from the stampset "Meadow" from Inkadinkado with Archival Ink in the color plum. At the top I added a light blue wash, at the bottom a green yellow one. Since this was a little bright I toned it down with a white wash. 

I added even more texture by blending some memento Paris Dusk and Danube Blue over different widths tape that are positioned diagonally.   

To frame my two characters I blended a border around 2 squares with memento ink grape jelly and elderberry.

I decided to try and paint the cat with gouache paints.  I got some Schmincke Academie gouache tubes for Christmas and  I've been scared to use them. Time to get over it. And I think it worked out ok. The girl I colored with my trusty Copics and some details with polychromos  pencils.  

Finally I finished the page with Edding black markers and some Poasca pens.