A Glimpse of Heaven Art Journal Page

Hello everyone, things have been so busy lately, that I have been neglecting my blog!  I definitely have to remedy that situation in a hurry!  I have a few art journal pages to blog about so I'll start with this one :)  I call it A glimpse of Heaven (no surprise given the sentiment that's on it lol).

I started in my art journal on a page that I had previously gessoed.  I didn't notice until I had the paint on it that I hadn't put gesso on the whole page, but that's ok, I think it looks more mysterious that way lol.

After adding the acrylic paint, thinned with glazing medium and water, I applied a layer of plastic wrap and created wrinkles in it.  After a few minutes, I removed the plastic wrap and let it dry.

Then I added the bubbles with clear modelling paste and a circle stencil.  It's hard to see them in the photos but they are raised from the background.  I shaded around the bubbles with my charcoal pencil and activated it with water.  Then I added highlights in the bubbles with white acrylic paint.  I drew in the seaweed and painted it with acrylic paint and glazing medium to give them a transparent look and also added shading and highlighting.  

I added some clear acrylic dew drops and some fishing net along with part of a mop-up tag.  I added the word stickers from Tim Holtz and called it done!

Thanks for stopping by!  I will be back very soon with more art journal pages to show you ;)