Day 19 of The 100 Day Project #the100dayproject #zentangleallaround #ledaartsupply

For Day #19 of

The 100 Day Project

I pulled out my Baby Leda Pocket Sketchbook

and looked at what collage elements I could put together -

I had been collecting cutouts of clocks and lamps.

For the challenge in our Facebook group,

I set a 15 minute time frame for drawing -

and I've had people complaining because

I set a time limit. 

(I also told them in the instructions they should

tangle for as long as they wished.)

Oh well.

Hence the wording in my finished piece.

And that would be why there are a bunch

of collaged clock faces, too.

Hehehehe!

 Collage art is fun and it really is

anything goes!

This time at least I remembered to prime my

pages first with some of the awesomest

clear gesso on the market - Dina Wakley's.

Clear is not necessary if it is your first layer,

I just use clear on everything so I only need

to buy one type of gesso.

(If you don't count the black, and gold, and blue

in my drawer.)

To prevent streaks, I spread the gesso with an

old Christmas gift card that was already spent.

Thank you, Sis!

 A good collage needs some funky color happening

so I pulled out a couple bottles of neon

cheapo craft paint that came from WalMart . . .

 . . . squirted some dots on the pages . . .

 . . . and spread it up and down

and back and forth.

And I added some more dots along the way,

til I had enough coverage mixed with

some white space.

Cause who doesn't love white space?

 And once again because I am impatient,

I used my Martha Stewart heat gun to dry

the whole mess quick.

So please forgive me, I forgot to take a photo

of my collage pieces before I glued them down.

But this is what I did -

I took all the pieces I wanted to use and figured out 

how I wanted to arrange them on the pages.

Then I put some more clear gesso on a paper plate

and took my elements one at a time and with an old

paintbrush I spread gesso over the backs.

I placed the element on the page where I wanted it,

smoothed it down with my fingertip,

then painted gesso over the top and around the edges

to adhere it and seal those edges.

I did this same procedure until all collage pieces

were adhered and I set it aside to dry.

(Who am I kidding. I totally grabbed that heat gun.)

Things needed a little spicing up.

So, I reached for my Jane Davenport 

Mermaid Markers that I got at Michael's

and started adding some color here and there.

They work just like a water brush and I used a

kleenex to blot some color off the page

so the colors would have a somewhat

mottled look.

In the above photo you can see that really

well on the yellow clock face and on the

silver number-faced clock.

 For the most part I was happy with the colors.

But it needed some tangling so I could post it

in Zentangle All Around.

 I wanted to put the wording

Time to Tangle on that red clock . . .

 . . . so I tried with a white gel pen.

Looked awful, so I went over it with a

super thin brush and some white paint

and basically gobbed it all up.

 So I let that dry, then went over it with

a Zebra Technical Drawing pen and I

like it much better.

I did add more layers along the way.

I did a little tangling,

I added the word blob, 

and I pulled out some stencils and an ink pad.

Posca Paint Pens finished out my collage piece

and I am really, really happy with it! 

If you are looking for a place to get involved

with The 100 Day Project,

you can join us at Zentangle All Around.

The 100 Day Project is basically a global

challenge to make art for 100 days in a row.

It started April 3rd and will run through July 11th.

It is a great way to get involved in art -

or for some to get re-involved.