"Les Papillons" - Inside Cover and Pages 1-3

Hi, Everyone,

As promised in my last post, I would like to share with you some pages from my latest Art Book entitled, "Les Papillons".  Below are photos of the Inside Cover and Pages 1-3.

The diamond and ink blot patterns are paint through stencils.  I used a 1" round flat bottomed paint brush and lightly pounced the paint over the stencils so the paint would not seep under the stencils.

All the butterfly images used in my book were found on google.  I attached them to the pages by doing a gel medium transfer, letting the gel dry overnight, then removing the paper with water.

Since I always use metal in my projects, at the top of the page is a medal medallion and in the bodies of the butterflies are a pen nib and a clock hand.

The bark lines on the left and the measuring tape strips are also paint through stencils.

The writing on the left is my handwriting.  I bought a long tipped bottle from Deserres and filled it with 3/4 fluid matte medium and 1/4 black paint.  The fluid matte medium is fluid clear paint which allows the paint to flow easily through the narrow tipped bottle without making the paint transparent.

In the bodies of these butterflies are two Tim Holtz embellishments.

My previous post talked about how I built up the actual pages.

More photos of the inside pages to come.

Have fun creating!