Pencil Lines: Sketch #170

For Pencil Line's 4th birthday, we were allowed to choose any sketch from those four years. This is sketch #170:
 

And my interpretation:
 

To me, sketches are an opportunity to go wild and let my imagination soar within the safe confines of good design.

I used gesso to white out a spot in the intensely patterned paper, stamped over it and then used washi tape to secure my photos.

I couldn't get the paint color quite right.  Four layers of paint later, I'm quite happy with the teal!

Painting these words was a last minute decision, but I think they make a big difference.  Check out the layout before I painted the words:

I think it's missing that oomph and intensity that the painted words give it!  It can be hard to put paintbrush to paper when a layout is pretty much done.  But I'm always up for the risk!  What's the worst thing that happens?  You simply start all over again!

Check out the birthday madness (including prizes) here.  (More information in my post below too!)

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