Art Journal Round Robin

Before sending off the latest journal in our Art Journal Round Robin, I thought I would share its current pages.  This book was created and bound by Janet Briggs, and it's a beauty.  I love her opening spread, introducing all of the participants:

Here is Janet's other spread from the first round:

The book then went to Mary, where she contributed the following floral loveliness:

And now that it has come to me, I created the following spreads:

I've been creating a silhouette spread in each of the books I've received; for this book, I turned it in on its side.  To create the background, I laid down various papers and covered them with gesso.  I added spray inks, and then created the silhouette with black acrylic paint.  On went the decorative tapes, and a quotation from Harriet Tubman with a basic black pen.

For the next spread, I again used spray inks to create the background, and decorative tapes to create a border.  I adhered a gorgeous world map napkin using gel medium, and glued the picture of six men in a boat from one of my new library sale books.  I love the quotation from St. Augustine:  "The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."  I wrote the letters in white-out pen, and outlined them in black. 

This was a project that was definitely worth cluttering up my newly tidied workspace to create!