back to basics

sometimes I can spend days just making backgrounds

i have TONS of paper, really,

and just love to rip, cut, paste, paint, glaze,

sponge, stamp, gesso, plaster, you name it!

sometimes i go too far

but i've developed the habit of at least scanning each project between layers

so i have a large collection of backgrounds ready when the mood strikes me !

the first one is pages from a magazine, masking tape and gesso

the second is a collection of decorative papers,

paint applied with a brayer and a foam stamp

the third is pages from an old "handy mans" guide i found at a garage sale,

i like it just the way it is.