I sat down with a bunch of altered paper pieces and made this stylized scarab one afternoon. After the glue was dry I brushed lightly with Lumiere paints and painted on the legs, which I believe he must be missing a pair but maybe not. Paper mosaic is a technique I return to again and again when I am in the mood to do something that can be “fiddly”…patience is definitely a requirement and I do not always have it. There isn’t any journaling on it yet but probably will be one day. This, as most all my a j pieces, is worked in my big altered mapbook.
Paper mosaic scarab art journal page
Posted: April 2, 2012 in art journalTags: altered book, art journaling, mixed media, paper mosaic
Comments
This is so beautiful. I love the idea 🙂 I love making paper mosaics out of discarded watercolor sheets.
thank you fiber lily, i appreciate your comment. watercolor paper is sweet and i use magazine pages as well as junk mail i’ve altered and art journal pages that didn’t work out! it’s all up for grabs! tl
i like it!