Brayered gesso resist background…

If you have a look at aRtbUzz - Trish Bee’s challenge blog, the latest “background noise” challenge is using our best friend gesso on dark/black card/paper, letting it dry abd then brayering bright inks or spraying bright washes on it to create a unique-to-you background. Here’s a look at some packaging I saved to experiment with and a black A4 book I’ve been making notes in…

I nearly lost this book to DH who fell for the cover!!

I like the sponged effect and the packaging didn’t take the gesso through punchinella too well, but I liked this effect. I think maybe I need to get a better inkpad - no rush - and the book needs some stamped images and then be sealed. If you look closely, you can just see that I sponged black acrylic paint around the edges too!