Mixed Media Seaweed

I have two larger projects on the go chez moi: an artist book and a series of canvases featuring, well, seaweed. I have decided that seaweed is awesome (and the new tree).

The background took more time than the seaweed. For the former, I used the first several steps of Chrysti's background technique that was published in the most recent issue of CPS. I stopped after adding ink, skipped the paper lace steps, and went right to the doodling step, which I did in more artist ink. Man, I love artist ink at the moment. I'd drink it but it would probably make me sick. The border is in gel pen, which smudges super awesomely. The actual seaweed is gel pen and liquid acrylics on a page from an old Soviet lit textbook.

I think that my next study will involve some tissue collage before reaching for the paint. Texture is fun!

(cross-posted without the commentary at Two Bits)