Exploring technique

This page I dedicated mostly to trying out some new techniques. It's called "Happy Accidents of the Audio Appendages". My mom said one thing and my ears hear something COMPLETELY different! I ended up laughing so hard that I was crying like a baby and people were looking at me like I belonged in a "special" hospital. Anyway I painted a basic dark background and then went over it quickly with a lighter colour to give it some depth.

After that was dry I added the light swirl for the title and date. Then, by another happy accident, I dropped some water on the page and when I went to wipe it off there were these neat looking water marks! So I added some more water and went to town lol

Then in this picture you can see the circles....... recycling!! I lightly painted on some small bubble wrap (let me tell you it was incredibly difficult to keep Laney from popping every single one!) and pressed down on the page. Finally, after all the painting was done I drew on the flourishes with a black fine tip Sharpie marker.