Art Journal Cover

Hello crafters,

Its hard to keep up with all the challenges...their themes...end dates...and then to keep track of the ideas that just pop-in...the pending DIY projects...
So I decided to make a Blog and Art planner for myself...
I wanted the inside to be pretty simple...but I wanted to try out something new on the cover...
And this is the first time I clicked photos while making the cover...

I read a good quote about Art somewhere...it was pretty long...but I liked the ending...it said "Splash a little paint...draw a little line...have fun"...

I started out with the cover of a cereals pack...its cardboard...so its pretty sturdy...

I cut it to measurements and punched two holes for binding with a ribbon

I did the same with the pages...

Well...as I said its the first time I tried to take in-progress pics...I missed out on the first one :D...
I am always so eager to move to the next step...that I forget to take pics...

Anyways....I applied a mixture of fevicol(glue) and water on the cardboard and then pasted a newspaper clipping on it (you can see it through the paint here). Next I applied a coat of acrylic colour which I thinned down with water to get the translucency...

Then started the zentangle and doodle madness...I covered the front of the cover with doodles and patterns

                

To match with the quote I added splashes of paint...

I also cut out some leaves from scraps of pattern paper and glued them...

Now...time I pasted the quote...I teared it roughly and distressed the edges with Vintage photo...

To finish it off...I went over the whole cover with a mix of fevicol, water and a bit of blue paint (as I wanted to mute the colours of the quote and leaf a bit)

I would like to mention that I was inspired to try out this new technique after I saw a tutorial on My Art Journal. I love Diane's work. You should check it out. She makes such beautiful pieces of art. Its awesome!!!

I would like to add this planner cover in the following challenges:
http://lessology.blogspot.in/2015/01/lessology-challenge-43-cardboard-central.html
http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.in/2015/01/have-you-begun.html
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.in/2015/01/x-for-x-periment.html