From my sketchbook ~ the moon and the stars ~ and a tutorial!

Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

I was inspired by this month's Sketchbook Challenge theme of Moon & Stars, to create this page.

 detail of Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

And here's how I created the page:

cut up squares of collage paper

collage them, mosaic style, on your page
(I glued two of my sketchbook pages together, to make it a heavier weight paper)

Use matte medium or Mixed Media Adhesive to glue them down

make sure they well adhered and flat

OOPS!!

cover the page and let it dry completely

draw your image in pencil first

Use a sharpie to create a heavy outline

outline the whole drawing and erase the pencil

Use diluted gesso and paint the areas you want to cover

Daniel Smith Gesso, of course.

I left the tree unpainted.

paint in the shapes

paint the moon shiny gold!

in progress

I diluted the paint with water, to make sure you could see the collage underneath

in progress

in progress

in progress

letter stamps

 detail of Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

 detail of Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

 detail of Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

 detail of Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

 detail of Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

 detail of Moon and the Stars ~ from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!