Transfer gone amuck :)

This is a photo of another page in my Me and My Muse journal. The woman is or was, would be a better word, a super model in a magazine. :) I decided to transfer her onto my page and it ran amuck! At first, I was a bit frustrated as I did not photocopy the image in order to save it. I took the jump and worked with the original magazine image.

What was left was a very faint, "ghost" of a figure so I went, with it, and painted over the unsuccessful transfer. I love transfers, of any kind, and my main problem with them is my lack of patience. :) With magazine image transfers, it is highly recommended that I wait overnight to fully let things dry. But; I didn't and especially with the humidity being the way it is, here, lately - I should have realized it. Oh well.

The really neat thing about mixed-media is it is very forgiving. Things can always be gessoed over, painted over, collaged over - it's all good!

I wanted this figure to appear like she was looking through a window and I knew I wanted lace curtains. So; I stamped over white tissue paper with gesso using a piece of embossed wallpaper. It's a dream for collage if you use soft gel.

We have another weekend upon us! I wish, for all of you, a safe, happy, and peaceful one!

Love much..............................Marilyn xxoo