Here we are, another Dylusion Journal page again, a bit of brayering for the background. Brayering the background is an easy way of using left over paint from another project just get it up from the mat and roll away. Not a skill of mine I am afraid but this one turned out better than most and remained rather subtle. If you look very closely you can see there are some white Gesso circles over the top of the brayering. I drew two wobbly lines around the edges of the page and stamped some flowers (and a little ladybird) on the base along with a couple of bits of washi tape.
"Marie and Maryanne were two sisters who normally got along fine. This particular day they had gone out for a walk in the countryside, it was a lovely Sunday and on the way back from church they decided to go by the river and through the meadows on their way home. Maryanne had worn her new hat which was very stylish and gave her the height she needed to keep up with big sister Marie who always wore high heeled shoes and had her hair spiked, adding inches to her height. She hated being the smaller of the two.
They found themselves chatting about some of the ladies in the congregation and what they were wearing. Not many got dressed up for church these days but the girls had been brought up to make an effort when attending. Not that their mother would have altogether approved of either outfit - trousers on the one daughter and spikey hair on the other. "Oh dear," she would have thought, "what is the world coming to?" It was as well that the girls had left home and lived together in a flat in town.
Some of the girls came under scrutiny but Mrs Bouquet came under fire immediately with the two girls because of the airs and graces she always put on and the silly hats she wore, which prompted Maryanne to tell Marie that she thought she should make a bit more effort on a Sunday for church and possibly wear a hat instead of spiking her hair all the time. Not a good move Maryanne. Marie loved her hair like that and she paid quite handsomely to have it cut and coloured so that she could have it in this style. "And what about that monstrosity you have on" said Marie, "Your hat looks like one of Mrs Bouquet's cast offs".
Maryanne was very happy with her new hat, it was in shades of pink which she felt was a colour that set her complexion off, the lady in the shop had complimented her when she bought it for her friend's wedding last month and she had said how not many could carry off a piece like that but that Maryanne could. "To be honest with you" said Marie, "it looks a bit too small for you, sitting perched like that on the centre of your head". "I wanted to tell you when you first brought it home for Sylvie's wedding". "Well, why didn't you?" asked Maryanne. "You mean to tell me you let me think I looked nice at the wedding and all the time you were laughing behind my back". "No", said Marie, "I didn't want to upset you, you were so excited about the hat and it was the perfect colour with the dress you were wearing." "I just thought today it looked a bit small, maybe it's your hair."
"Oh well," said Maryanne, "I am not bothered what you think about my hat, I am not that keen on your spikey hair to be honest." "So does my opinion not matter any more?" asked Marie, to which Maryanne replied "Of course it matters, just not to me." And with that the two girls walked along the river in total silence as they made their way back home."
I know it is a bit of a long shot but I am entering this page into Art Journal Journey where the lovely Alison has set the theme at 'Summer Countryside'. I hope the pink, blue and yellow of the background makes you think of sumertime and the flowers and little insect adds to the overall effect.
