Together is the Best

Hello and welcome to July; we are into the second half of the year, yikes.
What a better way to start the month with the challenge at ARTastic. A fun challenge using this painting by Shirley Charlton, as your inspiration,

CRITERIA is to use water (liquid) in some way on your page (ink spray, gelatos, paper crumple, watered down paint, make handmade flowers etc).  Just tell us how water was applied.

My page for this month:

 I was inspired by the colours and 'layout' of the painting. I have split my page using similar colours at the top and bottom as the painting with my photo and embellishments across the centre. To create my background I painted clear acetate with water colour paint and placed it upside down on my page transferring the paint. My friend recently taught me this technique and I love it.

 Close up of my background and my flower cluster. By pre painting it, it's easier to get the right colours before placing it on your page.

The other colour I have used at the top, along with some of my embellishments. I love making my own embellishments. The love hearts are a die cut and the arrows I made using a chevron stencil.

I hope this has inspired you to try our challenge at ARTastic and have some fun using water on your page.