Make your own Gesso

A.J.’s Homemade Gesso:

Couple
things about this it is a little rougher than normal gesso but it does
sand nicely.  Because of the baby powder it will be a little chalkier
when sanding so use a fine sand paper.  Cure time is 24 hours but you
can speed it up with a hair dyer or a heat gun.

• 1 part white glue (I used cheap white glue from the Dollar Store - you can also use PVA glue or Elmer's)
• 3 parts water (since I used the cheap white glue I should have decreased the water to 2 parts)
• 6
  parts baby powder (since I used way more water than what I should have,
  I used more baby powder.  I did not measure I tilted the baby powder
  container and squeezed - scientific I know)
• I added some Titanium White from the an almost empty 2 oz. tube of Liquitex  (there was maybe a TBSP left in it.)

I
mixed everything in a air tight container the constancy is like a
pancake batter - it will settle (like normal Gesso) so you will need to
mixed it before use.  Surprisingly it takes paint really well, it also
sands nicely.  It also way cheaper than "real" gesso - lol.

Best ever home made mod podge

Another journal page.....

trying to finish my art journal b4 new years...

this is a collection of  journal pages and canvas'sthat I have done over the last few years as I have been learning and growing trying lots of different styles, techniques and products.....

this is the Blue Bazaar Challenge 2015...

I have included the reference pic first and then my interpretation of it....