I need a "D" technique background for an upcoming swap and love the look of
Distressed Gesso, so thought I'd give it a go again. Before starting and to add a little "extra" to my background, started by stamping diamonds to the buff colored paper with brown
StazOn ink.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_KPVNVRw7Za4W1jHHlGgUjK7su-8eUsiblWj8TdtHCgiTxiQThZq9XTJnr_hZW3L7noqg6BqwV_QaP8UhWI-2uTR1qlkr3c1QM-tY_D13n_O-Nzk8n6GcqIa1SCwRMnsXER6TYCyMEM/s400/g1.jpg)
Used a sea sponge to add some
gesso to a few areas of the paper. Since I used a light application of
gesso, I
speeded up the drying with a heat tool really quickly.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF1nXzLM8Va7ODHMr4nGnSV7OjyyLu1YQ-KwMp77RXEg-rvKZOYmGGXpHpxq_RtmjnJRk1ASlmace9uc2rGpiiRRKTZaAN0TSwdRvtu2coC6T_0LkivOtxfVNBcaxTCZzYZ5l0sArA4w/s400/g3.jpg)
Applied yellow Distress Ink with the Direct to Paper (
dtp) method.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPW_TyG1rWRHkVZqc0j5DNrKsjC-XTcVMqmQDMxLgIVENucWM-IUG6Ixlw1bGEocEKsSGpjbZDgyEYGDp4oHP9MmQPGQYzubauPX2aCe1fR2NaQtfPaCTzgQRch5TqNbGM-NUNCk4m4aU/s400/g4.jpg)
Added more
gesso with the sea sponge overlapping some areas and leaving others with no
gesso. Used heat tool to dry
gesso and colored with wild honey Distress Ink
dtp.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiUW3p5o_3ysFHRgCippQ7UfzoOMJQne_owKEU8I8e2xTnTbAQtG9Y1Kh6MF9YzavPBMWe9v06p1Ho5eeng8BVsSz4oh4wUN-GH7xwt-CIdCaT-uPrY9ANmHha6zLW4kDKdK2_PGV_kE/s400/g5.jpg)
For the final layer, used watered down
gesso and covered large areas with the sea sponge. Dried the
gesso with the heat tool again.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_co7EeWxfxL_7i6lmN-lLFOrebyFvR7xGd2MB3VsUP3zYPPOClYWy2WxVXVDJsEsyQFZeJXimW_zvGB7xsgcHaaZmK5F0kY_4GPBW7Lg0zXnsCvaoZE1miB0JkzdxCAux8HVZ8UFviis/s400/g6.jpg)
Colored with dried marmalade Distress Ink. I like how textured this looks.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJEJiY9pr-6X3rIcpMUHjh7-D0CAMf1_yvrN9lMBAuQB-lHqckUd8yeDcVkNocp-V08TwCWXq0wHn5bG0KiQQD16YliEEEDKAWjblBBtpqySA_67T_cZQU9bbBgEfStAoMqo8waLIIuM/s400/g7.jpg)
There are many different ways to do this technique: how much
gesso you use, how you apply the
gesso, what colors ink you choose, etc.