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![Ingrid Murray mixed media art journal page. A neutral background of book pages and a map is covered with black marks on the right, a broad teal brushstroke on the left, and yellow splotches of paint.](https://i0.wp.com/www.ingridmurray.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220830_214450-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C2560&ssl=1)
Here are two recent art journal pages, made literally back to back. I really love the simplicity, color palette, and composition of both — and also feel like they complement each other well as individual pieces.
The top spread has a piece of newspaper torn from the Baltimore Beat, featuring the upcoming Hampdenfest event; the bottom has part of an Ohio road map I have, for some reason, in my possession. I also used pages from a book I found in a little library a while back.