Not quite the new year yet--but almost. Had a great Christmas with all of my family--really fun with everyone being together all at once--that doesn't happen much as they get older--so it was the best Christmas gift. In between all of this celebrating, I've been sneaking away to my art room and playing. My favorite way to relax (and you know this if you're a frequent visitor) is painting papers. This time I got out my alcohol inks and yupo paper
I found this tutorial on you tube by Mary Beth Shaw for Stencil Girl Products--really fun and very easy to do.
Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLPX-S7ZKpI
I also played with my new Gel Press plate
and 110lb cardstock paper
I also played with my new Gel Press plate
and 110lb cardstock paper
Next--made some textured papers--
...with gel medium and stencils (and the 110lb cardstock paper again)
So this was my color palette that I ended up with--
...and I decided to use a 9 x 12 deep-edge birch cradle board--my favorite substrate to work on
Next step for me is just as much fun as the first one--
...my first layer of papers (my background)--mosaic style. I like to leave spaces in between the different papers, so I can fill it in later with my black pitt pen
(like grout in between mosaic tiles)
My next layer is when I added my main theme, houses in this case--
.....and then my 'grouting' with my pitt pen--along with some stamped words here and there
After I sealed it with gloss varnish, I added some embellishments for further dimension--
All finished--
and now in my Etsy shop. I really enjoy making this mosaic-type of art and hope this funky little village finds a new home. You can find it HERE in my shop.
I hope you all have a very happy 2017!!
So this was my color palette that I ended up with--
...and I decided to use a 9 x 12 deep-edge birch cradle board--my favorite substrate to work on
Next step for me is just as much fun as the first one--
...my first layer of papers (my background)--mosaic style. I like to leave spaces in between the different papers, so I can fill it in later with my black pitt pen
(like grout in between mosaic tiles)
My next layer is when I added my main theme, houses in this case--
.....and then my 'grouting' with my pitt pen--along with some stamped words here and there
After I sealed it with gloss varnish, I added some embellishments for further dimension--
All finished--
and now in my Etsy shop. I really enjoy making this mosaic-type of art and hope this funky little village finds a new home. You can find it HERE in my shop.
I hope you all have a very happy 2017!!
