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Friday, June 20, 2014

A New Start to Finish with New Textured Hand-painted Papers

Been  super  busy--really  getting  ready for  my  summer  shows--but  I  decided  to  take  some  time  for  my neglected  blog  by  showing  you  my  latest  piece,  and  a  little  bit  of  a  tell-all  on  how  I  made  it.   So  here's  my  latest  piece--


Oh--I  just  love  these  vibrant  colors!

But  I'll  take  you  back  to  the  beginning--I  got  out  my  110  cardstock  paper  (bought  it  at  Staples),  and  my  gel  medium  and  molding  paste.....and  a  texture  tool.....and  a  stencil.


The  orange  one  on  top  was  what  I  used  my  molding  paste  for--just  laid  my  stencil  over  the  un-painted  paper  and  scraped  the  paste  over  the  stencil  with  a  palette  knife.   And  then  when  it  was  dry,  I  just  added  my  paint--lots  of  layers  for  the  depth--that's  why  I  love  using  this  cardstock--it  will  stand  up  to  anything!
And  the  bottom  two,  I  just  randomly  applied  a  fairly  heavy  coat  of  gel  medium  over  the  paper,  and  used  my  texture  tool (a  hair  pick)  to  make  random  designs.   When  dry, I  added  my  paints  and  stencils--really  turned  out  great.

Still  painting  papers--


Still  going  for  texture  with  the  corrugated  cardboard  and  the  textured  wallpaper,  and  love  this  book  page.   I  found  the  book  at  a  recent  garage  sale--it's  like  6 x 20--very  cool  size.

So  next...........


....time  to  start  playing  with  this  10 x 20  gallery  canvas.

The  start  of  it--


I  collaged  pages  from  one  of  my  favorite  books  (another  garage  sale  find  from years  ago--I  use  it  ALL  the  time)  with  Golden  Matte  Medium,  and  then  added  the  yellow  wash  of  paint  to  it.

Getting  my  'frame'  on  it--


...with  all  of  these  wonderfully-textured  papers.

And  then  I  added  the  main  design  (the  birds).  And  then  I  like  to  outline  my  collaged  papers  with  my  Faber-Castell  black  brush  pitt  pen.   It  really  makes  everything  pop--

and  it  gives  it  that  stained  glass  look



And  I  didn't  forget  about  the  sides  either!



And  that's  how  I  did  it!   I'll  call  this  post  part  1--I'll  show  you  more  in  my  'part  2'  post.

11 comments:

  1. It's fantastic Diane! I'm definitely going to try your texturing technique! thanks for sharing.

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  2. Very lovely painting :) Have fun at the Summer Show ;)

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  3. Oh you so inspire me and thanks for sharing so much to us xoxoxoxo

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  4. Diane, I never tire of seeing your beautiful work. My piece hangs right above me as I sit at the computer. You have an amazing imagination to think so creatively and out of the box. Everything comes together is such a beautiful way.

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  5. Such a stunning creation Diane! Very artistic!
    greetings, Alie

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  6. Wonderful piece and a treat of a post Diane. Thanks so much for sharing your process with us, I just love your work.
    xx
    Gabrielle

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  7. Beautiful piece you have created! I love your tutorial and will have to give it a try. Thanks so much for sharing

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  8. It's lovely. Your work in creating papers is fascinating to me. List your shows so I can choose my next piece!
    Blessings Tina

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  9. Diane: es usted fantástica, me encantan sus pinturas, sobre todo la combinación de los papeles de scrap con mix media. Creo que me va a inspirar mucho gracias por mostrar el proceso creativo, es muy inspirador.
    Saludos desde España.

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  10. beautiful piece nice combination of colors. love your work

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