Faces

So topic 19 on the PaperArtsy blog is faces.....oh no most of us said I can't draw!! me included..but I was determined to have a go. I had stumbled across the Dina wakely video that Leandra had blogged about a few weeks ago and had a little practise on a couple of betting slips at work. You should pop over to the blog and have look at some the of the great faces on there..just here

I had a gelli plate journal that my lovely friend sam had made me and was holding off using it until I found somethig special to do with it. My inspiration for my face was a picture leandra had pinned from westbrook fine art...so I found a suitable page and sketched out the face in pencil. I coloured in the eyes and lips and then erased a lot of the outline to the face. I stamped various paper artsy minis in black archival and dry brushed some chalk paint randomly over the page

I couldn't get a decent piccie due to the light but really enjoyed this so will definately be playing around with some more faces..it's not brilliant but not too bad for a newbie


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Topic 18 wearable art...

The topic this time is wearable art over on the paper artsy blog....and as usual some great stuff..pop over here and have a look...

I started a couple of pieces last week and although one was finished and one nearly finished..I just haven't had the time to blog. So here goes..not a long post as I have a stinking cold and my eyes keep blurring lol..sneezing etc..you know how it is...

I started out with a metal heart and painted it in snowflake.I stuck on some patterened tissue paper and when that was dry I added a wash of snowflake over the top then stamped some script in black archival.
.Next I added some metal embellishments and a little resin bird. When all the glue was dry I added  blues and greens Lindy's samp gang sprays. When they were dry I scraped on some bead gel in random places...you may be able to see it if you enlarge the piccie.

I dry brushed some snowflake over the embellishments and when that was dry I sprinkled on some blue bistres and sprayed with some watered down gum arabic.

Lastly a ring through the top and threaded some ribbon...finished!

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ATC

As I explained in the last post the paper arsty theme this time is pigments. I have been making AC's today for a swop I am in so used my brusho again!! love them...

After cutting the ATC I sprinkled someyellow and red brushos...with a tiny touch of natural. When I had sprtzied that with gum arabic and dried it off I stamped a heart in embossing ink and used a clear powder to form a resist.  I then gave it a wash with snowflake fresco and when that was dry I used some tissue with a hot iron to melt the embossing powder and leave the colours of the pigments underneath. I did the same with the ART stamp, cut it out and stuck it on. This really is simple but very effective

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Pigments

The topic this time over on the paper artsy blog is pigments. There are some fantastic samples and videos right here

As most of you know Ally Pally was on last weekend and what a great time we had...not only is it a chance to spend all your pennies on crafty bits but a good catch up with crafty friends.

I was keen to have a look at the bistre pigmants that I knew Leandra would have on her stand as I tried to get some of these some time ago before I bought my brushos but couldn't find any in this country...but now they are here lol. I like my brushos but love the grungy...vintagy look of the bistres..they all have a brown undertone!! So I wanted to have a play today..this has been my first chance to spend any length of time in my shed.Soooo

I roughly painted a canvas with gesso and sprinkled on some yellow and red bistre powder. I had mixed some gum arabic in a spray bottle with water so that they would be a bit less water soluble...and they were..

When that was dry I scraped a thick layer of dreamweaver translucent embossing paste all over...this really makes the colours pop.

While that was drying I stamped and cut out a heart and quote and coloured them using aged mahogony distress ink. I edged the canvas with little black dress and added a touch of ruby treasure gold. Once everything was dry I stuck in onto the canvas with foam tape..voila

I really do like these bistres...if you are at port sunny pop over to the paper artsy stand and have a look

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Circles

Hi everyone! I have neglected my blog terribly lately..but have just not much of a chance lately. Had a big family wedding which was fantastic and my sister came home from the states for 3 weeks so that took up much of the summer...by the time I had a couple of weeks hols from work I was shattered !! so have spent a couple of weeks doing Nothing!! and I've loved it lol...

So this morning I thought I would have a go at the PA challenge which is circles this time. You can pop over here to have a look at where it all kicked off. As usual there was soo many lovely projects over the last 2 weeks. I really liked the Limor webber video that Leandra posted on the blog and this is my take on it...

I couldn't even begin to walk through what I did because I just played around with a load of circles for and hour. There are so many different medias on here. Fresco paint.dylusion paint..lindy's sprays and the pan pastels came out too as did the shaprie pencils. I just kept on adding the layers until I thought stop now!!

I am hoping to get myself sorted enough to get back into the swing of things and blog a bit more.

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Words

Topic 9 on the paper artsy blog is 'words'..some beutiful work going on over there as usual you can pop over and have a looksie here...loads and loads to look at.

I just wanted to do a journal page just simple with different layers of paints and a few well chosen words.

 

First I coated both papes with gesso and started adding layers or paint using fresco, metalic paints and sprays. I had already printed on the pens at a class with Lin Brown last year with some screens...I'm sorry I can't remeber what they are called. When all the paints and sprays were dry I used snowflake fresco to stamp some text randomly over the page and then different stencils for the words. Then touches of snowflake around the edges to frame it. I love these colurs together they remind me summer may be on its way lol...

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more sprays and a journal page

Having another play around with sprays this time in my journal which has been neglected lately. I used Andy Skinners sprays in yellow red and turquoise. When they were dry they looked a bit too bright so I took a thin piece of tissue and stamped some script in black archival ink. When this was dry I covered both pages with it.

Next I die cut some hearts, an arch and some wings from ramdom dies. I also picked up some bits and pieces laying around on my desk and painted them all in black. I used black texture past on some, grunge on some of the other pieces and some white crackle paint. when all the pieces were dry I sprayed them with perfect pearls and let it dry puddled in all the little nooks and crannys.

I chose my quote: No Beauty shines brighter than a good heart...how true is that and I am very lucky to have quite a few beautiful people in my life.

Everything was stuck into place and I went around some of it with my pitt big brush pen (love these pens!)
I am entering this into the paper artsy challenge which you can pop over and see here..it's worth a look as there is some great inspiration over there!

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