Art Journal Page 214

Hi everyone!

Today I decided I wanted to see how sprays would work on a non-gessoed surface and how it compared to a gessoed surface, so I used the Dylusions black Creative 8"x8" journal and gessoed the left hand page, no gesso on the right hand page. I used Heidi Swapp sprays for this experiment and I must say I like both results!

I love the muted colours and the patterns the sprays made on the non-gessoed page (right side). I must admit I was very surprised that the colours didn't come up through the texture paste as much as I thought they would.

The left hand page, which had the black gesso applied first, was more vibrant than the non-gessoed page. The patterns were pretty and the sprays didn't really come through the texture paste but I think they were more apparent on the gessoed page. I'm assuming this is because the sprays would have soaked through on the non-gessoed page and therefore weren't sitting on top waiting to absorb into something.

So the upshot is - there's pros and cons for using sprays with or without sprays LOL. Have fun!

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by CLICKING HERE.


Products used:

Heidi Swapp 'sweet mint' Color Shine
Heidi Swapp 'patina' Color Shine
Heidi Swapp 'citron' Color Shine
Heidi Swapp 'butter' Color Shine
Heidi Swapp 'gold' Color Shine
Chromacryl texture paste
Tim Holtz 'flourish' layering stencil
KaiserCraft 'stencil words' stencil
Liquitex Professional gesso
Derivan Matisse 'folk black' coloured gesso

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Blind 3 Colour Challenge Journal Page

Hi everyone!

For today's live stream on YouTube I took the challenge to create a journal page using the 'blind 3 colour' technique.

The 'blind 3 colour' technique means that you can only use the 3 colours you have 'blindly' picked, along with black and white paints. You can also use stencils and stamps, other mediums such as texture paste and gesso.

The three colours I blindly picked were 'oxide chromium green', 'lime green' and 'Naples yellow hue'. I thought this was going to be the day that this technique was NOT going to work, but once I got into it, the page flowed nicely!

And once again this technique worked for me! You should give it a go, it's fun!

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Reeves 'oxide chromium green' acrylic paint
Semco 'lime green' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'Naples yellow hue' acrylic paint
Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint
Liquitex Glazing Medium
Stampers Anonymous | Tim Holtz 'attic treasures' stamp set
Stampers Anonymous | Tim Holtz 'bitty grunge' stamp set
Ranger 'jet black' archival ink
Liquitex 'carbon black' acrylic ink
Chromacryl texture paste
Prima Art Basics | Finnabair heavy gesso
Tim Holtz 'speckles' layering stencil
Traci Bunkers 'blind melon' alphabet stamp set
PIGMA black Graphic 1 archival ink pen
Mimi Bondi 'wild flowers' stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen