Art Journal Page 227

Hi everyone!

Today's page was based solely on using the StencilGirl stencils I'd received as being invited to be a guest blogger on their site. I used two of the three stencils I'd received for today's page.

I started off working on the background by applying acrylic paints with a wet baby wipe and I really loved the softness and the blending this technique gave the page. Then all I had to do was add the stencils and title and voila! Quick and easy and fun!

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

Products used:

Pebeo 'cerulean blue' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint

Semco 'cherry blossom' acrylic paint

Americana 'soft jade' acrylic paint

Liquitex Professional gesso

Encyclopedia paper

Ranger 'jet black' archival ink

Dylusions 'right up your street' stamp set

ZIG Clean Color Real Brushes (various colours)

Aqua brush

Stampabilities 'everyday expressions' stamp set

Stampin' Up! 'big bold birthday' stamp set

Ranger 'monarch orange' archival ink

Ranger 'chrome yellow' archival ink

Hero Arts 'red royal' mid-tone shadow ink

Stabilo green fine point pen

Derwent 'mustard' Inktense pencil

Hero Arts 'magical castle' stamp set

Prisma Color 'scarlet lake' pencil

Prisma Color 'lilac' pencil

Prisma Color 'lemon yellow' pencil

Prisma Color 'neon pink' pencil

Prisma Color 'white' pencil

Reeves 'oxide chromium green' acrylic paint

Jacquard 'pearl white' Lumiere acrylic paint

Jacquard 'pearlescent emerald' Lumiere acrylic paint

Aleene's Original Tacky glue

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

McGill dual-tipped stylus

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

Ranger 'ice stickles' glitter glue

Sharpie 'white' fine point pen

Sharpie 'white' medium point paint pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

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