Art Journal Page 204

Hi everyone!

I'm so so excited!!!! All my hard work trying to get the whites to actually appear white over the top of sprays has worked!!! So happy!

So I sprayed the page with yummy sprays, applied 5 coats of generic hair spray (fixative), applied a couple of coats of gel medium then clear gesso, sanded and applied another coat of clear gesso. Yes, it is a lot of work but if it actually does the trick, I'll do it! I can have multiple pages on the go and have them at the ready for later :)

So when the first page worked I was so excited I didn't even create a layout as such on the page, just a few white gesso sponged circles and some text written with a POSCA paint pen - just to see if it worked.

So then I started on a fresh page, applying the same process, then created a layout!

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

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Dylusions 'bubblegum pink' ink spray
Dylusions 'lemon zest' ink spray
Heidi Swapp 'peacock' Color Shine
Woolworths Home Brand Hair Spray
Chromacryl gel medium
White POSCA paint pen

Liquitex Gesso
Heidi Swapp 'patina' Color Shine
Dylusions 'fresh lime' ink spray
Heidi Swapp 'sweet mint' Color Shine
Dylusions 'polished jade' ink spray
Heidi Swapp 'butter' Color Shine
KaiserCraft 'quarters' stencil
Derwent Inktense 'antique white' pencil
Art Basicws | Finnabair heavy gesso
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist 'white' big brush
Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint
Pebeo 'primary magenta' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'light blue violet' acrylic paint
Reeves 'violet' acrylic paint
Semco 'tutti fruitti' acrylic paint
Derivan Matisse 'Australian olive green' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'light green permanent' acrylic paint
Mont Marte 'scarlet' acrylic paint
Black uni POSCA 'free size' paint pen
Black Pitt Artist 'brush' pen
Portfolio 'red' water soluble oil pastel
Portfolio 'orange' water soluble oil pastel
White Gelly roll pen
White POSCA paint pen
Black POSCA paint pen
Ranger 'jet black' archival ink
Stipple brush

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Having Fun With Shipping Tags #9 - Sprays

Hi everyone!

Today's tag challenge was a challenge and a half!!! Those of you who have worked with sprays as backgrounds know how difficult it is to add layers and other mediums on top of them without the sprays being so dominant, particularly white!

Well I've been chained to my desk for a week trying to work this one out. I've used hair spray, gel medium, clear gesso and a lot of time and effort into trying to achieve the almost impossible LOL.

Anyway, in this tag challenge I have not succeeded in beating the sprays but watch out for the next post because the journal page based on this tag challenge worked, yes - SUCCESS! But only briefly unfortunately, it seems to be a hit and then a failure, then a failure, then a success. But I haven't given up!

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

Products used:

Golden gesso
Dylusions 'bubblegum pink' ink spray
Dylusions 'lemon zest' ink spray
Dylusions 'London blue' ink spray
Generic hair spray
Art Basics | Finnabair heavy gesso
Sharpie fine point white pen
Black POSCA paint pen
White Gelly Roll pen
Liquitex Professional gesso
Heidi Swapp 'peacock' Color Shine
Chromacryl gel medium
Black uni POSCA 'free size' paint pen
Black PITT Artist 'brush' pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Live Stream Journal Page

Hi everyone!

So today I was going to succeed at working with white over sprays without the sprays coming through. I failed miserably :(

Even though I sprayed 5 coats of hair spray (it's supposed to be a good fixative) the sprays still came through. I was so disappointed. Anyway I ended up finishing the page as best I could and I'm still bound and determined to find a way LOL.

I did go to my local art store today and bought some Liquitex clear gesso which I will try to add over the top of the multiple coats of fixative. I'm not giving up yet LOL.

Anyway you can see the full painful process on my live stream recording by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional Gesso
Lindy's Stamp Gang 'witch's potion purple' starburst spray
Lindy's Stamp Gang 'jazzy jivin' purple' starburst spray
Lindy's Stamp Gang 'azure sea asters' starburst spray
Lindy's Stamp Gang 'tibetan poppy teal' starburst spray
s-e-i 'purple' tumble dye spray
Heidi Swapp 'hot pink' Color Shine
Dylusions 'bubblegum pink' ink spray
Dylusions 'funky fuchsia' ink spray
Dylusions 'vibrant turquoise' ink spray
Adirondack 'purple twilight' Color Wash
The Crafters Workshop 'cosmic bubbles' stencil
White POSCA paint pen
Black POSCA paint pen
Ecoline black brush pen
Portfolio 'blue violet' water soluble oil pastel
Isocol rubbing alcohol
Tim Holtz 'small talk' idea-ology stickers

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen