Original art, tutorials, and more. One, former number cruncher's journey to find her own unique artistic style. I'm going to try it all and see what sticks!
Awhile back, I created a piece called Six Degrees of Separation, based upon a concept that I have always been intrigued with. Today's piece is, loosely, based on the same thing.
I used acrylic ink and collage. Here we go..............
Supplies
11" X 14" Bristol Mixed Media Paper
Bombay and FW Acrylic Inks
Tracing Paper
Handcarved rubber stamp
Heart Stamps
Ranger Archival Ink - Black
Black and White Acrylic paint in a Fineline Bottle
Black Charcoal Pencil
Glossy Gel Medium
Today, we are transforming a plain, thrift store, tray into a mixed media art piece with
Gel Press prints. If you would like to see the "Gel Press printing" portion of the video in "real time" click here!
Here we go....
Supplies
12" X 14" Gel Press Plate
Glass Bottomed Tray
Canso Bristol Mixed Media Paper
Matte DecouPage
American Paint - Titanium White, Chiffon Blue, Bahama Blue, Peacock Blue
Golden Fluid Acrylics - Ultramarine Blue, Phaylo Turqouis, Green Gold
Liquitex Basics - Mars Black
Stencils
Miscellaneous Mark Making tools
Black Faber-Castell Pitt Pen
Black Charcoal Pencil
Interior Semi-Gloss Paint - Teal
If you would like to see a "real time" version of the printmaking, check out the link
Today, we are using our Gel Press™ prints again to make pretty pink petals for dogwood flowers. I have a dogwood tree in my yard. Unfortunately, it blooms intermittantly. We planted some bushes in front of it that block the sun and it's too big to move at this point. So, I'm going to pretend (in this project) that this is what my flowers look like.
I used some acrylic paint and stencils for the background. Then, made two Gel Press™ prints for my petals. To make the prints, I used pink and white paint, a circle stencil, and a rubber trivet that I purchased at the Dollar Store.
Here we go.............
List of Supplies
8" X 8" canvas panel
Americana Craft Paints - Bahama Blue, Blue Peacock, Chiffon Blue, Titanium White, Carbon Black, Pink
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics - Cerulean Blue, Quinacridone Magenta.
Golden Fluid Acrylics - Green Gold
Faber-Castell Pitt Pen - Black
Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen - Light Grey
Sakura Gellyroll Pen - White
Black Charcoal Pencil
Black Oil Pastel
Stencils - Donna Downey (Mini Numbers), Honeycomb, Crackled,
Rubber Trivet
