I also purchased Golden open acrylics to use on my plate. I was very pleased with the results. Do and do some more. I loved the translucent layers just using same color but changing stencil/mask. I found that I prefer to work light colors to dark colors. However, using black last did get very vibrant prints.
This week I set out to try two techniques seen on Gelli Arts® youtube channel. First, I worked on layering up colors and patterns to try the packing tape technique. I was pleased with my pattern and decided to try clear contact paper. Don't! The results were that all my work was lost. The contact paper did not adhere very well and the shiny surface was distracting. I was not able to use it. I also purchased Golden open acrylics to use on my plate. I was very pleased with the results. Do and do some more. I loved the translucent layers just using same color but changing stencil/mask. I found that I prefer to work light colors to dark colors. However, using black last did get very vibrant prints. I made several prints but the ghost print was my favorite. I used circle mask cut from a plastic dividers. Here are the prints made with regular paints and open acrylics. Do keep playing and don't give up. I usually work back and forth between 3 to 5 papers at one time. Remeber you may only use little sections of a larger print. Using a mat frame to see helped. *permission to use the Gelli® or Gelli Arts® trademark, which is owned by Gelli Arts® LLC
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Today I got my Gelli Arts® plate and immediately began making prints. I began by creating paper circles but that did not work so I grabbed a plastic divider to create my own mask. I made several trial and error prints throughout the afternoon. By five o'clock, I began cutting them down into large and some smaller squares. I was deciding how to use when I realized they looked like small abstracts. I added more paint and some stamps using white paint with bubble wrap and black Staz-on ink. *permission to use the Gelli® or Gelli Arts® trademark, which is owned by Gelli Arts® LLC
It was a busy week as the students finished up their HAW projects. I folded, string and put up 115 lanterns and put together 2 bulletin boards. I was also told that I was too valuable as a math/science teacher to be allowed to teach art, but coild start an art club. I will have to see what the future holds but I will still strive to teach art!
I took several pictures of their work and take satisfaction that my students believe in me! it was apleasure to see their excitement as it all came together. They proudly showed off their artwork. I saw an amazing talented artist, Isabella Zacherfinet, on a recent youtube video use watercolour pencils and water to create a beautiful background. I decided to see how using inktense pencils and Lindy's spray instead of water would react. Then, I sprayed Lindy's silver steel shimmer spray and sprinkled a few granules of the same color of magicals. I used my heat tool to dry and create watermarks. Finally, I decided to use a baby wipe to lift some color and blend it. Next, I decided to cover a canvas with white gesso and use a stencil to add some modeling paste. I used three color of inktense but less coverage. This was a total fail. The gesso bubbled up and peeled off. So this is what I salvaged by adding more inktense and watered down acrylic craft paint in peach.
Recently I got the opportunity to teach a few art lessons in my math lab to help out with our social studies event Harmony Around the World. Our grade was assigned Asia and Japan and China were the two countries we chose.
I have asked each group to create lanterns and two additional art projects. I began designing two original pieces for our display and silent auction. See the pictures below to see their progress to completion. I will post student project in a few weeks when done. I haven't been in the studio recently because I have decided to try again to apply for open art teacher jobs in my area. Unfortunately, it seems to be a hard transition to make after teaching math & science for 23 years.
I have been filling out applications which is time consuming and leaves everything up in the air about whether we are moving too. However, I have decided that this summer is the time to jump in to the youtube world by posting videos of my art processes while creating canvases. I truly want to shift my focus to making a living creating, blogging and teaching art. Getting the right video set up and how to continue expanding my audience are still new to me so any helpful advice from those of you who post video tutorials, blog and belong on design teams/endorsement who be appreciated. My project this week was a collage. The request was shabby chic with neutral colors. Finding papers with muted cream and taupe tones along with vintage maps was easy enough. I also used a multi color strip in small strips for visual interest. Not all the papers were used and once dry I added so gesso to create texture. Next I added colored modeling paste through a floral stencil and clock stencil. Once done I realized that the green I used was wrong for the flowers. I tried to replace the stencil to soon and layed burgundy over the green. Not as clean as I would have gotten if I had waited longer but better. The green even bleed through the white centers. I need to seal and go back over with more white. I found a vintage bird image and the quotes I wanted to use. I printed one quote on old pattern tissue which allowed it to blend into the background. The other quote was printed on white cardstock, layered over tinted paper and added to the canvas. I used lindy stamp gang sprays and magicals to add sepia and metallic shimmer, coated with modge podge using a blush faber-castell pitt marker to add color. Finally, I added drop shadow using cold grey pitt marker and added to wooden numbers to represent a wedding month and year.
I began by adding the shadows using a warm grey color in a medium and lighter tone. long, hectic week at school so I have not finished the other bride.
This week as I head into the studio, I am working on two wedding canvases. Wedding dresses require pale pastel colors, like blush, or white/creams. Essentially, your using your shadow colors to create depth. Lavender, pale blue, Payne's grey (cool grey with blue under tone) and ecru (a warm grey under tone). I began by pulling two sets of papers. Pinks for the bride in white and peach for the bride in ecru satin. I started by painting my canvases with a background color. Next I added layers of patterned scrapbook paper to add texture and movement to the background. I choose a more modern, bolder graphic print for the pink layout. I began to add the vintage ephemera and text to the backgrounds. Ran out of time this weekend but will post part two next week with close up photos of both brides.
A recent discussion with a client about matching a color caused me to pull out old paint strips. We used a photo of the canvas and a photo of her wall paint in the Sherwin Williams app Chip It to determine if the aqua colors were similar shades...and they were! Using a few paint chips from the beginning while picking out papers, paints and embelishmentscan make it easy to ensure all your selections match and have the same under tones. Purchasing paper pads can also give you a mixture of prints and patterns within the same shades. Another easy tip is to create a paint stick using a popsicle stick with your wall paint. Easy to take with you into any store when trying to pick out accessories and art. First layers of papers with sepia and teal stains from Lindy's magicals industrial chic and a wash of gesso. Adding the ephemera and quotes. Black tinted modeling paste through a stencil and cardstock cutouts of figures.
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