I planned to start this blog entry by saying" Happy Spring!", but here in Johannesburg we skipped spring and jumped right into Summer!
I had so much fun playing with the Mermaid Stamp by Prima Marketing. I absolutely love the Derwent Artbars, you will most definitely see me using them a lot in my art journal. I also discovered that I can stamp with the Derwent Inktense blocks and that once activated with liquid the stamped image is permanent.
Instructions:
- Place bleeding tissue paper circles on your page, spray it with water and leave to dry naturally.(See the video on how to make your own bleeding tissue paper below).
- Apply a wash of Topaz Blue Heritage Acrylic paint and water over the circles and dry with a heat tool.
- Dab Heritage Free Flow Acrylic Paint in various colours though the Fishinella stencil randomly over the background.
- Tear strips of bleeding tissue paper and adhere it to the background with Gel Medium to form sea grass.
- Spray White Linen Dylusions Ink Spray and then water over the background and dab it off with paper towel to mute the vibrant colours a bit and bind all the images together.
- Spray Dylusions Ink Spray in Polished Jade and Dry Martini through he Sea Damask and Sea Creatures stencils and let the background dry while you stamp and colour the mermaid.
- Rub the Prima Marketing Mermaid Stamp with an orange Derwent Inktense Block and stamp it on a slightly damp page of Daler-Rowney Heavyweight Paper. The image will be permanent once dry.
- Colour the mermaid with Derwent Artbars by picking up the colour with a water brush - I used my Pentel medium water brush.
- Cut out the mermaid when it is dry and adhere it to the background with Gel Medium.
- Paint a piece of the Heavyweight paper with a mixture of Heritage Pearl paint and Dylusions Callypso Teal Ink Spray and stamp the seashells included in the Prima Marketing stamp set. Cut out and adhere over the bikini top of the mermaid with Gel Medium.
- Apply Design Memory Craft Glass Bead Glitter Gel through he Blowing Bubbles stencil with a palette knife and let dry on its own.
- Write the quote in pencil and when satisfied with the placement go over it with a black Faber-Castell PITT Artist Brush pen and once dry with the silver Edding Calligraphy pen. I later went over it again with Edding Fine tip blue paint pen and added highlights with the Edding white paint pen as well.
- Use a white Gelly Roll Glaze pen to add scales to the mermaid's tail and some swirls to the background with the Fishinella stencil.
- Add shading and details to the mermaid with Design Memory Craft Big Brush pens in various colours, as well as the Glass Bead Glitter Gel bubbles.
- Adds some Pearl paint to the mermaid for a subtle touch of bling.
Watch the video:
How to make your own bleeding tissue paper:
