MAGIC
FAIRY GIRL ART JOURNAL PAGE
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. I
fell in love with this image ever since I saw it in the Summer Brochure of
Poetry. I scanned the image into my
photo editing program and changed the colour and wiped out the background. I resized it and made a laser printout.
2. Apply
Omni-Gel Transfer Medium over the front of the image with a foam brush, any
acrylic gel medium will work. Let each
layer dry naturally and completely in between, also change the direction of the
application each time from up and down to side to side and up and down again –
I applied 3 layers.
3. Do
no try to speed up the process by drying each layer with a heat gun, as this
makes the image quite brittle and easily tears when removing the paper.
4. Spray
water on the back of the image and carefully wipes away the paper. I used as soft brush to wipe away some of the
smaller pieces of paper. As more paper
are removed the image will be clearer and clearer.
5. While
I wait for the image to dry, I make a start on the background in my art journal.
6. Apply
Bundled Sage, Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles Distress Ink with an Ink
Blending Tool to the background.
7. Spray
water on the Dots stamp from the Dylusions Basic Background Stamp Set and
randomly stamp on over the background.
This will create some subtle dots to the background where the Distress
Ink reacts to the water.
8. Use
the flower and stem images from the Dylusions How Does Your Garden Grow Stamp
Set and stamp with Barn Door and Salty Ocean Distress Ink. Spray with water to create some interesting
blending. Remember this ink is not
permanent and will always re-activate with any medium that is applied on top of
it.
9. Use
the Festive Berries Distress Stain to create blotches on the page by dabbing it
randomly on the background.
10. Apply
Lemon Heritage 3D Crystal Acrylic to the background with a rubber kitchen
basting tool to create texture. This 3D
Crystal Acrylic is transparent and quite thick, it is also very glossy and
tends to stick pages in your art journal together. That is why I will always use this medium in
my bottom layers or add matte medium on top.
11. Dab
some Mowed Lawn and Mustard Seed Distress Stain on a craft sheet and mix with
white Gesso. Apply with a brayer to the
background to mute the bright colours.
My background images was disappearing so I wiped some of the gesso away
with a baby wipe while it was still wet.
12. Apply
Mowed Lawn and Mustard Seed Distress Stain to the background and blend with
some water and a paintbrush.
13. I
sprayed my background with White Linen Dylusions Ink Spray from a distance –
this thin layer of white ink will blend with the Distress Stains
underneath. Use a baby wipe and wipe
some of the Dylusions Spray away through the Loopy Flowers Stencil.
14. Cut
out the image of the girl from the dry image transfer.
15. Use
the Butterfly 3 stencil to create wings for the fairy. Mask off the parts of the wings that will be
behind the fairy with masking tape.
16. Apply
Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel through the detailed part of the stencil
and leave to dry naturally, as this gel mediums tends to bubble and stay sticky
when dried with a heat tool. As the gel
becomes dry it will turn transparent.
17. Attach
the image with Heritage 3D Contour Paste, I used a thick layer of medium as I
wanted to lift the fairy of the page a bit.
This was a mistake as there was a lot of air trapped underneath the
image and it took a long time to dry.
18. Apply
a layer of matte medium to seal the background and all the water-soluble
mediums. This will enable me to add more
layers without worrying about the mediums underneath. I wiped the matte medium and mix of distress
ink from the wings of the fairy with a baby wipe.
19. Add
solid wings with the Butterfly 3 stencil and Ranger Liquid Pearls in White
Opal.
20. Add
subtle colour to girl and wings with Faber Castell Big Brush pens – this ink is
transparent, easy blend able and permanent once dry.
21. Add
some shine to the wings by applying Heritage 3D Crystal Acrylic Glass with a
paintbrush.
22. Add
Ranger Liquid Pearls in Lavender Lace to the wings to create a delicate change
in colour as the light catches the wings.
23. Use
the Big Brush pens to add some more colour to the wings, I constantly wipe my
fingers on a baby wipe as to not blend the colours together. Also add some Diamond Ranger Stickles to the
raised areas of the wings.
24. Add
a border of flowers with the Cherry Blossom stencil and Barn Door Distress
Paint. Add a thin layer of paint with a
Stencil brush. Add dimension and subtle
change of colour to the flowers by lightly dabbing Spiced Marmalade and Mustard
Seed Distress paint to the centre of the flowers.
25. Use
the Cherry Blossom stencil and Posca Paint Pens to add leaves to the page. Add interest to the flowers and leaves with
Posca Paint pens. These pens are
water-based Acrylic Paints and is opaque and permanent once dry.
26. Add
shading around the images with Big Brush pens.
27. Add
the quote along the stem of the flower with a Pentel Brush pen. The quote is
quite small and reads: “Those who do not believe in magic, will never find
it. – Roald Dahl.
28. Lastly
add the date.
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