Slowly but surely winter is coming... We have been having such a nice warm autumn, just feeling the chill in the evenings and mornings.
Ever since this Bloom Stamps by Jamie Dougherty for Prima Marketing was released I wanted to try it out and I absolutely loved it!
- Tim Holtz’s tag tutorial for March 2015 inspired my art journal page. I started off by adhering Tim Holtz tissue tape to the background.
- Apply Distress Paint in Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio & Picked Raspberry. I kept the layers of paint moist by spraying it with water and then when I laid down all the colours allowed it to run and blend into each other.
- Create a mask of the image to cover the stamped face while applying texture paste to the background. Stamp the face with Archival Ink on wax paper, dry and cut out. I also used the mask to decide on the placement of the image.
- Stamp the image with Tea Dye Distress Ink to create a soft outline – this will avoid harsh lines in and around the image and allows me to blend the outline into the face.
- Use repositionable adhesive spray to temporarily adhere the mask over the stamped image.
- Use masking tape to keep the Butterflies 1 stencil in place and apply Ranger Texture Paste with a plastic palette knife. This Texture paste is creamy and light and so easy to apply – my new favourite product! It also absorbs colour and can be dried with a heat tool.
- Use Ranger Snowflake Embossing Powder over the wet Texture Paste and melt with a heat tool.
- Use Derwent Artbars to add colour to the image. The Artbars can be used directly on the image and then activated with water or use a water brush to pick up the colour from the Artbar.
- Add highlights and shadows and remember to let layers dry before adding more colour.
- Add more vibrant colours to the image with Derwent Inktense pencils, the pencils also allow me to add finer details like the patterning on the butterflies. The Artbars have a soft watercolour effect, while the Inktense pencils are vibrant and bright.
- Use Dina Wakley Matte Gel Medium to activate the colour on the butterflies, this will give a shinier effect to the images than water and will also create a different texture.
- Add more detail to the hair with different sepia tones and activate with gel medium.
- Shave small pieces of flesh coloured Artbar with the Shave ‘n’ Save and mix it with gel medium to make your own paint and apply to the face.
- Keep on adding layers of colour to the face making sure that the layers dry before adding more on top.
- Use silver Heritage Artist Acrylic metallic paint to add a touch of silver to the butterflies, this paint is very translucent, almost a glaze which will allow the underneath layers to show through.
- Add final touches to the face with Posca Paint pens in white and black, as well as Inktense pencils activated with gel medium. By activating the Inktense pencils I make sure that it is permanent and won’t blend with any colour added on top. The Posca paint pens have some open time to blend, but will also dry permanent.
- Outline the butterflies with a Posca Paint pen in silver.
- I was not happy with the butterflies that was cut in half by the mask and decided to rather have the butterflies going on top, so I applied the texture paste and embossing powder.
- Writing the title with the white Inktense pencil allows me to remove it if I am not happy with the placement or size. Once I am satisfied I will go over it with the Silver and White Posca Paint Pens.
- Outline the Texture Paste butterflies with the Silver Posca Paint pen and lastly add the date.
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