Stencil-Art

Hi Everyone.

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!

Instructions:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Use repositionable adhesive spray to temporarily adhere the mask over the stamped image.
6. 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.
7. Use Ranger Snowflake Embossing Powder over the wet Texture Paste and melt with a heat tool.
8. 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.
9. Add highlights and shadows and remember to let layers dry before adding more colour.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Add more detail to the hair with different sepia tones and activate with gel medium.
13. 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.
14. Keep on adding layers of colour to the face making sure that the layers dry before adding more on top.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Outline the butterflies with a Posca Paint pen in silver.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. Outline the Texture Paste butterflies with the Silver Posca Paint pen and lastly add the date.

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