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Showing posts with label OOAK Artisans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OOAK Artisans. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Salvaged Mixed Media Art Journal Page with OOAK Artisan Showcase
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Mixed Media Art Journal Page for OOAK Artisans Showcase
I am using a Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine edition for my inspiration today for OOAK Artisan Showcase. In every edition they post a reader's challenge, and in May of 2017, the challenge was flowers!
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Gelli Plate Planner Dividers for OOAK Artisan Showcase
Hello everyone! Remember those Gelli prints I showed you a few weeks back? Well...I have a project to show you today, for OOAK Artisan Showcase, that uses those fun prints and turns them into something many of us use every day.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Shine Art Journal Page with OOAK Artisan Showcase
I have an art journal page to share with you today for OOAK Artisan Showcase in one of my newly made art journals. I created the art journal with bristol paper cut to 4 x 6 and bound it with my Bind-It-All and some heavy weight board for the covers.
I started by putting down these star die cuts that I had. There were many different sizes and colors. I knew I was going to cover them over, so my main focus was placement. I glued them with Uhu glue stick.
I covered it with a few coats of gesso but tried to keep the layers thin so that I didn't lose the outlines of the stars.
I decided to use some Silks Acrylic Glazes in a few of my favorite colors.
I painted the glazes on in several layers. First putting them on in a mottled pattern, letting them sit for a minute and then wiping them back with a wet wipe. Each layer builds up the color and makes it brighter.
I also concentrated wiping the color off the raised areas of the individual stars to create a contrast and to bring the stars to the foreground.
The last layer was a thin layer of black, to fill in the crooks and crannies, and then some black splatters (because what's an art journal page without splatters!). And of course wiping it back and off the raised parts of the stars to keep their shapes.
I finished of the page by adding a focal point using tin foil, silver mesh ribbon, some black thread and patterned paper. Lastly, I added a word sticker from Tim Holtz that says "Shine like the whole universe is yours".
I will be posting about every page in this journal and I hope to have more pages completed soon. I really enjoyed the size of this journal and I love the vertical orientation! My goal is to have the whole book completed, front and back of the pages as well as the cover, in order to be able to display it on a stand. Then every day or month or whenever you feel like it, you can just flip the page and display a new one :) A whole display of little pieces of art :)
Thank you for stopping by, see you soon!
I started by putting down these star die cuts that I had. There were many different sizes and colors. I knew I was going to cover them over, so my main focus was placement. I glued them with Uhu glue stick.
I covered it with a few coats of gesso but tried to keep the layers thin so that I didn't lose the outlines of the stars.
I decided to use some Silks Acrylic Glazes in a few of my favorite colors.
I painted the glazes on in several layers. First putting them on in a mottled pattern, letting them sit for a minute and then wiping them back with a wet wipe. Each layer builds up the color and makes it brighter.
I also concentrated wiping the color off the raised areas of the individual stars to create a contrast and to bring the stars to the foreground.
The last layer was a thin layer of black, to fill in the crooks and crannies, and then some black splatters (because what's an art journal page without splatters!). And of course wiping it back and off the raised parts of the stars to keep their shapes.
I finished of the page by adding a focal point using tin foil, silver mesh ribbon, some black thread and patterned paper. Lastly, I added a word sticker from Tim Holtz that says "Shine like the whole universe is yours".
I will be posting about every page in this journal and I hope to have more pages completed soon. I really enjoyed the size of this journal and I love the vertical orientation! My goal is to have the whole book completed, front and back of the pages as well as the cover, in order to be able to display it on a stand. Then every day or month or whenever you feel like it, you can just flip the page and display a new one :) A whole display of little pieces of art :)
Thank you for stopping by, see you soon!
Friday, September 22, 2017
Gelli Plate Mono Printing
Hello everyone! I am back from my much needed holidays, and have some fun creations for you for OOAK Artisan Showcase.
To celebrate being home, I have created some fun things for you for the next few blog posts...I know, like they're not ALL fun hahahaha.
To start off, this month I am playing with the Gelli Arts Gelli Plate. Oh what fun! I made a home made one a few years ago, and really, it didn't measure up to an actual one. The real Gelli Plate is just so smooth and creates beautifully.
I have quite a few pictures in this post, there's really no other way to show you how great the Gelli Plate is!
To start off this project,I re-learned how to use the Gelli Plate. I created pages and pages of prints just for fun.
Then I watched more Youtube videos and learned a few more complicated tricks and techniques, like ghosting.
I used acrylic paint, stencils, rubber stamps and a few different catalysts to create a whole bunch of prints that I will be using in an upcoming project.
You may even recognize some of these prints!
So I will see you next time with a fun project to make with these great Gelli Plate prints and a couple of other new tools that I just won't be able to live without! See you soon! ~ Leah
You can more of Leah's art online!
Blog: odetopaper.blogspot.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/odetopaper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ode_to_paper/?hl=en
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ltees/
To celebrate being home, I have created some fun things for you for the next few blog posts...I know, like they're not ALL fun hahahaha.
To start off, this month I am playing with the Gelli Arts Gelli Plate. Oh what fun! I made a home made one a few years ago, and really, it didn't measure up to an actual one. The real Gelli Plate is just so smooth and creates beautifully.
I have quite a few pictures in this post, there's really no other way to show you how great the Gelli Plate is!
To start off this project,I re-learned how to use the Gelli Plate. I created pages and pages of prints just for fun.
Then I watched more Youtube videos and learned a few more complicated tricks and techniques, like ghosting.
I used acrylic paint, stencils, rubber stamps and a few different catalysts to create a whole bunch of prints that I will be using in an upcoming project.
You may even recognize some of these prints!
So I will see you next time with a fun project to make with these great Gelli Plate prints and a couple of other new tools that I just won't be able to live without! See you soon! ~ Leah
You can more of Leah's art online!
Blog: odetopaper.blogspot.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/odetopaper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ode_to_paper/?hl=en
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ltees/
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