Polly has given us a brilliant mixed media challenge today, we are to use texture paste through a stencil and colour it with brusho's.
The bones of these journal pages were started for a previous mixed media challenge that I didn't finish. They never looked right sitting side by side and I couldn't work out how to tie them together.
Pol's fun challenge solved that problem, I went berserk with lots of texture paste, brusho's and reinkers. By working across the book seam, it brought the girls together a bit more (you have to pretend that one of them does not have a head the size of an elephant).
My journal is very lumpy and bumpy so all the texture and warped pages look quite at home.
About the girls - they were printed on copy paper and coloured with Prismacolour pencils. Because I knew a lot of water and wet stuff would be used on the girls, I very firmly used a Prismacolour blending pencil to bring as much wax as possible to the surface.
I then used Jane Davenport paint pens and recoloured them. Basically the waxy layer of pencil acts as a sealed base coat for what ever comes next. Once the JD paint had dried I added more colour using pencils and distress inks.
I probably won't be leaving the house for a week...it will take that long for all the brusho and ink dyes to come off my fingers.
Thanks very much for looking.
Date: Friday, October 4, 2019 GMT Views: 1288
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Paper: images on copy paper, mixed media journal pages
Paper Size: Dylusions 9 x 12ish art journal
Ink: Dylusions, Brusho's, Distress inks. reinkers
Accessories: Prismacolour pencils, texture paste, white paint, Brusho's used to colour white paint and texture paste, Jane Davenport paint pens, inks as above, stencils, diecuts, washi tape, magazine scraps.
Techniques: Coloured pencils, fussy cutting, mixed media
Registered: May 26, 2015 Location: Oregon Posts: 5532
Sat, Oct 05, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
You're killing me and cracking me up at the same time. Only a true master can do that! I'm gonna keep my eye on you....get it? FYI, I did another of Polly's mix today as this is really a fun one!
Registered: September 17, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 6099
Sat, Oct 05, 2019 @ 6:37 PM
Oh wow is that a cool work of art, I especially love the colors on the girl on the right, the texture paste is terrific here. I know what you mean about that stuff staining your fingers
This is really amazing. I can't stop looking at it! So many details. I love all the textured dots and the added mesh is fabulous. There is something about the face on the left that makes me think she is a bit skeptical of the girl on the right!