Do you ever wonder, what you would have done if you just knew ….?
I love the color combination, which I was inspired to used by a painting by Marc Rothko. I love breaking away from my usual color uses by exploring other artists and then use their color schemes or combinations.
Lot’s of pattern with acrylic ink applied with foam stamps and stencils.
Here are the supplies I used, besides acrylic paints:
What is your favorite color combination at the moment?
Be scared and do it anyway …it’s a good motto don’t you think?
In a recent class I had shown my Valley Road Foam Stamps stamped with acrylic paint and then added some blocks of acrylic paint partly over them here and there for a background.
I tried out some of the Finnabair Alchemy Wax – love it- it actually dries permanently and you can see the red/brown areas on the art journal page which are created by rubbing some of the wax on.
I also made some marks with my new Tom Norton tool and walnut ink and it was all in all a playful spread trying out new supplies – fun, fast and educational :)
Are are some of the supplies I used besides Acrylic paints:
did you get some new art supplies over the holidays?
This started as a page where I had scraped off some paint at the back of my art journal and while the color combination was first not striking and now feel it works quite well :)
I painted over a magazine image with Neopastels and used my new My Home is my Castle numerals stamps as well as some of the building stamps from the Stroll Around The Block set.
I included the Hope – and Love Tag into the journaling. I like how the buildings stamped with white ink are playing well with the the marks and stamping of the background.
Here are some of the supplies I used for this art journal page.
have a wonderful day!!!
Today: Dreaming of a little home away from home to soak in some sun, relax and let the world go round without me!
Don’t we all have days like that :) ?
I used the numerals stamp from my Home is my Castle stamp set and stamped it on tape – love the look. I also stamped my art deco stamp from the Stroll Around the Block stamp set and then added some of the Cardboard stamps around it
Some stenciling with the Chicago Stencil and some marks with a soft pencil. I love when the cardboard kind of looks as it comes out through a torn layer of paper, which can be easily achieved with those stamps by only partly inking and stamping them.
Here are some of the supplies I used
Wishing you a wonderful Monday!
Strolling around the block :) I really love this color combination which is not my usual suspect
I drew the lady with acrylic paints and neopastels and boy- do I want that jacket – LOL. I stamped with some of my Stroll Around the Block houses and made a lot of marks and patterns.
I love how the Neopastels also create a nice textured look (blue line) in comparison to the smooth look of acrylic markers (red lines and orange x’s).
And of course played with the contrast of colors here too.
Here are some of the supplies I used for this spread
Hope you have a wonderful day and maybe even some time to stroll around the block today :)
“It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is a song from a show called Mr. Rogers, which I have never seen because it was not really running in Germany – but once in a while one of my friends sing it for fun – and so it got stuck with me and I love it. For those of you who do not know the lyrics:
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
It’s a neighborly day in this beautywood,
A neighborly day for a beauty,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,
I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.
So let’s make the most of this beautiful day,
Since we’re together, we might as well say,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my neighbor?
Won’t you please,
Won’t you please,
Please won’t you be my neighbor?
I used my new RubberMoon Stamp Sets – Stroll Around the Block and My Home is My Castle with the journal spread. I used the small windows and doors and turned them into cassettes of the doors in – so much fun to play with this.
We do have a pretty cool neighborhood with lots of friends living close by and we do hang out a lot spontaneously – in the summer on the stoop – in the winter in one of our places.
I created a weathered background using some metallic acrylic glazes and acrylic paint, then stamped on top and colored the stamps in with acrylic paints.
I added the lyrics of the song with a pencil.
This spread makes me all happy and fuzzy and now I wanna see my friends who also happen to be neighbors.
Here are some of the supplies that I used for this neighborly spread :)
Wishing you a beautiful day in your neighborhood :)
Please don’t laugh…I had such a crush on Mr. Rogers when I was a kid. Just loved the land of make believe. He was such a gentle soul.
I can totally understand Sue- I think , I would have liked him a lot as a kid as well.
Sometimes everything is up in the air …but you gotta just keep on going …
I mixed up stamping the patterned and solid sides of my Midtown Foam Stamp Set buildings with some Stroll Through The Hood buildings and hand painted buildings. I used various acrylic paint colors to stamp with the foam stamps and pain the buildings.
I painted over some area with a light gesso wash which helped making the fine lined stamps show better
I like how this came together and it is fun to use the Midtown Set from both sides- so many possibilities.
Besides acrylic paint , I used the following supplies for this spread:
Have a gorgeous day!
Another sketch on deli paper with ink and a bamboo sketching pen which I pasted into my art journal.
I used the Grove Street Foam Stamps with the Artgraf Primary set- oh gosh – I love how the blue and yellow mixed into the green. Simply rub the graphite blocks onto your slightly wet foam stamps, mist it again and stamp.
I mixed the titanium acrylic paint with a hint of blue and stenciled it through the Amsterdam Stencil.
Love how the different paint media, flat and dimensional, shiny and matte work together.
Here are some of the supplies I used
Hope you had a wonderful week and you are ready for the weekend. Watch this place for the next couple days- there is a lot of stuff coming up – starting tomorrow :)
Very cool art journal page! Love how the colors blend on the foamies.
Thank you so much Karen- it is really fun to blend different paint media on the ArtFoamies that are not acrylic paint- so many possibilities here.
This was another spread that I had started in a class to show some techniques and when I came home I finished it up
I used Derwent Art Bars on top of my Grove Street Pos and Negative Foam Stamps
Simply wet the foam stamps a bit, rub any water soluble wet wax bars/sticks on top of the stamp and then mist the stamp again and stamp. I love the effect.
The lady was sketched with ink and then used some Neo pastels to add some color to her hair and clothing. Love how this came together from a kind of raw weird class sample page :)
Here are some of the supplies I used for this spread.
Have a wonderful day!!!
Yes to new supplies and I’ve been making a paint mess on my kitchen table!
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