I loved playing with my new and secretly new favorite Hamilton Stencil and tons of spray paints.
I pasted a piece of deli paper on top on which I had drawn.
I love how reapplying the stencil and spray partly with different colors and then repeating the process a couple times makes the pattern look so dimensional. It is my favorite thing about using spray paint.
Here are some of the supplies that I used:
Once in a while I thought I would share with you some nifty finds – like an Artist who’s work caught my eye…, some Inspiration or the what, when and where that caught my eye and got my creative juices flowing, and Tools & Techniques I am currently digging like a new way to use a material or an application that I’m taking away. Hope you enjoy this.
I am taking a watercolor class and my teacher told us in the first lesson to check out John Singer Sargent’s watercolor paintings.
John Singer Sargent, The Bridge of Sighs, c. 1903–04
I loved his work before but looking closer of his works with watercolors just made me swoon. Look at the wonderful light and the movement in his figures. Check out his watercolors – Gorgeous!
YOU :) I love showing some old finds on my instagram story while decluttering my studio and asking you what I should do with certain things I have been storing forever. Recently I showed an old silver cigarette case and you came up with so many fun ideas.
A lot of them were art supply storing ideas and I will show you soon which art supply I will actually store in it. Tip…it won’t be what is in the picture- LOL
As I am working on different Pattern Books for my stencils I have rediscovered my love for spray paints yet again.
I do have some low odor acrylic spray paints and it is such an easy and fast way to create patterns with stencils. Now that I have a bit more space again on my workbench and right in front of the window it is the perfect time to get those yummie spray cans out again.
What are you currently digging? See you soon again with some new finds!
Robin, I am so glad you enjoy this series. thank you!!!
An art journal page that I created after the marches last month happened. I love that Art Journaling can be a way of taking note of current events in a visual way – and as you know I am not much of a writer in my art journal because a lot of my thoughts and feelings are conveyed by the colors, paints and techniques I am using.
I spray painted the background in blue and then sprayed in red through my Santiago Stencil – I flipped it over while the paint on top was still wet to get a reverse pattern.
Some obstructed notes with a gold gesso and a thick brush and then I filled in all the areas with patterns using a white signo pen.
It was a nice and meditative time to fill in the page with white little patterns, marks and doodles :)
Here is what I used for this spread:
Striking composition. Love the colors and the addition of the gold gesso. Different look for you to using block printing instead of cursive. Overall great art journal pages! Agree how meditative mark making can be. Inspired to go do some! Thanks.
Deb
Thank you Deb! Yeah I rarely do use block printing but I actually like it …good reminder to use it more often :)
“If it doesn’t open…it’s not your door.”
I had this template from a shrine kit (I show you that one later ) which I found intriguing and just placed on top of an crazily busy art journal spread and spray painted over.
I made some marks with brushes , stamps and stencils. A quick and fun page- and I do like how dimensional the masked off areas come out.
Here are some supplies I used – some of the links are affiliate links:
Cool layout. Love the quote!
It is always good to keep an open mind – don’t you think?
For this art journal spread I played with my still fairly new Montana spray paints. I do like their look as they are matte and result in a pretty soft look.
You can see a free video on how I created the page and my thought process while doing it in the free classroom accompanying the challenge if you haven’t yet. You can sign up here . The videos and class room are still available until the end of July.
Not a color combination I use often but I really like it …maybe a little bag like this would be cool?
Here are the supplies I used for the spread -some of them are affiliate links:
I guess I have spring feelings- LOL. I love this – “All of Me Loves All of You” .
This was a quick but fun spread using different acrylic spray paints over three different stencils.
I like how the stencil pattern of Santa Fe, Granada and Mesa Verde look so good together – I want a blanket with this :)
I added the journaling with a Fude pen and stamped with the Love Tag stamp into the heart.
To define the heart a bit more I traced it with some Artgraf Pigments -dry and wet.
I think I found a new color combination I like :)
Here are some of the supplies I used for this spread- some links are affiliate links:
This page looks 3D. It seems to me like I am looking thru a screen and there are some lovely orange flowers and then the sky. The sky looks far away – 3D to me!!! Orange is my favorite color and that deep sky blue looks so yummy with it here. I REALLY am enjoying this journal creations Nat. Thanks bunches for your inspiration! Xj.
Thank you Joi ! I love what you see in the artjournal spread! Have a gorgeous day Joi!
I love my Fude pens and the color combo of rust and blue has been a fav of mine. I wouldn’t have thought to use the purple with it but I like it.
sue, that is so true- it was a surprise for me too how much I liked the color combination. It is fun to sometimes try out new things – this is a good reminder for me :)
Pretty much how I want to feel right now with everything!
This spread started out as a demo page at my workshops in San Jose in January . I actually showed how to use spray paints with stencils and we used some Montana water based spray which I really fell in love with. They have a matte finish – and the look is so different from the look of the more shiny glossy finish of my Liquitex Spray paints. Plus…they come in those mini spray cans! I am still debating if I should buy those…because I do have…enough …spray paint…but ….you know ;)
I used the Versailles Stencil on the left and the Buenos Aires Stencil on the right. I added some of the background color and added it with my finger to the middle top, smoothing it out and bringing both sides together by journaling over that part.
This page makes me happy – happy memory from the process of making it and my awesome students , happy colors and good message :)
Here are some of the supplies I used for this spread – some links are affiliate links
Wishing you a wonderful day!
Thank you for the inspiration to integrate two very different pages into one whole piece (God only knows how many of those pages i have; now i just need to carve out some time). I love this page…it makes me very happy two and brings back fond memories of your visit. Thank you, thank you!
So glad you like it Julie! Go get your time :) Even if it is only 10 minutes a day- I am always surprised how much you can actually do in just 10 minutes ….the downside is …many paint splatters on clothes that are not meant for painting “oh ….I am dressed for going out but hey…only 10 minutes and I should not get paint on my clothes” yeah – sure ;)
You can never have enough paint as it gets used up…just saying. Enjoy your day Nat.
Hehehe- I know ;) I bought it …ahem ;) Enjoy your day too Sue and have a wonderful weekend!
I love it when you post this kind of info; it opens new areas for us to explore. Thank you!!
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