Hello, folks! Nancy here with a mixed media tutorial.
Inspiration for this piece came from all of the wonderful and color-filled abstract art that I run across on social media. I’m not an artist who dabbles in the abstract, so when push came to shove I felt the need to add a focal image. But hey, baby steps, right?
The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own.
Supplies Used:
6 x 6 Mini Coaster Stencil TCW621s
12 x 12 Corncob Etching Stencil TCW619
4 x 4 Ancient Wheel Remnant Stencil TCW2116
140 lb watercolor paper
foreign newspaper
glue stick
matte medium adhesive
brayer
heat gun
acrylic paint: orange, mustard, citron green, aqua, periwinkle, black
foam brushes/applicators
paintbrush
white gel pen
baby wipes
Fornasetti face toner copy
clear packing tape
bone folder
black Staz-On ink
vintage text
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Tear strips of foreign newspaper and adhere to watercolor paper with glue stick. Coat with a layer of matte medium. I promise you there will be wrinkles, but do not fret. Dry with a heat gun and when the paper is no longer damp, roll out the wrinkles with a brayer. (If you are over-eager and roll too soon, your newspaper will pull off the surface and stick to the brayer, and you will not be happy!) Press hard and roll, roll, roll and those wrinkles will disappear.
Using foam brushes, add color with acrylic paint and blend with baby wipes. You will need to dry again and roll out the wrinkles.
Using a foam applicator and black paint, add the Mini Coaster Stencil and Ancient Wheel Remnant Stencil designs to the background.
Add brush strokes of black paint and then add design with a white gel pen through the Mini Coaster Stencil.
Use gel pen through Corncob Etching Stencil and Ancient Wheel Remnant Stencil in various locations.
Create an image transfer using a toner copy of a Fornasetti face. Cover completely with clear packing tape and burnish thoroughly with a bone folder. Soak for a few minutes in warm water and then rub the paper off leaving the image on the tape. Be sure to get every bit of the paper rubbed off or your image will be cloudy. Adhere to artwork with matte medium.
Add words cut from vintage text to create a message for the piece.
An application of black Staz-On ink frames the outside edges of the piece.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this tutorial.
I’ll see you next time!
Intriguingly unique. So super to see. j.
Thank you.
love your page Nancy!! <3
Thanks!