Art Journal fun!

Hi all!

I'm back again with another Art Journal Share inspired by the current 'Stay home' Challenge over at Scrap Matrix.

I just love all the housey inspired creations you are coming up with.

For this one I decided NOT to use houses!

Just keeping you on your toes!

I still went with the theme and was inspired by.......yup colour!

Here we go...

You see I'd not long purchased those Kate Crane face it stamps by Carabelle and was busting to used them, so thought about when this is over....when we are no longer in isolation, and the quote
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise"
popped into my head, and then I thought of rainbows, and hills and joy (hmmmm insert song "The Hills are alive" in here). Lol

These are the products I used:
(well most of them)

I began by adding white gesso to my Dina Wakley Art Journal.

Whilst waiting for this to dry, I grabbed my new Kate Crane Stamps - Face It
some of the Smooth Bazzill Cardstock and black ink.

I stamped them out, and then coloured them in using Art by Marlene Watercolours.

Once cut out, I felt they needed bodies so I grabbed my new PaperArtsy Mini stamps and hand drew some shapes, stamping in them to give them some texture and interest.

Instead of drawing arms, I decided to give them wings, as they are now free from isolation.

I used my Paper Artsy stamps ETS09 - by Tracy Scott

I used the heart stamp as wings.

As you know I love using stamps for something different than intended.

How cute are they?

I love their dresses and the way the mini stamps turned out.

I then decided to create a sunrise background for that quote, and a rainbow.

I grabbed PaperArtsy Paints in the rainbow colours -

'Red Lipstick', 'Tango', 'Banana', 'Slimed', 'China', 'Electric Violet'.

I then remembered that the TCW Stencil called 'Sun Valley' had a sunrise element.

I wiped the 'Tango' and 'Banana' paint through the stencil with a dry baby wipe to create the sunrise.

I then painted a rainbow above this.

Whilst the paint was still wet, I rubbed through it using the 'TCW Stencil Sweet Posy' and a wet baby wipe.

I then painted in some hills using 'Polished Jade' by Dylusions and 'Slimed' by PaperArtsy.

I mixed them together for the hill on the right.

I then used TCW 'Brick Poetry' Stencil to add texture.

I then added 'Sky' by Dina Wakley for the sky.

I then adhered my girls onto the page using Gel Medium and added in some details with pen.

I also added in some flower using tiny dots of paint.

I also added in some of my own thoughts and feelings about the current situation. 

It felt right to add it to the rainbow.

It reads:

"And when it was safe for the people to come outside again; 

everything had changed.

They had changed.

Their disconnect had reconnected them.

To each other.

To the Earth.

To themselves.

To the magic of living.

They were able to see with new eyes

The beauty that surrounded them. 

The beauty in each other.

Not only did they see differently.

They moved differently.

They moved with gentleness.

They moved with kindness.

They moved with togetherness."

Finally I went around the edges of the girls using Graphite Sticks.

This brings them forward into the foreground.

There you have it!

Keep those entries coming!

Keep up with the creating.

Stay safe and stay colourful.

Much love 

Tam

xx

Art journaling for Scrap Matrix

Good morning lovely creatives

I'm here today to show you a couple of Art Journaling pages created for Scrap Matrix and their current challenge.

I LOVE this month's topic......

I'm a bit of a house fan, they are just too cute.

And what better way to pass the time during this isolation time then to create with colour!!

Let's start with this one....

Totally inspired by the fabulous Jen Hall at Painty Hands.

She has been doing regular live creating classes and she is also all about colour so I've been playing along wherever possible.

I encourage you to check her out!

The quote reads:

"In the rush to return to normal use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth returning to."

Here's the products that I used to create with:

I began with my Dina Wakley Art Journal and added white gesso.

I then dug out some papers I created during a Gel Print Session.

I tore up a few into random pieces.

You could use scraps for this or collage paper.

I adhered with Gel Medium.

I then went to town with my awesome NEW Dylusions paints!!!'
I used the following colours - 'Crushed Grape', 'Sour Appletini', 'Strawberry Dacquiri', 'Tropical Sangria', 'Lemon Drop', 'Vibrant Turquoise'.
GORGEOUSSSS!!!!

I just love the new packaging and size and some of the colours are just so bright.

They make my heart sing.

Once all covered I added some 'Snowflake'  PaperArtsy paint and then added Dylusions Crushed Grape over the top and then using a dot stencil like this one, I rubbed a baby wipe through to remove some of the paint.

Next I added some washi tape - just a few torn strips here and there

Ok next step is to stamp randomly in the background.

Paper Artsy mini stamps are just perfect for this.

No need to use an acrylic block, you want the stamping to be a bit messy.

Now time to make some marks with paints. I again used the Dylusions NEW paints, I used the same colours as earlier and just went to town making marks and patterns.

Once this is complete, it's time to sketch a picture over this page with a pencil.

I went with the house theme and added some trees and clouds.

I love this part, and got so engrossed that I forgot to take a photo.

I mixed Dina Wakley 'Night' paint and Dylusions 'After Midnight' paint and then painted around my drawn shapes.

This fills in the background and leaves all that glorious colour as the shapes.

I feel this technique really suits this theme this month as so much of what we do outside of the home is cancelled, and home has become our safe space, our haven.

The world outside of home does feel a little bleak and dark at the moment.

Now it's time to add a few details around the edges of the shapes.

I used a white posca pen and a black pen to add windows, doors etc.

I also added in some flowers by adding dots of paint.

Finally a few flicks of white paint finish it off.

Oh whoops, don't forget to add in your quote.

I simply wrote it out onto paper and then cut it into sections and adhered it with Gel Medium.

I'm definitely going to reassess and make some changes to our lives when things return to normal.
What an opportunity we have to reset, reflect and re-prioritise.

Don't you just love those gorgeous colours against the deep blue background.
Stunning!!

Ok, are you ready for another Art Journal page??
I can't just stop there, especially when its about houses.

So this one, definitely inspired by that incredible moodboard.....

Aaaah all those houses and all that colour.
My heart. My heart.

So let's take a look...
Begin with gesso.
This time I used my smaller Dylusions Art Journal.

I recently ordered in the gorgeous Carabelle house stamps by Kate Crane called 'Our Street'.
I stamped them onto smooth bazzill cardstock and then cut them out.
I then coloured them in Art by Marlene Watercolours.

I cut them out and then using the stamp, I stamped them into my art journal.
Note these are just a guide - I will eventually cover these up with the ones I cut out.
So the face that they didn't stamp perfectly does not matter.

I then hand drew some houses behind these images.
Ok time to add colour.
I wanted this page extra bright so I grabbed my Neon paint by DecoArt in 'Electric Blue' and painted the skyline. The neons are just beautiful but they are very transparent so I mixed a little 'Ocean' by Dina Wakley as these are nice and thick.
Once dry I added 'Knockout Blue' by DecoArt and whilst wet I rubbed a baby wipe through a dotty stencil to remove some of the paint.

I then began to paint in the houses.
For these I used the NEW Dylusions paints as some of the new colours are so bright.
I used  'Crushed Grape', 'Sour Appletini', 'Strawberry Dacquiri', 'Tropical Sangria', 'Lemon Drop', 'Vibrant Turquoise'.

I then decided I needed some clouds.
Seth Apter's mini stamp by Paper Artsy was sitting on my desk and I knew immediately I could turn it into a cloud so I added some Dina Wakley 'Turquoise' paint to the smooth cardstock by PaperArtsy.

I then stamped it on and cut it out to resemble a cloud.

I then outlined my houses with paint pens and finally added all my stamped images using Gel Medium.
I added a few details to the windows, roofs and doors.

That step pulled it all together.

The final step was to add in the quote.
It reads:
"We will NOT go back to normal. Normal never was.
Our pre-Corona existence was not normal, 
Other than that we normalised greed, inequity, exhaustion, depletion, extraction, disconnection and hate.
We should not long to return.
We are being given the opportunity to stitch a new garment.
One that fits all humanity and nature."

I love it.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
I'm so excited to see all your entries this month.
Hopefully there's houses galore!

Here's that moodboard if you need more inspiration.....

See you over at Scrap Matrix Shares!

Stay safe
Tam
xx