Art and Soul Studio: Black Gesso

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Saturday, 12 January 2019

Set of Mixed Media ATCs by Dutt Preety

Hi friends :)

Good Morning !

First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a very happy, colourful & peaceful 2019.

For today's post, I've prepared a Set of Mixed Media ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). I was inspired by nature & all the green hues in the January Moodboard. The theme for January is to "use texture".

Hope you join the challenge to win amazing prizes! All the details for the January Challenge can be found HERE.

Set of Mixed Media ATCs

ATC 1: Smile

ATC 2 : Love

ATC 3: Hope

Process:

1. Cut thick chipboard into 2.5 by 3.5 inch (atc size) sized rectangles

2. Applied modelling paste onto each atc using a palette knife to create texture

3. Used air dry clay to create mushroom like shapes & then adhered them to the atcs using gel medium

4. Applied black gesso to the atcs to prepare them for coloring

5. Started the coloring process by adding Lindy's sprays

6. To add shine & intense color, used Finnabair's metallic paints in shades of green, brown, red. Kept applying them using the dry brush technique, until I was happy with the blend of colors

7. Next adhered Finnabair's glass glitter, moss, sequins, sentiment tiles and alphas using soft gel medium

8. In the end, added nuvo drops and ink splatter on the 3 atcs & distressed their edges with black soot distress ink

Products Used:

Prima Finnabair Art Basics- Modelling Paste

Dina Wakley Media Black Gesso

Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio- Sandra Dee Sepia

Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio- Blazing Black

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Rusty Red

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Brass Hardware

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Dark Forest

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Green Olive

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Lime Peel

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Gold Rush

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Golden Moss

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Finnabair 3D Gloss Gel

Soft Gel Medium

Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Jet Black

Distress Ink- Black Soot

Nuvo Crystal Drops- Dandelion Yellow, Red Berry, Apple Green

Please don't forget to join Art & Soul Studio's January Challenge. There are awesome prizes on offer & we have a stunning mood board every month. For inspiration, please check out the gorgeous projects made by my talented team mates.

January Moodboard

Please do share your beautiful work with us on our Facebook group- Soul Sisters, we would love to see what you create with supplies from the Art & Soul Studio Store.

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti

Saturday, 15 December 2018

Bloom by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

It's my turn on the Art and Soul Studio Blog today and I created this canvas around this quote

I like to collect quotes I see on the internet or Facebook and use them for inspiration and motivation

We also have a Facebook Group - Soul Sisters so make sure you check that out for loads of inspiration

I started off with using some modelling paste through a Couture

Creations stencil - Rosy for some texture

Then painted the canvas with black gesso so it added atmosphere of the quote

Then I cut up a piece of 7 Dots Studio Paint Chips Nightshades cardstock into random sizes including one to mount the photo on

Awhile ago mum gave me some pinking shears and I thought these would be perfect with the zig zag in the paper

So I randomly cut one edge of each piece with the scissors

And this is a paper clay piece from mum that she made for me from a Prima Mould (she has the moulds and every now and then if I can afford it I will buy her one to add to her collection not that she needs me too she has LOTS - which in the long run helps me cause I get more patterns to use lol)

I used some Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique Pink Blush and Opal Magic Aqua-Rose on the background

I love the way the Opal Magic paints work

On the black it's Aqua and if you use it on a light colour it would be a Rose colour (so clever)

As you can see I used the Acrylic paints on all the embellishments as well

I added white flowers from KaiserCraft and Art Stones from Prima to finish it off

Products I used from the Art and Soul Studio Store

7 Dots Studio Paint Chip Nightshades Cardstock

Couture Creations Stencil - Rosy

KaiserCraft - White Flowers (not on the site but I'm sure they have them in store if you just ask)

Finnabair Art Stones

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Opal Magic Aqua-Rose

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Pink Blush

Finnabair Mechanicals Mixed (out of stock)

Prima Mould (mum's)

Paper Clay (mum's)

Prima Modelling Paste

Colour Blast Black Gesso (my stash)

Helmar Premium Craft Glue (my stash)

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will be back soon x

Sunday, 5 August 2018

Make a Wish - Kristy Abela (Abela Artistry)

Hi Everyone.. Welcome to my inspiration post...

I really wanted to follow up on the quick bite I posted last time to show you how you can take those techniques one step further and create a Steampunk masterpiece..

In this project I created a black canvas with pieces of Corrugated cardstock and tissue paper using gesso as a base and also as a 'glue'.

I primed the canvas and put the scrunched up tissue paper on top to create lots of texture. Then I layered my cardboard on top and added some gyprock mesh tape to finish the background. I then arranged my Chipboard to figure out how I wanted the piece to go... Painted it all black and then began.

I sprayed some Lindys on the background and used some wax to colour the gate to make it pop out of the background. Once dry I used some gold paint to drybrush over the surface to bring out the texture.

I gathered the chipboard that would make up the bulk of my background and used some Rust paste to age it into my coppery patina background. Once completely dry I used some wax to add a colour variation on the cogs.

I layered on my chipboard and Metals (also painted black and Waxed for colour) and saved the main focal point to last. I wasn't sure which colour direction I wanted it to head... In the end I chose some darker blues with Opal Magic paint and turquoise and silver wax to tie in the background with the foreground.

Added some Art stones and popped a Melange over the center of the padlock. I then used the Lindy's sprays with a brush to colour them.. I didn't want them to be too dark. If you look closely you can see where I did an experiment with a few to see.. Here's your Wheres Wally moment.. Hint: bottom corner..