Beauty Comes in all Shapes and Sizes - by Karen Arribas

I thought I'd keep it simple for this lesson and do a trio of tags. I used the paper from my Jane Davenport journal and then made three tags.

I also wanted to keep it fun and decided to draw three lovely ladies with different body types in a 1950's style.

I tend to use a lot of acrylic paint in my work  but I wanted this project to give my Jane Davenport watercolours a run for its money.

Using a combination of both watercolour sets, I got a nice mix of warm and cooler colours. They are pretty vibrant so you don't need to use too much.

I actually liked the tags plain but I couldn't help myself from putting some collage on them and outlining them with black archival ink.

and there you have it a cute tag which is really easy and quick.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I hope to see you in the soul sisters FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1724295737880764/

You can also buy the Jane Davenport watercolours at the online Art and Soul Studio online shop: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

Happy creating!

Angels in my heart - by Karen Arribas

This is my final lesson for 2017! So I thought I'd doing something festive, however you can do this for any season.

First of all I got a piece of card from a grocery box I had lying around and drew out a heart. I did a big heart and a small heart and then cut them out.

Then I covered them in white gesso.

I have some angel cards that have all these great angelic images so I scanned and printed an image I liked. You can use any image that inspires you but I thought this went well with the festive season. I then used Jane davenport acrylic paint for the base and the Kaisercolour acrylic paint Tropical Water. They can both be purchased on the online shop here: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

I then worked into the image to add highlight and contrast to make it stand out more. I Used the Jane Davenport white paint over pen for highlights and various coloured pencils to enhance the colours in the image. I then went over to darken the outline using Tombows mainly dark brown (969)

I had added some elements such as a stick on violin, harp and a smaller heart with the hope message. I got these stickers from a local craft shop. I also used the paint over pen to add little dots around the halos.

I then painted over the larger heart with red acrylic paint. 

I then covered parts of it in Stamperia rice paper (gorgeous paper that has a translucent look to it)

For the wings I added Golden Molding paste to give it a 3D effect. Make sure its completely dry before painting on it. 

Once dry I attached the wing to the larger heart.

I then attached the smaller heart to the larger heart and added little details such as the scalloped edging. 

Once dry I used a bronze spray and Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint - Opal Magic Rose- Gold to cover the wings. I smudged it with a black ink pad (you can use and ink pad) to make it stand out more.

For the top I used Graphic 45 -Seasons Collage paper and glued it onto some card and then attached it to the heart. I used mine to stick on the top of my Christmas tree but of course you could hang yours wherever you like. 

Most of the products I mentioned here can be purchased from the Art and soul online art shop: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

I hope you enjoyed the final lesson for 2017 from me. Happy holidays! keep creating and see you soon. 

xx

October Soulful Project challenge - Karen Arribas

Hello and welcome to today's project which is this months soulful quote.

I decided to use my Jane davenport journal 6 x 9 in (15.2 x 22.9 cm) because I like the paper and the size. When I'm faced with a blank page I like to put some marks on to add texture and its easier to get started if you're not faced with a blank page.
I Used Jane davenport set 2 turquoise and bubble wrap for the texture.

I like to use washi tape for the middle so the paint doesn't leak into the next page but I also like to use it to add texture. I am using Tim Holtz ideology design tape. I then covered the page with Liquitex gesso.

I decided to draw a face showing the frontal to show the emotion of the mind chatter that could be going through her mind. I used a pencil for the outline and then added colour using Neocolor II watersoluable Caran Dache crayons.  

I lightly filled her face and hair with the crayons and then used a black stabilo water soluable pencil to add depth and outline around the face and eyes.

To make the wall I ripped out another page from the journal and used Kaisercolour acrylic paint - Raw Umber as the base colour. On the bottom I used Decoart Media Fluid Acrylics - Transparent Red Iron Oxide, before ot dried I used bubble wrap to take away some of the colour.

To add more texture I used the Kaisercraft clear stamp - Script and an archival black pigment ink.

For the wall I used the Jane Davenport Inkcredible pen, the ink is actually water soluble so I lightly brushed over the line with a little water to soften the edges a bit. 

I cut out the wall and stuck it on top. The wall has been filled with negative words which are some of the things people say to themselves that can create a wall around them

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I look forward to seeing what you create in the Soul Sisters FB page. 

All the materials are available in the Art and Soul Studio online shop: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/