Moodboard Inspiration - Music was my first love by Jane McNally

hi all

Today I return with another inspiring creation. Created with love, from the

 Moodboard Challenge for February 2018.

My speciality is Cardmaking. 

My Canvas is Cardstock 5 x 7 

I have used Dusty Attic Stencil Script to create 3D effect. My backgrounds are from 49 and Market Vintage Autumn Collection. Cardstock from Art Deco Creations. 

49 and Market, 49 and Market Vintage Artistry, antiquing cream., 
https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/


I hope I have inspired you to create please come and  Join our Challenges 
I love seeing creations and amazed at the Talent entered..


Yours in Craft. 

Jane McNally Designer for Art & Soul Studio 

Vocal Beauties: Mixed Media tutorial - By Karen Arribas

Hello hello.....I have a video this time Yay!

I was inspired to do this piece when I saw the word Vocal Beauties on the Art-C ephemera page and decided to go with it and vocal beauties evolved. I was wanting to capture an air of confidence of the woman and the inner knowing that your voice matters....I've captured it all on video which you can view on the link below.....Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/hBSx6ZiV_zc

Supplies list:

Kaiser Color - Tropical water
Jane Davenport - White paint over pen
Liquitex - white Gesso
Liquitex - Matt gel Medium
Golden High flow Acrylic - Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Raw Umber
Art C - Ephemera Pack
Tombow's - Brights, Portrait and Muted you can also purchase the pens seperately rather than the packets.
Stabilo all marks pencil - Black

All the above can be purchased from the Art and Soul Studio online shop: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/index.php?route=product/search&search=faber%20castell&description=true

Faber Castell coloured pencils can be purchased at K-mart etc.

I hope you enjoyed and are inspired by this painting. Let me know if you'd like to see similar lessons. Thanks for looking.

xx

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

Hello fellow soul sisters!

Here is the second lesson from me, Karen Arribas 'Inspire Beautiful Moments' because we all need these moments in our life from time to time. Its another fairy (I see a theme happening!) I hope you enjoy.....Click on the link which will take you to the video lesson. 

https://youtu.be/dgq1RKSd_M0

I look forward to seeing the results, add them to the Art & soul sister circle facebook group if you can. 

The Materials used and can also be found at the Art & soul studio online store : artandsoulstudio.com.au

Dylusion ink spray - Vibrant Turquoise

Dylusion ink spray - Lemon Zest

Tombows - Dual brush - Brights

White Gesso - Liquitex

Various dye cuts 

Prismacolor Premier coloured Pencils
Derwent - Inktense Blocks