Fearless, Independent and Original - Leanne Jago

 Hello everyone and welcome to my January blog post...

hmmm.. what will it be today....

I yet again stepped out of my comfort zone and got some products that I don't usually use 

AND/OR

have never used before....

(insert that tune that appears right before the scary part in a movie)

Yet again I did what came naturally to me and went with it.. 

ALTHOUGH I did cheat, I actually watched a youTube video from a manufacturer to see how a product is supposed to be used... yep that is a FIRST for me in itself.. 

anyway I have digressed.... back to the project... 

Grab a cup of coffee, tea, hot choocolate or wine or whatever, sit back and have a look at my latest process video...

AND now for some still close ups, so you can get a better feel for the project.

Fearless, Independent and Original...

 

THE entire piece........

 

Materials available at Art and Soul Studio.

Prima color Philosophy Ink Pad – flamingo

Matisse Gesso – black

Golden Gel Medium – soft gel matte

decoArt Media – Crackle paint

-          Antiquing cream – Patina Green

Liquitex Ink – Turquoise Deep

-          Muted pink

-          Yellow Orange

Dina Wakley Media – Acrylic paint – Blushing, Magenta

-          Scribble sticks

Jane Davenport – Collage Papers

Carabelle studio – artEmboss – texte Grunge

-          artStamp – Casier de Typographie

-          artStamp – Libellule Origami (dragonfly)

Stazon Ink Pad – Jet Black

Tim Holtz Idea-ology – Small Talk.
Stabillo Marks All Pencil - Black, White

Other Materials:

Atelier Gesso Primer – White

Baking Paper

Cardstock

Stampin Up Ink pad – Rose Red

thank you so very much for visiting. Please Comment.. or  send some love via Soul Sisters Facebook group.

Live with Respect and Empathy. 

xo. 

Gelli Love - Karen Arribas

Hello art lovers, I hope you have had a lovely weekend? and here is an art lesson to top it off.

Today I'll be doing a post producing a picture from Gelli Printing (My new favourite!). To start with you will need a Gelli Print (mine is a large format 8x10) you can use any size you feel comfortable with.
I used some A6 card to print on and a brayer to spread the paint around.

Materials used:
Gel Press 8X10
Various Acrylic paints (if you are looking for some cheap acrylics kaisercraft paints are a good option)
Brayer (any size)
A6 plain card
Black Archival ink
Turquoise - Dylusion spray
Kaisercraft  clear stamp- Script
JD stamp - it comes with her paint set, but you can use any stencil you like.

All material (or equivalent) are available on the Art and soul studio online shop: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

Firstly I produced some grey backgrounds using black, white and yellow pink acrylic (any brand will do, but I prefer using the cheaper ones to experiment with at first). I made some simple circles and marks using the other end of the brush to add interest. 

I then used some of the card to pull some prints, I just use the my hand to rub on the back. The Gelli print really grips the paint and makes really interesting marks.

 Secondly I made some more print using coloured acrylic (warm yellow and red) to to add some interest I also used the aqua marine Dylusion spray.

I created a number of different backgrounds using different stencils.

Once you have a good number of backgrounds you can start cutting out the shape of the houses and windows.

I then got some archival black ink and outlined the houses and windows I also used the kaisercraft script clear stamp and printed in random places to add more interest. I also used a black pencil to add some birds on wires.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and it inspires you to invest in a gelli print or to use your current one! I'd love to see your designs in the soul sister facebook.

Hello Soul Sisters,

Welcome to the next lesson, the first part of this lesson was posted as the technique post last week you can find the video link here: https://youtu.be/DcC12NU9EU0

For this lesson (2nd part) you can find the video link here: https://youtu.be/21nsQ3UT06U

Materials used:

DecoArt Spray - Red, Primary Yellow and Turquoise
Jane Davenport - Acrylic paint set 2 and stencil
Jane Davenport - 6 x 9 Journal
Jane Davenport Inkcredible pen
Kaisercraft clear stamp - 36 Stamp, Fading Dots

You can purchase the materials in the art and soul online art shop: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au

Thanks for stopping by and it would be fantastic to see what you create in the soul sister FB page.

DecoArt Media Spray technique by Karen Arribas

Hello soul sisters and welcome to this lesson of DecoArt sprays, which is an acrylic spray and dries to form a permanent layer. 

I wanted to show how to use it for the upcoming lesson I will be revealing on Saturday (

9th Sept)

You can also watch the video lesson here: https://youtu.be/DcC12NU9EU0

Materials used: DecoArt Spray - Red, Primary Yellow and Turquoise

All Materials can be purchased at: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

I hope you enjoyed this simple lesson, which can be used for any background. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Karen x