Alter Book From Heidi Williams

Hello Soul Sisters

Today we have a Guest Designer with us.

Please help us welcome Heide Williams to the blog

Heidi has created an altered book using some yummy goodies from Art and Soul Studio

 Using a recycled book which she is going to use as an art journal, Heidi altered the cover.

 

 

 

She painted the book cover with gesso, added book pages and over the top she used stencils and texture paste.

She added some stamping, coloured paint.

Her last step was to add the gold paint for highlights

please visit Heidi on her blog and give her some Soul Sister love
https://heidisscrappystuff.blogspot.com.au/

Thank you Heidi for joining us at Art and Soul Studio.

Happy Creating

Embrace the Journey - Leanne

Hello everyone, 

 It seems like yesterday I visited to share a project... 

well guess what.. 

 I AM back again.... 

Today I am sharing a mixed media project with you...

 (I know right.. SHOCK HORROR.. a mixed media project)

 Inspired by the NEW March challenge board....

So what do you think..
Is it challenging enough for you!!!..
well.. you know me.. I tweaked it to suit whilst filming..
I had a rough idea what I was doing when I started,
How about you sit back and watch and let me know if I met the "brief"...

and then for the obligatory close ups......

and then..
the final finished piece....

Materials List (the purple ones are linked to the shop...so get shopping)..

Matte board

7 Gypsies: Architectures - Hot Air BalloonMask

Paper Artsy: Eclectic 2 Stamp

Carabelle Studio: artStamp – textures avec dec chiffres

Tim Holtz: Mini stencil set 33,

                Ideaology Word/Quote Chip

Ranger: Distress Oxide – Antique Linen(re-inker), Fired brick (ink pad)

                Distress Ink – Wild Honey, Weathered Wood

                Embossing Powder- Weathered White

Liquitex: Flexible modelling paste

                Ink – Yellow Orange, Cadmium yellow

Atelier: Gesso Primer White

Golden: Gel Matte Medium

DecoArt media: Crackle Paste

                Fluid Acrylic – Interference Green, Blue Green

Dina Wakley Media: Heavy Body Acrylic Paint – Elephant

                                AcrylicPaint – Turquoise, Ocean, Ruby

Lindy’s: Magicals – Yodelling Yellow, OomPah Pah Pink, Oktoberfest Orange

Stabilo: Marks All Pencil – Graphite, Black (sorry out of stock...)

Artline: Black Pen

Helmar: 450 glue

Stazon: Jet Black stamp pad

Prima: Color Philosophy – Private Lagoonstamp pad

Leow Cornell: Graphite transfer Paper

Calico, paper doily, baking paper, thread, dictionary, Dymo labeler, staples.

well That is it for me for now..

feel free to comment or ask any questions on the Soul Sisters page,

 I am here, happy and willing to help (if I can that is...) 

Live with Respect.

Leanne xo

Mood Board Inspiration by Tanyalee Kahler

Have you seen the mood board for this month? It is a beautiful one:

Today I am going to share with you an art journal spread I made using this mood board. And I will show you some process shots from along the way.

First of all, I started with my Moleskine Art Journal and gesso'd the pages because I wasn't really sure how much wet medium I was going to use. Then I placed down some ephemera pieces.

I glued these down with matte medium but you could easily use a glue stick or another wet glue you might have on hand.

Next I added some texture with a stencil. This one is from Dina Wakley and is called Swirling Dashes, and I used Finnabair's new Paper Paste for the texture.

Once the paste had dried (and it takes a little while because it is quite thick) I went crazy with the colours included in the mood board. I used a combination of acrylic paints that I will list in the supplies section below.

I have the most beautiful butterfly stamps so decided to stamp those onto tissue paper and glue them down. I could have stamped directly onto the page, but the textured background would have made that difficult. And the tissue paper almost disappears into the background so this technique works well.

And the final step was to include the quote "Music is silence coloured in" which I wrote using a black fineliner.

I hope you take some inspiration from this simple spread. I'd love to see your response to the challenge. Don't forget to upload them into the album in the Facebook group.

Until next time, happy art-making xx

SUPPLIES:

• Moleskine Art Plus Sketchbook
• Liquitex Gesso
• Collage ephemera (book pages, magazine clippings, and pieces of chopped up art)
• Liquitex Matte Medium
• Paper Paste
• Dina Wakley Stencil (Swirling Dashes)
• Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic - Parchment
• Atelier Interactive Acrylic - Paynes Grey
• Art Alchemy Metallique - Golden Moss
• Art Alchemy Metallique - Emerald Green
• Art Extravagance Rust Effect Paste (Yellow Rust)
• Liquitex Acrylic Ink (White and Gold)
• Finnabair Cling Stamps - Don't Forget to Fly
• Tissue Paper
• Black Fine Liner 

When the Postman Arrives - Leanne Jago

 We all know the excitement of when the postman delivers a package from Art and Soul Studio...

So today I am going to show you what happens at my place. 

And the process of creating a mixed media art piece.

You can watch the process ..

 

And then for some close ups.... 

 

The end piece......

Here is a full list of materials used.. (just click on the underlined words for the link to the shop)

Gelli Plate 12"x14"

DecoArt Media- Fluid acrylics – Diarylide Yellow, Pyrrole Orange

Crackle paste

Matte medium.

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint – Ruby, Black, Ocean, Elephant

Matisse – Transparent Gesso, Black Gesso

Chromacryl- Clear Gel Medium

Liquitex - Ink, Cerulean Blue Hue

Light Modelling Paste

Flexible Modelling Paste

Stazon Ink – Jet Black

Tim Holtz -  DistressOxide Ink- Fired Brick

                StencilCrate

 Carabelle Studio – artMask – Composition Alphabetique

                artStamp – Casier de typographie(letterpress storage)

-          Background: Impression aux Pochoirs

-          Collage Typographique

Finnabair – Now is the Right Time stamp

Stabilo Marks All Pencil – Black, White.

7Gypsies- Architextures Findings – Dress Form

Art-C Book Pages Ephemera – Book Pages

Other: Derivan Acrylic – Titanium White, Stampin Up – Rose Red inkpad, Dymo, Staples, Cardboard, Dictionary, Old Book, October Afternoon – 5 & Dime, Report Card Alphas, Atelier – Gesso Primer, Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Small Talk.

Thank you all for visiting the blog... 

and don't forget to keep sharing your creations on our Soul Sisters facebook group....  

Live with Respect and Empathy. 

Leanne xo