Hello and Happy Day everyone! It's me, Lynne here today to share my monthly tutorial post for STAMPlorations with all of you, (which is, as you know, my very
favorite thing to do!) And hang onto your seats peeps because this
month I am taking you a tiny bit deeper into the art side of the
mixed media world as you Paint Your Own Flowers!
As always I am going to walk you through each step of my process, with lots of photos along the way, which
if you follow along with me, one tiny little step at a time, you too will create a piece of your own art that you can be proud of - so here goes...
Step #1 - Creating Your Background: Fill your page
with lots of color. The more vibrant and colorful your background, the
more the white flowers will pop off the page.
As you can see in this photo I am using my Dylusion
paints and a foam applicator and applying the colors how ever I want,
without thinking too much about it. Just get the page covered...
Now for the fun part, using a stencil, it
can be any stencil with a pattern you like, I am going to "cut through"
the background colors applying white paint where the colors are dark,
and a contrasting darker paint where the colors are light. You will
want to make sure that this first layer of paint is dry before you add your stencil pattern.
I began with my stencil in a vertical pattern and then switched it to a
horizontal pattern. There is no wrong way to do this, just keep
layering until your page is filled up with color and patterns.
Step 1 is now done ... let this dry.
Step 1 is now done ... let this dry.
STEP #2 - Draw in your flowers: I am using
a Stabilo All pencil but use what you have on hand. It can be a
charcol pencil or a black pencil crayon or a soft lead pencil like an
HB.
You want to use something dark enough so that you can see it over top
your background and don't worry about being too dark because you will be painting over top if these lines.
I drew daisies because they are easy for me, but you can draw any flower you like,
just keep the shape simple and very open... like the flowers you would
draw when you were a child.
Now the reason I am using the Stabilo All pencil is that the black lines
turn to paint when they get wet, so when I add my white paint it
immediately turns grey, and gives me shading without having to do too
much. This will happen if you use a charcole pencil or a soft-leaded pencil, but not if you use a pencil crayon.
I put a good amount of paint on my brush and either outline the petal or make one broad brush stroke to create a streak of paint going in the right direction. Clean your brush often so the paint does not become too black, and don't worry too much about what your flowers look like at this stage because you are going to paint over them a few more times. You can see in this photo that my flowers look very child like, which is what I want.
I let the first layer dry (you can use a
heat gun to speed up the process) and then went over my petals several
more times with my white paint until the flowers really stood out
against the background. You will notice that the petal shapes are very
child-like and imperfect, this is the look I am going for and I will
clean up everything in the last step, so be gentle with yourself and let
your inner child just paint some flowers.
Next I added paint to the stems, and filled
in the flower centres with a dark brown. I used the same dark brown to
add a bit of shading to the edges of my stems, but again I did not
worry too much about the placement, I just wanted some color and some
contrast.
Step#4 - Cleaning It All Up: This is the step where everything changes from a very child-like look to a more purposefully whimsical look - or what I like to call Perfectly Imperfect - by outlining your images.
Step#5 - Add Your Sentiment: When I am creating a page in my art journal I like to add words that mean something to me. Even if I am doing this on a canvas, I like to add words, because that is what I do. You do not have to do this.
So I do hope you enjoyed my tutorial this month and that I maybe inspired you to try a new technique and to play with your stencils in a different way. And As always, Thank You for popping in today to see what I am up to ... and Please DO leave me a comment if you like what you see!!
Lynne Mizera
For the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Design Team
STAMPLORATIONS PRODUCTS USED:
Other Products Used:
Ranger Dylusion paints (background)
Stabilo All Pencil - black
DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish (for the flowers)
Whisper (off white)
Delicate (yellow)
New Life (green)
Liquitex White Gesso
Liquitex White Gesso
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| ARTploration Stencil: Evolution |
