Welcome back! Yesterday's post took us through starting with a blank piece of greyboard and getting it to this stage....
Now we have to be brave and add some colours..oooh scary bit!! I decided on aqua and bronzy brown shades as my colour theme so I gathered together some supplies. I picked Cosmic Shimmer Ink Misters Teal Wash and Bronze Blush.
I sprayed the bronze blush first - spray generous amounts and then tilt your board so that the ink runs down - this way it catches in all the different levels. Then do the same with the Teal Wash and spray in the other corners. Spray it with water to make your ink really run.
You then want to allow your inks to dry - remember that the colours will be a bit muted from the raw wet ink.
When getting up my courage to have a go at this project, I watched a few YouTube video tutorials on how to get started. On one someone added alcohol ink to deepen the intensity of colour and then sprayed with water... an odd idea I have never tried.. So in the spirit of being experimental I thought I would give it a go! I chose Stream Alcohol Ink - one of my favourites!
I applied generously in a couple of spots and spritzed.. it gave a very interesting texture that I really liked!
Now time to start adding some depth of colour. You can see here that the alcohol ink wasn't so harsh once it had dried. I started adding pearlescent paints - I chose to use Luminarte H20 Teal Zircon and Cosmic Shimmer Autumn Twist to compliment my colour scheme. Mix up the paints so they are quite thick and then apply over areas on your panel. You can see here it has blue added to the left and the top right and the butterfly and the bronze focussed on the bottom right corner. This all helps to merge in the vibrant effect from the alcohol ink too.
Everything now had colour, but there was still no light and shade. I used Cosmic Shimmer Soft Gold into a thick paint and using a wide flat brush started to brush very lightly over the top of the panel. This really makes all the die cuts and metal shapes really pop out from the background
Next I started to also apply Distress Ink Walnut stain with some cut n dry foam and switched back and forth between the paint and the ink to build up light and dark elements.
You can see the different between these two closeup shots of the cogs the difference that this shading makes.
And here again is the final finished piece!
I absolutely loved creating this piece .. and although I still didn't consider it as brave as I wanted to be it was a really good first piece to break the ice and get me brave enough and confident enough that I can create these altered art pieces. I already have my next project in mind - have my colour palette selected and I think I will do the next one flower based.
So my message for today is definitely to be brave with your artwork - what have you got to lose? If you don't like it.. who ever has to see it... but you never know - you may just create something you'll be really proud of!
I will have the panel on display in the shop - if you are local - do come and have a look!
happy crafting
Jane
www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk
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