I decided to go with more neutral colours this week inspired by a page I did with CJS17 and Rachel Greig from Darkroom Door. I used Distress paints, Dylusions paint, stencils including Tim Holtz, Fude ball and Posca pens.
Author: Catherine Barker-Sheard
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CJS17 with Dina Wakley
I love Dina Wakley’s work, and also her paints – they are a nice consistency and great colours, so I was excited about today’s inspiration. The project was quite different to what I’d normally do, which is the whole point of Creative Jumpstart. I painted a journal page as the background, then a loose page of marks for using as contrast, then tackled the face on a second loose sheet of paper. I’m not good with faces, so printed one of the internet to use as a guide. Once it was all dry, I tore the face in half and combined with pieces of the mark making paper. I’m pleased with the final result, and will probably try this approach again.
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CJS17 with Cat Scanlon
Today’s artist, Cat Scanlon, uses transparent colours to great effect, layering washes of colour over mark making, then more mark making on the top layer. I used Dylusions paints for the bottom layer of mark making, over collaged text, then Golden Fluid Acrylics for the flower and washes of colour (I love watered down Paynes Grey). I used a little Light Copper fluid acrylic for the final mark making.
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CJS17 with MaryBeth Shaw
Today’s artist was MaryBeth Shaw from StencilGirl Products. I belonged to their monthly club for a couple of years and have a lot of StencilGirl stencils, which I use constantly. For this piece I used Dylusions paint, old gelli prints, Tim Holtz Distress Crayons, gesso, stencils and a deep blue Derwent Artbar.
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CJS17 with Rachel Greig
Today’s inspirational artist was Rachel Greig from Darkroom Door in Australia. I’ve used a lot of Darkroom Door products over the years, so this was a great reminder of how much I can enjoy using more neutral colours.
I used Tim Holtz Distress Paint and Inks, collage materials, an old sewing pattern, a couple of stencils and a photo of me at Monte Cassino Abbey, Italy taken in 2010.
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