Today’s artist was Rae Missigman, whose work I love – I have a few of her stencils and often watch her videos. Her process has inspired mine over the years, so this was in my comfort zone. I started with gelli printing straight onto the page using Golden Fluid Acrylics, then cleaned off the stencils over the top. I added layers of Neocolours, stencilling, collage, mark making etc.
Today we were inspired by artwork from Gina Lee Kim, who specialises in mixed media seascapes based on watercolour backgrounds. I completed mine and was okay with the colours etc but disliked the sloping horizon. I left it overnight and this morning decided to cut it beneath the textured horizon and reposition the top so the horizon was flat. Of course it didn’t line up properly so I had to trim the edges a bit and, rather than lose half my yacht sails, I chose to keep a sloping top to the picture. I’m much happier with it now.
I used W&N watercolours, watercolour pencils, Dylusions white paint because I didn’t have gouache, light modelling paste, and some scrapbooking paper because my origami paper is hidden in my stash somewhere!
Today’s inspiration was about using black and white with a little colour, by artist Stephanie Schutze. She used a photo transfer technique, collage, then drew a quite detailed background. I’m not much on drawing even after 4 years of art school, but I did some, then placed a heart over much of it! The touch of colour comes from two scrapbooking papers. The photo is our Grandson Rory, who loves fishing.
I used collage materials, printed photo, gesso, Dylusions black paint, stencils, and a diecut heart.
This week’s quote is about discipline, which is very relevant to me as I keep learning to do all the things that go with weight loss surgery; eating the right foods, reading food labels, exercising, taking vitamins every day without fail…
I am practising creating richer backgrounds this year. Today I collaged papers, then coloured with Distress Paint, followed by stamping with Dyan Reavley stamps, and mark making with a Fude Ball (black) and white Posca pen, then a little stencilling with Tim Holtz stencils for extra contrast.
Today’s video was with the fabulous Birgit Koopsen, whose work I love. I used her techniques to collage and paint the front cover of my Moleskin diary. I started with gelli printed tissue, then stencilled on the tissue with Tim Holtz and StencilGirl stencils, and stamped with a variety of older rubber stamps. I added a coat of gesso to the cover, then tore the tissue into pieces and adhered with gloss polymer. Once it was dry I used black and white Dina Wakley paint and my favourite StencilGirl stencils.
This was a fun project and I’m happy with the end result.
Cath Sheard Art 