Hi everyone :)
I’m heading home from Krystal’s today but while I’ve been here I’ve discovered some things:
- Krystal and I are really comfortable hanging out with each other… we talk… we laugh… and we can be ‘companiably’ silent
- She has a GREAT relationship with Chris… they are so comfortable with each other, they discuss everything and really listen to what the other has to say
- Her home was made for doing art! I’ve been feeling really creative since I’ve been here… I love her house and quite honestly I could live here EASILY! The garage/shed would make an ideal art studio and there’s even a ready-made ‘Toby house’ in the garden:
I could really see this little house with Toby’s name over the door!
Actually I love the inside of the house too… it would be totally perfect for me and Toby… but I digress LOL
This morning I was going through some stuff on my computer and saw a link to Donna Downey’s Inspiration Wednesday and it reminded me that there was a page she’d done that I really wanted to try.
Here’s Donna’s page from her blog:
And here’s the link to the video tutorial if you want to have a go yourself: INSPIRATION WEDNESDAY 5.16.12
I went through the stuff I had at hand and found that I had enough goodies with me to give it a go:
I started off with the gesso cardstock and added the arched window and chipboard gecko (bought at SENZ) with some PVA and then painted gesso over the whole thing.
Next I used some of my new Golden paints… totally love them!!! I spritz the page with lots of water to give a more mottled effect.
I actually had a little bit of book text with me for the windows but no UTEE so I used gloss gel medium instead and it worked pretty well!
You wouldn’t believe it but I’d brought my Golden Glass Bead Gel with me… couldn’t believe it because I haven’t used it in AGES! I figured that I’d add some to the gecko for extra texture:
And then I played!! I used more paint to build up the layers… and I even had my heat gun with me so I didn’t even have to wait for drying time. I got out my Pan Pastels… super, super cool product!
I kept watching and pausing Donna’s video to pick up little hints and tips! I played… and played… and built up my layers… and totally FORGOT about taking photos!
I even opened up my brand new bottle of Ferro Special Effect Paste that Antoinetta ‘talked me into’ buying at SENZ when I saw her… LOL But I’m so glad she did cause it’s cool!
Mine is the ‘Golden Green’ colour and I used it along with the brick stencil (also bought at SENZ) to add detail around the window frame.
I did some shading with Pan Pastels… and sprayed with fixative to build up the layers and I also added some charcoal pencil shading until I was done. Oh yeah… I did a bit of stamping too!
I totally love how it turned out… and I can’t believe how many layers and textures I’ve been able to create!
And here’s my page in my journal:
So while I’ve only been at Krystal’s since Monday night I’ve completed two pages in my art journal that I’ve super happy with:
There’s part of me that wants to go home and see Mikayla and Toby today… and there’s another piece of me that just wants to stay here and create art!
I hope you’re all having a happy week xx
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