Two Colors + One Brush = Fun

 

A quick and easy card front today. Over the years, I have often been inspired to work on darker paper surfaces. In this case, black. 

When painting on black, you want to use strong, opaque or semi-opaque acrylic paint. Your brush needs to hold its shape so the colors blend or bleed together. (Double load your brush -  one half with the darker color and the other with the lighter or accent color.) If the brush starts to feel like the color is to thick, then clean the brush with water before reloading.

When applying a decorative stencil with powdered colors, use a sponge applicator or soft brush. In this case, I used a soft make-up brush. If using a clear plastic, avoid the painted area so the design appears to be in the background.

That is it! Have fun!

Materials for this project:

• Strathmore ArtAgain Black (445-109) 60lb, 50% recycled
• FolkArt Enamel - Thicket and Yellow Light
• Royal and Langnickle - Zen #12 Flat (Shader) Z-735
• Stencil - design of your choice
• Pan Pastel - Bright Yellow Green Tint
• Soft cosmetic brush

Thank you for popping in today!

Wishing a great and creative experience. Just make it relaxing and fun!

May God bless you and yours, everyday!

Finished:

 Delicate and Slightly Old Fashioned…

I love roses. No matter what color – I just love roses!

With my love for these beautiful blooms, I cannot seem to be able to plant and grow these delicate beauties. So, with that disappointing realization being said, I buy rose stamps and try to express my love of these exquisite blossoms through colorizing. 

When discovering this Deep Red cling stamp (made in the USA), there was no hesitation -- “see it, want it, bought it.” (Isn’t that our crafter’s motto?) 

It is not always easy to determine how the finished design would look. A lot of the look starts with the stamped impression. Sometimes I’ll do a few practice pieces before settling on a look. This time, I just used my imagination and tried visualizing:

• black inks just might be too overbearing for this smaller design.

• neutral tones (no-line look) did not feel right for me either

• finally decided upon StazOn’s, Stone Gray.

Several years ago, there was a photo taken in an old-fashioned rose garden of a lovely peach rose. This is my attempt to create that look.

Flower: Very lightly, color the outer edges of each petal with a Cream-colored pencil. Take the color about ¾ of the way towards the center of each. (That should be into the shaded lines. Then, using a Light Peach-colored pencil, apply lightly from the shaded areas outwards outer edges, letting the Cream edges show. This should give you a soft, blended appearance.

Leaves: Create the leaves mostly using the same technique. The three larger leaves are mostly Limepeel (yellow green) base color and shade or accent with Green Ochre (olive green). The leaves that are mostly the Stone Gray color, use mostly the Green Ochre. 

Stems: Make sure your Green Ochre is sharp and fill in the stem.

Finish: The rest of the card is up to you. 

Materials!

• Rose Pen & Ink by Deep Red

• StazOn – Stone Gray

• PrismaColor Pencils – Cream, Light Peach, Limepeel and Green Ochre

Thank you so much for checking in. Hope you will do so again in the near future. 

May God watch over you and bless you always.