Creative JumpStart with Mary Beth Shaw

 Hello All. 

Day 40 (9th Feb) of CJS was A Patchwork Of Your Own Life with Mary Beth Shaw. 

I created a mixed media canvas using Mary Beth's stenciling techniques.

I started by creating blocks of white, black and gold gesso, then used a variety of stencils with embossing enamel and Lumiere metallic paint. I used watercolour paint to stencil on some music paper, then adhered this across the centre of the canvas, then stenciled on that with black gesso, and added marks with a gold paint pen. I stencilled the small squares between the blocks, then finished with splashes and drips of black india ink.

I'm linking my canvas to Valerie's Heavy Metal theme over at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xox

31 Products Challenge

Hi Everyone!

It's the final day of the 31 Products Challenge, and I have a journal page to share, with photos of the different steps.

Days 27 & 28 - I sprinkled some PaperArtsy Infusions onto a gessoed page, then used a palette knife to apply PaperArtsy Metallic Glaze all over. Then I wiped it away through a Prima stencil.

Day 29 - I coloured the wiped away areas with a brown Derwent Inktense Pencil, and activated with water.

Day 30 - I added some die-cut Gelli Plate prints.

Day 31 - I drew a flower, using Lumiere Light Body Metallic Acrylic in pearl turquoise. The bottle has a fine tip applicator. Before the paint dried, I pushed a button into the flower centre.

That's it for the challenge, which was great fun! To finish my page, I added a quote and some black Bombay Ink splatters and drips.

I'm entering my page in Try It On Tuesday's Thankful Challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox