another Girl Face

I have been trying to learn how to paint for a while now, I usually paint animals, for some reason I find them easier than people, but now I am trying to paint girl faces.


They are getting better, practise does work, but they still don;t come out as good as I want them to be.

This is the latest go I made at the lessons by #StegersandStein.

 Deco Art Products used:
Americana Acrylics in: True Ochre, Coral Shell, Whispering Turquoise, Antique Mauve, Mocha, Sand, Bright Blue, Cherry Red, Bright red, Warm White, Lamp Black, Hauser Medium Green, Dark Green.Colonial green, Traditional burnt Sienna.
Deco Art Media Misters in: Orange, Yellow, Green Yellow, Red and Turquoise.
Deco Art Media Gesso, Deco Art Media Matte Medium.

 It took quite long for me to get the face sorta right, she has had many looks before I was ok with the result, see the pic above and below.

I really did not like the shoulders and I didn't know how to fix them so painted them over with gesso and used a stencil to cover them.


I was fun to do and I will keep practising.

SinCity Sugar Skull bloghop

Hi everyone,  welcome to my blog, and thank you Sin City Art Stamps for hosting a blog hop on my favorite subject Sugar Skulls. Al inspiration team members were kindly given a sheet of the Sugar Skull stamps designed by the talented Michelle Frae Cummings.


The premise of this blog hop is for you to meet our in house Inspiration team members along with a few guest members, discover more ways to create with these stamps and possibly win a set for yourself!

No matter where you have started, To qualify to win your own Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls stamp set, (we are giving away 3!) we ask that you visit each of the blogs participating, leave a nice comment and then come back to the Sin City Blog and let us know which blog projects you liked the most and why.

The blog hop will end on the 27th and the 3 winners will be announced on the Sin City blog and on our FB Fan Group on March 28th. 



If you'd like to see more inspirational projects using Sincity stamps , please check out the DT blog here and the facebook group here.


Blog Roll below at the end of the post......sooooo here it comes....taaadaaaa...my project for the hop......is a Sugar Skull Shrine (duh!)

The skull was stamped into clay and painted after the clay had dried. I made a video how to stamp into clay for my You Tube channel and it shows you not only the stamping but also the painting of this skull. Here is a link to the video (please subscribe to my channel so you won;t miss any of my videos)

Supply List:
Sugar Skull stamps by Sin City (both the skull but also the flower stamp in the backgound are on that sheet)
Deco Art Products:
For the Skull: Americana acrylics in: Sea Breeze, Carousel Pink, Antique White  Moon Yellow, Lamp Black. Triple Thick Gloss Glaze.
For the Shrine: Deco Art Media Gesso and Americana acrylics in Lamp Black,  Neutral Grey, Grey Sky and Driftwood. The Gold paint is Dazzling metallic Emperors gold.

For the Shrine I used Tim Holtz dies the big and small Cabinet card die, and chipboard.  I will have a step by step how to make the shrine for you on the Sin City Inspiration Blog soon, so follow the blog and you won't miss it :-)

All instructions on ow to make the skull ar in the video mentioned above, the roses are bought paper roses, I cut of the wire they were on and gave them a layer of Triple Thick Gloss to make them look like they are made of porcelain, and when dry I adhered them to the shrine.

here some more pictures

 I realy love how the background turned out using the flower stamp that is also onn the Sugar Skull sheet

I used my favorite colors to paint Mr. Sugar Skull, love his moustache

So tha's it folks, please check out the rest of the blogs in the hop and don't forget to check out the give away.
If you'd like to see more inspirational projects using Sincity stamps , please check out the DT blog here and the facebook group here.

Thanks for visiting

Blog rol:

1. Sin City Stamps
2. Michelle Frae Cummings
3. Katie Lamb
4. Chris Pozzi
5. Irit Shalom
6. Shilpa Nagaonkar
7. Sharon Rogers
8. Jenn Gary DuBell
9. Monique Van Dijk
10. Adam
11. Kim Johnny
12. Granne
13. Anne

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Moon Goddess

Another Art journal page and video to share,

Deco Art products used:
Media White Gesso, Americana acrylics in: Snow White, Driftwood, Lavender, Navy Blue.
Americana Pealizing Medium. Americana Decou page Crystal Glitter

Digi: Moon Goddess by Rick St.dennis.
Rubberstamps used:
Tree from the Sin City Skeletons Halloween set
Graveyard and stone floor from the Stempelwinkel
Moon from Stampinback

Other products used:
Archival ink Jet Black
Faber Castell Pitt Pen
Derwent Inktense pencils
Signo White gel pen
Waterbrush


See the how to video of how to create this page here:

Here some more pics,

 Oh don;t forget to sign up on my channel so you won't miss any videos

travel

Here  a page for #halfanhourofart, a facebook group that challenges you to make a project in an half an hour, it's about being creative and not about making a masterpiece, an half an hour is not that much time so it should be easy to squeeze in our busy daily schedual and have some crative fun. Helps balancing the stress :-)

Anyway here is the AJ page I  made, remember it's all done quickly and without much thinking, just went where the paints took me :-)

I started by glueing down some decou page paper that had a world globe on it, I used Decou Page matte for that, and that's where the travel theme cam from. I know you can't see it very well now, it got far in the background in the process, but IRL it's still a bit visable, you can see the texture it makes anyway :-)


Next was a layer of Media fluid acrylics in Cobalt Teal Hue and Hansa Yellow Medium. I used a babywipe to get the paint on the page and mix it into the green.

Next I used the Radiant Rays stencil wi th Lemon Zests Americana Satin acrylic to get a back ground for the city sillhouet (also a stencil and Americana Lamp Black acrylic paint).

Next I used black gesso to make the edges darker and make the vocal point stand out. For the words I used an Andy Skinner stencil and black gesso, the harlequins are a stencil made of a Tim Holtz Thinlets die.

I went around the edge of the words using a white inktense pencil and used some orange inktense pencil on the yellow rays.

I like how it turned out, it looks a bit gloomy and I like that :-)

Deco Art Products used:
Media Fluid Acrylics in Cobalt red hue and Hansa yellow Medium
Deco Art Media Black Gesso, Americana Decou Page matte, Americana Multi Surface Satin Acrylic in Lemon Zest. Americana Lamp black. Stencils: Ameriana Radical Rays and Industrial Elements by Andy Skinner.


I will enter the following challenge

http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.nl/2016/12/decembers-challenge.html

http://www.happylittlestampers.com/2016/12/hls-december-mixed-media-challenge.html

Grande Hotel Paris

I had a play with some paints stamps and stencils, and made a video of the process :-) (see below)

Deco Art Products used:

Americana Acrylic Gesso, Americana Acrylics in : Snow White, Lamp Black, Aqua Sky, Traditional Burnt Sienna, Navy Blue, Media Fluid Acrylics in Yellow Oxide, Coablat Teal Hue, Quinacridone Gold. Ultta Matte Varnish, Texture sand, Black Modeling paste, Metallic Lustre in Iced Espresso.
Americana Decor stencil; Vintage Keys. Andy Skinner Stencil French Elements.
Andy Skinner Curiosity Stamp set.

Other prodcts used : Tim Holtz stencil Argyl, Kaiser Kraft stamp keys, Do Craft Steampunk background stamp

I am entering the following challenges

http://blog.canvascorpbrands.com/diy-photo-frame-a-project-for-the-november-challenge/

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/  triotastic challenge, I used 3 stencils

31 days of Halloween ; day 6

welcone to day 6 of the 31 days of halloween

another artjournal page

Deco Art Products used: Andy Skinner Stencil Made to measure. Americana stencil Fenced in. Deco Art Media fluids in Pymole Orange, Hansa Yellow light, Cobalt Teal Blue. Americana acrylics on Snow white and Lamp Black and Americana  Decoupage matte and a Rick St.dennis digi called Smilin Joe

 the back ground was made using the media fluids and a babywipe and the stencils to create layers

the digi is coloured and cut out and glued to the page using Decou page matte

And another page in the junk journal

31 days of Halloween ; day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the 31 days of Halloween, page 2 of the junkjournal :-)

It's made out of black cardstock, embossed using a Tim Holtz embossing folder and treated with Deco Art Metallic Lustres in Copper Kettle, Black Shimmer Gold Rush.   just love the effect metallic lustres have on paper.

project  2

Deco Art Products used : Americana acrylics inAntique linnen Traditional burnt umber, Antique Mauve, Hauser Medium Green. Deco Art Media Matte Medium, Crackle Glaze, Matte Varnish, Dazzling Metallics Renaissance Brown, Antiquing Cream in Raw Umber, Deco Art Media Gesso. Deco Art Americana Stencil Distressed Harlequin. Digi used is one of the skulls form the skull sheet by Rick St.dennis, The skull rubber stamp in the background is from the Morte Set , also designed by Rick

The page came from my  Dutch to English dictionary I used in school, the paper was allready yellowed but I thought it needed some more aging. To make sure the paper would not bleed when using stamps, I added a few layers of Matte varnish. Stamped the corners using a spiderweb clear stamp

Added the Hauser Medium Green and Antique Mauve acrylic in the middle of the page , Coloured the skull digi and cut it out and used Matte Medium to glue it on the page

Added some more matte Varnish to protect the stamping and colouring and when dry I added the Crackle glaze.

 When Crackle glaze is dry rubb antiquing cream in the crackles and over the page, whipe back again when dry till you like the result and protect with matte varnish.

Gesso the canvas and the piece of carboard (I gesso both sides of the cardboard so it won't warp)

Paint the canvas Antique Linnen and let dry, make a wash of Traditional burnt umber and  water and age the canvas using a kitchen towel.

Paint the cardboard in Hauser Medium Green and Antique Mauve using a sponge. When paint is dry use the skulls from the morte stamp set to create the back ground. Next use the Industrial stamps by Stampendous to age the background and give it the same wash as the dictionary page.
Use Matte Varnish to protect it

Use the distressed Harlquin stencil on the canvas using the Deco Art Dazzling Metallic in Renaissance Brown, and  add some on the edges of the page and the charm.

Distress the edges of the carboard using a small paint brush and traditional burnt umber paint .

 age the lace and make a bow. add the charm to the bow .

Glue all parts togehter, I usse matte medium to glue the page to the card board.

the blogroll is in the side bar, enjoy the rest of the hop

Eiffel tower canvas

I have been working on this canvas and have been doubting about adding the ribbon or not, so I kept changing it and finally decided it still needs the ribbon :-) So here it is (after takingthe lace of, and putting it on again) the final piece :-)

Products used:
Deco Art Americana acrylics in :Driftwood, Traditional Burnt Umber, Antique White, Sea Breeze. Deco Art Americana Matte Varnish, Deco Art Dazzling Metallics in Renaissance Brown. Deco Art Media Gesso, Deco Art Media Crackle Glaze, Deco Art Media Matte Medium, Deco Art Media Antiquing Cream in Raw Umber, Deco Art Americana Decor Stencil Distressed Harlequin,
Stamps used: Andy Skinner Industrial set by Stampendous and The French Market Clear stamps set by Tim Holtz. Prima Marketing Built a frame clearstamp set 2, Ranger Archival Jet Black Inkpad and  Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Tim Holtz.
Lace, Eiffel tower Charm, old dictionary page, piece cardboard and a canvas. Derwent Inktense pencils.

The page came from my  Dutch to French dictionary I used in school, the paper was allready yellowed but I thought it needed some more aging. To make sure the paper would not bleed when using stamps, I added a few layers of Matte varnish. Stamped the corners and coloured the stamps with inktense pencils.

Added the sea breez acrylic in the middle of the page and stamped the Eiffel tower.

Added some more matte Varnish to protect the stamping and colouring and when dry I added the Crackle glaze.

When Crackle glaze is dry rubb antiquing cream in the crackles and over the page, whipe back again when dry till you like the result and protect with matte varnish.

Gesso the canvas and the piece of carboard (I gesso both sides of the cardboard so it won't warp)

Paint the canvas Antique Linnen and let dry, make a wash of Traditional burnt umber and  water and age the canvas using a kitchen towel.

Paint the cardboard in Sea breeze and Driftwood using a sponge. When paint is dry use the French Market clearstamp set to create the back ground. Next use the Industrial stamps by Stampendous to age the background and give it the same wash as the dictionary page.
Use Matte Varnish to protect it

Use the distressed Harlquin stencil on the canvas using the Deco Art Dazzling Metallic in Renaissance Brown, and  add some on the edges of the page and the charm.

Distress the edges of the carboard using a small paint brush and traditional burnt umber paint .

age the lace and make a bow. add the charm to the bow .

Glue all parts togehter, I usse matte medium to glue the page to the card board.

Sit back and relax (oh....no ... first clean paint brushes and stencils lol, Stencil and paint brush cleaner will make it easier tho)


I will enter the following challenges

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.nl/2016/07/happy-holidays-5th-july.html

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.nl/2016/07/pinspirational-challenge-169.html

http://welove2create.blogspot.nl/2016/07/challenge-14-anything-creativemixed.html

Time waits for no man

Hi all,  back again from my vacation in USA and I had a great time, meeting friends and seeing so many beautiful things. I did miss my craftroom a bit tho,  life has been a bit busy last week an a half since I've been back, plus a nice jet lag to deal with the first few days. I did want to enter Andy Skinners Time challenge so started yesterday evening on a last minute project. It was kind of a struggle cuz things never work the way you imagined them, but made it on time :-)


Ok here the products used, all Deco Art ofcourse, I love there paints and mediums :-)

Americana Matte Varnish, Americana Acrylic paint in Lamp Black and True Red. Americana Decou-page matte, Deco Art Media Carckle paste, Deco Art Media Texture Sand and Gesso, Deco Art Media fluid acrylics in Quinacridone Gold (love the paint, hate the name, breaks my tongue lol), Cobalt Teal Hue, Carbon Blac, Burnt Umber.  Deco Art Media antiguing cream in carbon black.  Americana Weathered Wood.

I found the hourglass last Friday in a shop called Hema  (Dutch shop that sometimes has real cool stuff) it was on sale for 1 euro :-)   but ofcourse brand new and shiny. Fixed that..., using a mix of Decoupage and burnt umber acrrylic fluid and a bit water, used soe quin gold for accents, I think it turned out great, was an experiment LOL, any way it started out like this

and now I altered it into this ;-)

The skulls are palstic beads and I put them on the sticks (the ones you use for plants in the garden if they need support no idea what they are called) and gessoed them and rusted them.

The circle parts they are attached too are made of a cardboard box, just cut out a circle shape and some cardstock circles to do the painting and stamping on the cover the cardboard

They are duble sided ofcourse because both sides are visable and because you have to turn the hourglass, the bottom part needs to be the same as the top :-)

I used weathered wood and crarckle paste to get the aged effect . the All Seeing Eye (my fave stamp of the Curiosity set) was stamped using Archival jet black ink , the other side is a clear stamp of a clock, no idea what brand it is.

The glueing everything togehter was a bit hard but it worked :-)  I like the result anyway.

I will enter this in the following challenges:

http://andyskinnerorg.blogspot.nl/2016/05/time-challenge.html

http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.nl/2016/06/challenge-135-tic-tac-toe-and-two.html I went LOC

Skinzapfel challenge

Here is my project for the Dare to Create challenge on facebook, by Andy Skinner and Tracy Weinzapfel.

DECO ART products used:
Media Fluid acrylics in: Primary Magenta, Cerulean Blue, Quinacridone gold, Quinacridone red, Cobalt Teal Hue, Primary Yellow, Medium Grey Valve 6, Yellow Green Light, Raw Umber, Cadmium Orange, Paynes Grey.  Americana acrylics in: Lamp black, Snow White, Driftwood, Sweet Mint.  Gesso. Triple Thick Gloss Glaze, Media Texture Sand Paste,Crackle Paste. Metallic Lustres in Iced Espresso, Black Shimmer and Copper Kettle.


Learn how ro use these products here at  Deco Art Mixed Media Education.  The rust technique used in this project has been taught to me by Andy Skinner in a workshop,

 This is made out of the chipboard  backing of a paperpad, a piece of black cardstock, a MDF frame, wire and a page from a dictionary.

 The flowers are made of a page of a dictionary I drew the flowers cut thm out and painted them and glued them on pieces of wire, The vase is a piece of chipboard, cut into a vase form, painted black and white and to finish a layer of Triple Thick Gloss Glaze, The flowers are glued to the back of the vase and the vase is attached to the card using foamtape to get some dimension.

 The gears are dies and are cardstock given the AS rust treatment. The background is black cardstock embossed using a Cuttlebug gear embossing folder. Next I used lustres and Media Line products

 The base is a piece of chipboard painted to look like old wood using American acrylic in Driftwood and Sweet Mint. next I used the Andy Skinner stampset by Stampendous to get a worn wood effect, the edges of the chipboard base are painted using acrylic media fluid in Raw Umber, to make it look like pieces of paint were chipped of on the edges

 the hearts were drawn on chipboard, cut out and used Crackle Paste to get the crackle effect. next painted them Primary Magenta mixed with Paynes Grey

 the flowers are base on a MMM project by Tracy Weinzapfel, I sorta copied the background she made but lots smaller, the flowers and background inside the frame are about 3 inch high

 here some details on the rust

hope you like what I made I had fun making it :-)

I will enter the following challenges:

http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.nl/2016/03/march-challenge.html

http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.nl/2016/03/march-challenge.html

http://welove2create.blogspot.nl/2016/03/challenge-7-anything-goes-mixed-media.html