The inspiration for these pages was an
advert in a decorating magazine. It was for the fabrics of Linara and featured
two pages filled with samples of the colorways this fabric came in. Just
seeing those colored squares made me feel happy and I have tried to capture
that feeling here.
At first I was only going to make one
page but started off by making two with the idea of showing you the one I liked
most but in the end I liked them both and they looked great together so here
are the two of them together.
This is the step-by-step tutorial:
1. Gesso
two 9 x 12” sheets (I used Langton watercolor paper 140 lb weight, hot pressed.
2. Using
two colors add paint to the pages and remove through a stencil. I used stencil Squares and Dots 9 for this stage but any textural stencil will do. The
idea is to add layers of it to the pages. I
made one page in hot colors and one in cold.
3. Continue
repeating step 2 using the same stencil and more colors. Make sure to let each
layer dry really well before adding the next.
4. When
you are happy with how the pages look start stenciling on squares using Mary Beth’s Grid Stencils and a variety of contrasting colors to the pages. I
used hot colors on the cold page and vice versa originally but then added
colors that suited the designs.
5. Finish
by adding white squares and also adding small smaller squares in color (I included
gold just for that bit of sparkle) using the medium stencil from August 2013 StencilClub set.
6. Using
the medium and small squares stencils from Mary Beth’s Grid Stencil as well as
the stencil from step 5, and a 8 x 10” Gelli plate, with black paint, make some
deli paper filled with black squares. You can also stencil directly on the deli
paper but using the Gelli plate speeds things up no end.
7. Collage
bits of the deli paper with the black squares onto your pages. I used a glue
stick but you could also use matte medium.
8. I
cut out the small pieces of fabric color from the original advert and glued
them onto the black squares. You could simply cut out pieces of color from
magazines and do the same.
9. Using
both black and white markers outline the squares as much or as little as you
like. This helps to give a sense of depth and an indication of which squares
are in front or behind other squares.
10. Add
the title to the pages. On one of my pages I used the text of the advert that
originally inspired me (A Journey of Color) and on the other one another text
from a magazine (The Alchemy of Color).
11. I
added both sheets to make a spread in my very large vintage ledger that I’m
using as an art journal. I gesso two facing pages with black gesso and glued on
the pages with double sided tape.
Beautiful spread!
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