The end is in sight. The 365 3" x 3” art cards I’m making
this year as part of the #365somethings2018 project are almost done, but there
is one last way of making them that I wanted to share here as my final project
this year for StencilGirl® Products.
Whenever I’m working in my studio, I do so on a layer of
newsprint sheets that I use to clean my stencils, capture the spray paint that
doesn’t quite hit the page I’m working on, roll off the excess paint on my
brayers, try out if I have enough ink on my stamps etc. Eventually the top
newsprint sheet is completely covered and I remove it to reveal a fresh one.
The removed sheet (I refer to it as underpaper) very often
looks better than anything I have created purposefully, partly because true
randomness is very hard to create and partly because I’m far less precious
about it. The last time I removed a sheet it struck me how it would make great
art cards and because the newsprint is very thin, I simply adhered pieces of it
onto the cards.
I began to wonder if I could make such randomness
intentionally (a real oxymoron!). This is what I did:
1. Using a newsprint sheet (very
absorbent) I sprayed it with permanent acrylic spays using StencilGirl®
stencils Leaf Zen Landscape, Meadows and Hamburg. Be sure to also turn over the wet stencils after spraying
and wipe them on the newsprint sheet.
2. Brayer on a selection of paint
colors randomly.
3. Stamp on imagery using a black
permanent Archival ink pad.
4. Stamp on text using a black
permanent Archival ink pad.
5. Splatter on acrylic ink in a variety
of colors, including white.
6. Stencil with white titanium paint
through stencil Leaf Zen Landscape.
7. Stencil on text, using I Get To Choose as well as pattern using Leaf Zen Landscape, both with black gesso.
8. Splatter on some more acrylic ink in
whatever colors you fancy.
9. Select some acrylic paints
(including some metallic ones) as well
as spray paints, and stencil on the sheet using stencils Soulful Scribbles Dots Dash, Hamburg, and Stylized Fireworks.
You can continue alternating all the steps above in any
order you like till the sheet looks satisfactory to you. Don’t forget you can
always add more once the sheet has been cut up and glued to the cards.
10. Take a 3 x 3” card, cover with soft
matte get. Press to the back of the newsprint sheet, cut out around the card
and brayer the top to prevent wrinkles. Then also add soft matte get to the top
of the card. Let dry thoroughly.
I don’t select specific areas but simply use up the sheet
and work with what appears on each card.
11. Outline some patterns and words on
the cards with black, white and coloured markers.
12. Cut out words, edge with a permanent
archival ink pad and glue onto the cards.
13. Edge cards with a permanent ink pad
in colors matching each individual card.
These cards will be date stamped and then numbered to become
part of my #365somethings2018 project. You can see all the individual cards on my Instagram feed.
This is my final StencilGirl® project for this year but the
good news is that I’ll be back as Monthly Guest Designer in 2019. Have a lovely
and arty Holiday Season!
Wonderful works.
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Love how you took the random “leftovers” and used them in this project. 💯💕
ReplyDeleteBeautiful small pieces of art!
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