As I’m writing this (mid May) we are still
in full lock down here in Scotland, cast adrift on stormy seas and driven by a
ferocious wind with no land in sight just yet. As least that’s what it feels
like at times. But at the same time I’m also enjoying all the beautiful signs
of spring, the new lambs and calves in the field surrounding us and the flowers
popping up all along our rural little country lane. Can you be sad and happy
all at once? If so, that describes best how I feel from day to day.
In all this Ben Okri’s poem remains a solace to my soul and we have reached the lines: And as we travel on this life that is a sea, we can glimpse eternity”. It’s a bit unnerving to find his words so very appropriate to our times. But also hopeful!
Here is the tutorial:
1. Gesso
two facing pages (I use the large art journal from ArtbyMarlene) using a mix of
white gesso and light blue acrylic paint.
2. Add
darker blue acrylic paint to the pages here and there on the lower half of the
pages and remove through Bunched Crossed Line Waves, using a baby wipe.
4. Stencil
on circles using titanium white acrylic paint and a cosmetic wedge using Water Ripples again.
5. Stencil
on waves to the top of the water bit of the pages using Making Waves, a cosmetic wedge and pearlescent blue acrylic
paint.
6. Stencil
on the face to the right hand page using a blue spray paint (I used a Liquitex
one) and the large Shaw Carriker Mash-up stencil.
7. Glue
on images from Stamperia rice papers to both pages as shown using matte medium.
8. Outline
the face on the right hand side using a permanent white marker and the stencil
from step 6 as a guideline.
9. Outline
birds, ship and lighthouse with a stabilo all black pencil and smudge using
your finger.
10. Stamp
on the text of the poem with a mix of alphabet stamp sets and unto vintage
blank paper. Tear out the words, edge with a blue inkpad and glue the pages
using a glue stick.
11. Stamp
onto the bottom of the pages with shell themed tapestry stamps.
12. Edge
the pages with a blue permanent ink pad.
13. Glue
on the postage stamp as shown.
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