The art of Frida Kahlo is always inspirational to me (and not just because of her name!) as are the images of the artist herself and I can’t resist regularly making Frida inspired art.
Here is the tutorial:
1. Cover the pages of your art journal with a variety of acrylic spray paint. I used an A4 sized art journal.
2. Again using permanent spray paints, spray through stencil L143 Ivy 9 in a variety of colours.
3. Using
a 9 x 12” gelli plate and copy paper, add colour to the copy paper by covering
the plate in one colour and taking partial prints on the paper until they are
covered. Repeat using other colours.
4. Then cover the plate In one colour and put stencils on top of the plate. I used stencil L143 Ivy 9 again as well as the B stencil from the April 2024 StencilClub. Again take partial prints on the papers from step 3. Then remove the stencils and take the negative prints too. We’re not looking for perfect prints but instead we’re creating collage material for the next step.
5. Collage strips of the papers made in step 4 onto your pages as shown. I used a UHU glue stick for this.
6. Stencil on flowers using different colours of acrylic paint with a cosmetic wedge and stencil S091 4 Flowers.
7. Stencil figure from stencil L620 Inspired by Frida onto flower themed wrapping paper as well as deli paper. I used ArtAlchemy acrylic paint Sparks.
8. Cut
out the figures from step 7 and glue them onto the pages as shown, again using
a glue stick.
9. Also cut out text from a vintage music book and glue that on, as well as tissue paper featuring musical notes.
10. Cut out flowers from the wrapping paper from step 7 and glue on.
11. Colour in and outline figures and flowers using acrylic paint markers as well as a black Stabilo All pencil.
©
Frieda Oxenham 2024
Your art is beautiful. Lizzie Birkett
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