Monday, March 10, 2014

Playing with paint.



previously published in Scrap n Art Magazine. 
This is one of my first forays into using paint on a layout.  I combined the still well loved OA Rocket Age line with some Smithsonian pictures.  Back then one found a lot more raw chipboard and painting it just somehow spilled over on to the page.  I loved doing it but I still need a push to do it these days.

 This is a more recent page.  I started watching some Wilna Furstenburg videos on two peas and she totally inspired me to try out gelatos.  I started simple with stripes on this page. 


This was also totally inspired by Wilna, and this page of hers in particular.  I didn't have any white ruffle paper so I made my own with tissue paper.  It took up the gelatos beautifully.  I used a water brush (I bought mine at Hobby Lobby for very cheap) after applying them, mainly because it is so easy to use, and it seems to be much better for me than a regular brush to blend gelatos with.  I also used some Freckled Fawn acrylic shapes and scattered sequins rubons around the page instead of mist splatters. 

Even though I tend to use a lot of patterned paper and I feel like paint usually demands a blank paper to start with, I definitely want to keep trying to paint more. 

xoxo,
N

12 comments:

  1. Love your pages! I'm also very inspired by Wilna. You should check out her Art classes at 2 peas, they are wonderful.

    ReplyDelete
  2. It's been awhile since I've used my paints on anything, but you're making me want to experiment with them again :) Love the "Puppy Love" layout, pink and black is always so good together!

    ReplyDelete
  3. These are gorgeous ! Almost made me regret switching to digital exclusively :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. All 3 are fab pages, love the texture the paints and gelatos provided!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Beautiful pages! Wilna has been inspiring me to use my water colors also! She is so inspiring!

    ReplyDelete
  6. These are all awesome! Really, really love the paint on the Blast Off page, awesome. I just picked up some gelatos for myself and I can't wait to try them out! Yours look really fun.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I love what you've done with the paint and watercolors! I too am very inspired by Wilna!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Can I put in a request for you to do a Rothko themed page?

    ReplyDelete
  9. All the layouts are gorgeous. Love all that painting. I am loving watercolor a lot these days too. Haven't used gelatos yet though. Need to give them a try :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. These are all so fun! I love what you did with the blast off layout. This has inspired me!

    ReplyDelete
  11. The space-themed page is so bright and fun! Rocket Age is perfect for that type of story. (I think I still have a tiny bit of that line squirreled away!)

    ReplyDelete
  12. Love the rocket page especially! But they are all beautiful and so creative. :)

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for your comment!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...