It's similar to the result you'd get if you worked with your gel plate. This technique allowed me to pull out and use supplies I've had hanging around for a long time.
Here are the steps:
1. Use large sheet of cardstock or mixed media paper. Use smooth paper and working big is the most productive option.
2. Draw random overall pattern with colored pencils (non water based). If you use regular pencils then the lines will remain after you apply water to the page. If you use watercolor pencils, the lines will blend.
3. Use water soluble crayons (can use water colors instead) and make circles or scribbles all over the page using colors that work harmoniously together. My suggested palette is red/orange/yellow or blue/green/yellow. Leave some white space but go for a lot of color.
For interest, you can add small areas of black.
If you have non-water soluble crayons like oil pastels, use them sparingly and make small marks like "+" or other scribbles on the page. These will not blend and will be visible after you have applied other layers of color.
4. Pull out a water brush or use a paint brush with clean water and blend the colors so that you have blended most of the color on the page. Leaving small areas of white is fine.
5. Dry the page with a heat gun or allow to dry.
6. Select a tool to apply paint to a stencil, choose white acrylic paint and two other light colors that go with the colors of your background. Put a small amount of paint on a palette. Choose two to three stencils, vary the openness of the stencil so that you can apply a large area of paint or a small area of paint.
Using the tool, stencil paint on the background and cover up areas that are too bright, or those you don't like.
7. Stamp using small "mark making" stamps that have patterns, or little doodle-like designs. Don't try to make the stamping perfect, if the stamp is unmounted, use only portions of it to stamp. Use black permanent ink to stamp and feel free to stamp off the first impression and use the ghost prints which are lighter in color.
8. Cut out large letters free-hand from the paper, draw the letters on the back and cut them out or use your die-cut machine. Trim the letters in black and use a marker to add lines and doodles to the letters. This will help make the colors pop. Adding black pulls the work together and helps make the colors pop.
Here are samples of my final projects. The top two cards are using letters I sketched with pencil and cut out. The bottom card has letters from my die-cut machine.
Layering the letters on black card stock also make them pop. I love Hero Arts black card stock, it's the best I've found.
Give it a try!!
1 comment:
Love your color combinations! It’s a great way to mass produce cards too. You could also add some washi tape during the layering process as well!
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