Paint On Her Hands: January 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

How to make paper flowers

http://peonyandparakeet.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-04-16T11:34:00%2B03:00&max-results=2

Polymer Clay Buttons - DIY from Peony and Parakeet

http://peonyandparakeet.blogspot.com/2011/10/playing-with-polymer-clay.html
Thanks, Lindsay! Yes, I just softened the clay in my hands, then rolled it and bunched it and baked! I used knitting needle for the holes. Not complicated at all! For rolling you can use any round tube or pasta machine. I have pasta machine and I use it quite often when working with polymer clay.

Frugal Crafter's Guide To Hand Decorated Papers

More wonderful instructions from Peony and Parakeet

How to Make your Own Patterned Paper

A great tutorial from Peony and Parakeet

http://peonyandparakeet.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-make-your-own-patterned-paper.html

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Cutting Unique Paper Strips for Collage - Ann Bagby

Softening Edges in Watercolor

Buying first watercolors

Pouring watercolors with Fantastic Results

Vaseline Resist

Stamping - Black Magic with a Twist

Tyvek Tutorial _ Gingersnap Creations

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/11/suzanne-brookfield-tyvek-tutorial.html

Spoon Jewelry Tutorial

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/09/collage-jewelry-altered-spoon-tutorial.html

Red Lead Distress Stains Antique Effects

Red Lead School Collage

Red Lead Paper Works Collage

Friday, January 20, 2012

Painting A Leaf for Beginners

PanPastel - Dry Color Wash Technique

No crinkling or drying time... can work on top of it right away. Good for travel journals

DIY Washi Tape with Masking Tape

Washi Tape Comparison

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Spray Ink and Alcohol

http://youtu.be/2iUt_-Yh2go

Monday, January 9, 2012

Photographing Silver Jewelry

http://www.handmadeology.com/a-6-dollar-solution-to-photographing-jewelry/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+handmadeology%2Ffeed+%28Handmadeology+Today%29

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Nancy Reyner - Waterscape

redit card
plaster spatula
palette knife
putty knife
Golden crackle paste (art supply stores)
wood panel primed with white acrylic gesso
ice cube tray
fluid paints: Phthalo Blue (green shade), Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Phthalo Green (yellow shade), and Dioxizine Purple, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, white and black
flat wide paintbrush
spray bottle filled with water
paper towels
hair dryer
various painting tools: brush, sponge, eyedropper and toothbrush
16 oz. Golden self-leveling acrylic gel
3 to 4 drops of Fluid Acrylic Interference Blue (fine)
mixing container
paint stirrer
shells
glitter
stones
Figure A

Steps:

1. Apply acrylic crackle paste to a sturdy wooden panel that has been pre-primed with white acrylic gesso. Apply the paste 1/4- to 1-inch thick in different directions across the panel surface to keep the cracks natural looking. Produce different textures in the paste with a variety of tools such as a palette knife, a putty knife or an old credit card. Let this dry 12 to 24 hours to fully crack.

2. Pour a half teaspoon of the following four fluid acrylic paint colors into separate compartments of an ice cube tray: Phthalo Blue (green shade), Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Phthalo Green (yellow shade) and Dioxizine Purple. Add a half-teaspoon of water to each color.
Figure C

3. Spray the entire cracked surface with a water sprayer. By wetting the surface before applying the washes the paint will seep into the cracks rather then settling on top. Liberally apply the different colored washes to the entire cracked surface using a wide brush in varying and random patches of color. Spray the surface with water once more and use paper towels to blot the excess paint on the top surface of the waterscape painting. Repeat spraying the waterscape painting surface with water and blotting the color with paper towels until the top surface is white and the cracks are colored.

4. Blow-dry the top surface of the acrylic waterscape painting with a hair dryer to quick dry the surface. The color in the cracks will continue to seep up onto the top surface if it isn't dried.
Figure E

5. Dispense a full palette of colors—red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, white and black—mix each color with water as before in separate compartments in an ice cube tray. Paint the waterscape image onto the surface. Use a variety of painting tools such as brushes, sponges, toothbrushes and eyedroppers with the paint colors to get different effects. Sponges are great for dabbing color. Toothbrushes add a dotted or spritzing texture by dipping the bristles into the color and rubbing them with your fingertips.
Figure G

6. Use eyedroppers to drop color onto the surface from a distance or flowing onto the surface like a writing pen directly touching the surface with the dropper tip. Wash painting tools with water between color changes. Dab painting tools onto paper towels to keep excess water from turning the image into a puddle.

7. Paint the trees on the top part of the panel before painting the water. The water is reflective so paint a mirror image of the trees and add blue for the sky reflected there as well. Keep adding color until the image is completed as desired. Let this dry for 12 to 24 hours.
Figure H

8. Pour 16 oz. of self-leveling acrylic gel into a mixing container. Add about four to six ounces of water to the gel to make it thinner and to ensure that the gel seeps into the cracks. Add three or four drops of fluid interference blue paint. Hold the painting upright. Pour the mixture onto the top end of the painting. Continue to hold the painting upright and let gravity move the gel downward. When the gel gets to the bottom, rotate the painting in different directions to allow the gel to seep well into the cracks. Use a putty knife to help move the gel into places that were missed until the entire surface is covered. Place the panel flat.
Figure J

9. While the gel is still wet, add mixed media items like glitter, shells and gems in various places on top of the painting. When the gel dries the objects will be permanently glued or embedded into it. Let the layered acrylic waterscape painting rest flat to dry for 12 to 24 hours.

Website: www.nancyreyner.com
We Recommend...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Supplies

http://www.retrocafeart.com/category_25/Altered-Art-Supplies.htm

Decorating Packages

For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!

For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!

Jazid

For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!

http://paper.li/tag/lomo

Snowflake Curtain

All my paper snowflakes were made from folding circles of white paper (cut using an assortment of plates, saucers and cups as templates) and snipping away – you can find lots of tutorials on the internet if you’ve not made them before. They were sewn together in strands like these oak leaf garlands - just use an ordinary sewing needle and thread and sew several stitches per snowflake. Try and vary the sizes of snowflakes you use to get a “random” look – and I’d recommend hanging up each strand before starting the next one so you can see how they look and build up your display gradually:

I tied them onto the curtain rail hooks so I can move them carefully along the rail for different effects – they look very cool all bunched together – but you could secure them to a rail or piece of string, or use pins or blutack to keep them in place in your window. A few strands hung together would also make a fantastic mobile!

Printing on specialty paper

Instead of glue, iron your specialty paper to the shiny side of freezer paper, being careful not to touch the iron to the freezer paper. Us textile artists have been using freezer paper to feed treated fabric though our printers for years. Sometimes a fold of tape at the bottom edge helps too.
Dyenamik commented on August 15th, 2011 at 12:02 am

How to Digitally Age Photos

http://thecreativediarist.com/2011/11/22/tutorial-digitally-aging-photographs-with-the-use-of-photoscape/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-2

Heart Ornament

http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/2011/12/ornament-tutorial-for-you.html

Michelle Caplan Collage artist

Ghosting Technique with Sprays

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Grandfather's Envelopes - Lovely!

http://threads.srithreads.com/2011/12/grandfathers-envelopes-at-the-douglas-hyde-gallery-in-dublin/

Hand drawn maps

http://www.poshpaperie.com/portfolio/hand-drawn-maps/

DIY Heirloom Cake Topper

Hanging Glass GLobes

If it's from DesignSponge.com - I LOVE IT

http://www.designsponge.com/2011/11/diy-project-hanging-glass-globe-display.html

DIY Arched Bookcases

http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2011/08/diy-arched-bookshelves.html

Monday, January 2, 2012

Biggest Loser 7 Day Diet

http://www.lhj.com/health/weight-loss/getting-started/the-biggest-loser-7-day-diet-plan/

Mini Magnetic Trees, DIY

http://www.designsponge.com/2011/11/diy-project-magnetic-mini-forest.html

Paper Mache Boats - DIY by Ann Wood

Tutorial is here

Paper Table Runner from Sag Harbor (Love this )

I'm thinking I could do this with some of my gelli print stash!

Here's the link to their beautiful blog and instructions

We created a table runner out of old book pages, first laying down a sheet of brown paper and taping the pages to it. This not only protected the tablecloth from wax from the taper candles, but also provided great protection once it was craft time.