Creative JumpStart 9 & 10

 

Hi there,

I'm still being amazed by the techniques in Creative JumpStart by Nathalie.
I've tried some and here are the result of video 9 with Karen :

 

 

I allways clear my desk, set up the supplies I need and go for a cup of tea or coffee, the picture below is how I found my desk after getting tea:

 

So after putting House in his basket (its a he and his name is House M.D.(yeah after the brilliant televisionserie :)), or House for short. After getting rid of his hair, which is very fluffy and goes everywhere, I was ready to start.
Karen uses a Gelli Plate for her background. I don't have one and use a sheet of plastic, its workable:

I don't have the beautifull coloured molding paste Karen used so I made my own with:

It worked quite well although I wouldn't put any perfect peals in a second batch.
The sparks became visible after drying.



 

 

Lesson 10

Lesson 10 was made by Nathalie herself and consist a resist technique with gel medium.

For the first page I used colorwash, gesso, gel medium (golden) and a stencil:

 

 

 

 

I didn't like the color, its a bit dull. So I tried a second time but didn't gesso the page and used dylusions:

 

 

The colours are a lot brigher which I like but it looks like the color has run under the dried gelmedium, which I don't like. So maybe I should use a primer especially for watercolor. I might give it a try later.

 

I've got a very busy week ahead so I hope I will have time to try some other techniques and show the results here next monday but I won't promise anything.

 

I hope you'll have a great week,

 

Love Susan

 

 

 

 

 

Creative JumpStart - stencils

Hi there,

So this year is starting very creative, thanks too Natalie from N*studio and for today thanks too Julie Fei-Fan Balzer from Balzer Design.
Julie showed some cool techniques using stencils. Here's my attempt:

The tags, and because I don't like to throw away good ink and paint, the first page in the little sketchbook I use for this Creative JumpStart Workshop.

This is the finished tag:

I think its a bit too crowded / to much color and figures.
The line is from Albert Einstein and says: 'Logic takes you from A to B, Imagination brings you everywhere'

The tag together with the page gives a nice finished image:



I'm curious what we will learn tomorrow :)


Love Susan