In
this post I've been using the Portfolio Oil Pastels and Stencils again, but this time I've introduced sand paper for texture and water for blending. Intrigued? Read on!
Paint
the two tags white again, like you did yesterday, and then colour with green and blue pastels, blending
as before.
Cut
some small pieces of sandpaper: I've used a fine, medium and coarse grade
from the DIY store.
Using different grades, scratch patterns into
the coloured tag.
Then
use what's come off onto the sandpaper to rub onto the blank tag. I didn't get
quite as much colour off as I wanted, so I rubbed pastel straight onto the
sandpaper and coloured with it.
Next
colour round the edge with the pastels and spritz with water.
Use
the pastels' water solubility to pull the colour from the edges with the
sandpaper:
You
end up with two nice scritchy, scratchy tags to decorate. Don't worry if you think they look a complete mess: there's lots to do yet!
I've
then added some diluted, translucent Zesty Zing yellow paint over the lighter
tag. Do this quickly or you'll start to blend the oil pastels.
Then,
as I thought it was too yellow, so I "knocked" it back with a baby wipe.
I
then stencilled over the top, using Snowflake on the darker tag and InkyPool on the lighter. Note how the Inky Pool has gone lighter, and opaque, as it blend with the snowflake left on the sponge from the tag to the left....Quite like that colour!
Get
the sandpaper out again and lightly sand the diamonds to add to the distressed
look.
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I chose quite small
stamps here as I knew I was going to add a pop out bit at the bottom of the tag. I
was a bit concerned about stamping over the top of these tags, particularly the
darker one, in case the stamping didn't show up.
So, what I did first was to stamp
the image with white Fresco paint to get the right placement, then rubbed more
paint over the top and then stamped the image in black on top of that. That
way, the image is highlighted by the white paint.
Leandra Says: This is bonkers! Sanding paper to apply colour. Brilliant! I love how sanding the paint that had been put through the Harlequin stencil blends it nicely into the awesome background. And the stamps work beautifully on top after a bit of fresco snowflake under. Fabulous ideas!
Gillian Says: The colours of this project Helen are my fave .... this tutorial was completely fascinating. Who knew the endless possibilities of sandpaper. Love the addition of Zesty Zing!
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