Welcome Back GD: Ellen Vargo - Art Journal Video {Part 1}

Hi everyone! It's Ellen Vargo here, back again to share another project!

This time I'm trying something new (for me...) - videos!  I've video-taped the creation of an art journal page and broken it down into three sections.  Today we'll be working on the background, using the brayer and some stamping. Tomorrow we'll do some collage, and Tuesday we'll wrap it up with journaling and explore paint-pen embellishing ideas.

Here's a little sneak peak of where we're heading by Day 3... but today we'll just be working on the background which you can see below as the yellow/ blue stamped layer in this picture.  

In this video I'll be showing you how I do the brayer technique that I have been using quite a bit this semester in my other posts to build up a background, you can see some screenshots below. It's nice to see it in real life, so go and check out the video. Without further ado.... let's get started with tonight's video!  Remember, this is my first video attempt so please be kind! LOL!



So to summarise the video, here's a reminder of what we did:

1. Building layers with Zesty Zing, Limelight, Beach Hut, South Pacific and Inky Pool, with a brayer.

2. Stamping with my stamps and various shades of blue Archival Ink. Archival is very suitable for use on top of acrylic paint. It dries fast, is permanent, and won't bleed when you add water or other wet media on top once heat set.

3. And the last step (for now) is adding snowflake for contrast with another of my stamps.

I used stamps from EEV02 and EEV03 in today's post.

EEV02

EEV03

So go ahead, get out you brayer, and start practising with your preferred colour combinations and stamped layers!

I hope you liked my very first video!  If you have any suggestions *please* feel free to share.  I'll be back tomorrow for Part 2 - Collage.  See you then!

~ Ellen.

Leandra Says: I love how you pick up the paint for the brayer from newsprint paper I think this gives you more control loading the brayer than from a slick surface such as a non-stick craft sheet, and of course you get great leftovers to work with that tone in with your project too! Well done Ellen, you sound very calm and collected for your first video!!

Gillian Says: Bravo on your 1st video attempt (you're a nautural) ... great to see how you prepare the background, look forward to seeing more.

If you would like to join in this week's challenge and play along with Ellen's techniques, then do link up your creativity here, and go in the draw to win some PA stamps of your choice! You need to link your entry by 17:00, Sunday March 23rd 2014