2015 Theme 8: Sprays
Hi everyone Jo Myhill (shabby dandelion)
here, joining you this evening with a post about using PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints and water I love using Fresco Paints to make
textured backgrounds. the thickness of the paints is great to dilute
down with water to make it flow and spread.Its messy but very simple and
quick!
Step One: I took an 8x8" piece of Kraft card and covered in tissue paper that had been stamped with the brick stamp from ESN12 in Sienna Archival and the Days and Months from Hotpicks Xtra06 in Black Archival.
ESN12
HPXT06
Step Two: Over
this I scraped a very small amount of Grunge Paste. I sprayed this with water so it became the texture of glace icing and moved it around
to spread it out, making sure you could see the background stamping in
places. You'll need to dry this with a heat gun as there is so much
moisture now in the paste.
Step Three: Taking a bottle of Nougat paint I squeezed a line of paint in the middle of the card.
Step Four: Holding the card upright I then sprayed the paint with water to make it flow down the page. Depending on how much water you spray will depend on how much the paint moves. You can also use a spatula to spread out the paint if you have a very thick line of paint (I did as you can see). Turn the card round so you can get drips going the opposite way.
Step Five: I use a garden mister so I get a lot of water on the card and dripping down onto my craft mat. I mopped up the excess paint by laying a sheet of thick handmade paper in the watery paint, letting it soak it up and drying. This gave some great watercolour type background paper to use in something else.
Step Six: I repeated the line of paint and water spraying this time with Cherry Red. Again I moved the watered down paint with a spatula.
I decided to leave it here.
I often make backgrounds but then don't do anything with them for a while. Sometimes I leave then this size and add further focal points for example the handmade paper might be used with this with some stamping or I might cut down into tags or what about adding the lines of paint at the top and stencilling over the top with more Grunge Paste to add even more textured layers. This is a really simple technique to build up layers and create an abstract textured background, trust me it is that simple, so have a go and get messy!
Step Three: Taking a bottle of Nougat paint I squeezed a line of paint in the middle of the card.
Step Four: Holding the card upright I then sprayed the paint with water to make it flow down the page. Depending on how much water you spray will depend on how much the paint moves. You can also use a spatula to spread out the paint if you have a very thick line of paint (I did as you can see). Turn the card round so you can get drips going the opposite way.
Step Five: I use a garden mister so I get a lot of water on the card and dripping down onto my craft mat. I mopped up the excess paint by laying a sheet of thick handmade paper in the watery paint, letting it soak it up and drying. This gave some great watercolour type background paper to use in something else.
Step Six: I repeated the line of paint and water spraying this time with Cherry Red. Again I moved the watered down paint with a spatula.
I decided to leave it here.
I often make backgrounds but then don't do anything with them for a while. Sometimes I leave then this size and add further focal points for example the handmade paper might be used with this with some stamping or I might cut down into tags or what about adding the lines of paint at the top and stencilling over the top with more Grunge Paste to add even more textured layers. This is a really simple technique to build up layers and create an abstract textured background, trust me it is that simple, so have a go and get messy!
Jo, we love this piece which captures perfectly how brilliantly Fresco Paints work when diluted, your colour palette as always is exqusite, love the pop of red against the nautural background. A fab textured piece, thank you for sharing your creativity.
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Jo this is beautiful, love the colours and of course all the fab texture.
ReplyDeleteJo, a technique after my own heart!
ReplyDeleteLoving the texture.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting Jo. Thanks for sharing. j.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Fab colours, fab technique and we should be able to have a stab at home ourselves! Thanks Jo xxx
ReplyDeleteI have serious competition here in the Mrs Messy stakes! Think that you are the Queen of Textures and I bow to your superiorority! Wonderfully scrumptious messing about and I love it! Xx
ReplyDeletelove this. .... fab textures
ReplyDeleteLove to see how you build up your layers Jo. The splash of red is a fab addition.
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Lesley Xx
Wonderful, Jo! Love the addition of cherry pink! I think it's a great idea to make up some backgrounds like this. Bet your craft space is really nice and messy like mine!
ReplyDeleteLucy x
Stunning texture, love it. xx
ReplyDeleteI love it, the layers are fab.
ReplyDeleteOooohh, this looks like fun... :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic!!! x
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