2017 #9 Aqua: 50's Blues {by Miriam Grazier}

2017 Topic 9: Aqua

I had to laugh at Miriam's blue paint line up below!. I don't think I have ever lined up our shades of aqua blues before, and I know there are plenty of other blues too!!! It does go with every other shade in the spectrum, so what's not to love! Let's see what she gets up to with those!

Hi everyone, it's Miriam here from Miriam's Creative Dreams with you today, and I'd like to share with you a small canvas board that I have decorated with a male theme in mind.

I challenged myself to see how many types of 'aqua' I could use.  I first gathered all of the Fresco paints that I thought would 'fit' with the theme, and I was not surprised to find that I have quite a few.

Looking through previous projects it is clear that I use aqua in my art quite a lot - it seems to be one of my go-to colour.  It's especially relevant now, in the summer time, as it reminds me of holidays and cooling seas. 

I wanted to use Infusions in my project and wanted to see how well they combined with Grunge Paste - and it worked really well - a small amount of the walnut appeared but it didn't develop any further once I had thoroughly mixed the infusions and Grunge Paste.  

I really enjoyed only using only a few colours in my project - it enabled me to create some lighter areas and some darker areas.

I outlined part of the stencilled areas with a white gel pen - this made the aqua stand out a little more.

I used one of my favourite Hot Picks stamp sets - HP1218.

I added a watered down wash of Caribbean Sea over the main stamped image.  This brought the Aqua theme into the image and tied the project together.

I really enjoyed this project - it challenged me not only to be limited to colour (which I don't often do) but to create a 'male' themed project.  I really enjoyed mixing Infusions with Grunge Paste and then looking at the effects that it creates.  In fact, I can see myself trying this technique with different stencils and colours.

Thank you for joining me tonight. Pop over to my blog to see more details of how I created this project. I hope you have been enjoying the Aqua theme and I hope that I have inspired you to create your own Aqua themed project.  

Happy Crafting!
Miriam

Blog: http://miriamgrazier.blogspot.co.uk

It's a popular stamp Miriam, and yes, a good one for the men in our lives too! I love how the GP worked wonderfully to contrast with those infusions so well, and I think we can safely say there are many shades of aqua in the Fresco Paint range! Haha! ~ Leandra

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