2017 #17 White: White Odyssey with ESN {by Florence Adam}

2017 Topic 17: Shades of White

It's the lovely Florence from France back to share how she built up a beautiful background with elements, textures and stamps! Enjoy!

Hi everyone, it's Florence and I'd like to share my shades of white piece with you.

I was really fascinated by the subject of “shades of white”, however when i was faced with the thought of designing something based around the subject, my thoughts strayed as I was  confronted with some strange and challenging philosophical questions. What is the colour white? How many shades are there? Is white really a colour? Staring at my empty and white board I wondered: “Is this work already finished?”.

I was inspired by Ivy Newport’s work and decided to create a collage with old papers, like music partitions and books (apologies to the books). I then applied a soft layer of white gesso, trying not to cover everything, I find that this gives the background a refined feel as you can see through the old book paper prints.

Once I had my background done, I've jumped straight into the layers, texture, volume, and 3D parts!! Sterile gauze, buttons, sand, micro beads, feather, threads, sardine can opener, anything you have will do the job!

Eclectica³ : Sara Naumann - Set 21 (ESN21)

I embossed my dragonfly with white powder on tracing paper, so it looks frosty.

I stamped with Jet Black Archival ink the beautiful dragonfly designed by Sara Naumann. Then I used some puff paint around the piece, this crazy paint is really fluffy under the heat, creating a perfect 3D effect. This small piece will actually be my focus point. To make it more interesting, I used UTEE powder to create a glass effect.

It's never easy taking good photographs of a normal project, but it's a nightmare when you need to take a good photograph of a white project!

I hope you will enjoy this piece, make your own one and be creative!! It's been a while since I wrote a blog, it was nice to be back again!

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Wow, this is gorgeous! I am loving how everyone is exploring the white texture vibe so perfectly. Love those the puffy effects too!!

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