Another journal page started during a weekend and finished on Monday in Seawhite hardbound 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal.
"Golden Ginkgo" started as a simple two colored watercolor background. Mix of dark and light green and dark blue watercolors created very nice turquoise - blue blend, although I used a very cheap old watercolors I have. I just spritzed it a bit with water and dried with a heat tool and a paper towel. Wet colors looks great, but dried with the heat tool they become quite dull. So then I used a glossy acrylic medium (varnish) over the whole page and they started to shine again :0).
I used an older clock stencil with copper acrylic paint and the fish (Local King rubber stamps) and oriental text (Artemio) stamps with a darker gold acrylic paint. And on top another layer of glossy acrylic medium, so everything is nicely bright and sealed.
After that I painted one sheet of paper with lighter gold acrylic paint and used a ginkgo leaf die (Impression Obsession) from my stash. Because I was not quite satisfied with the gold acrylic color on the leaves, I tried to find some alternative I could use. Finally I over-painted all the leaves with Winsor & Newton gold drawing ink. This ink is incredibly shiny and beautiful and the color is exactly the lighter gold I wanted, because the main idea for this page was to make a gradation of metallic colors from dark to light :0)
At the end I made some shading around and under the leaves with grey PIT artist pen brush markers.
And because I'm not able to decide which photo I should use for this project, here are more examples how the page change in the sunlight :0)
I used an older clock stencil with copper acrylic paint and the fish (Local King rubber stamps) and oriental text (Artemio) stamps with a darker gold acrylic paint. And on top another layer of glossy acrylic medium, so everything is nicely bright and sealed.
After that I painted one sheet of paper with lighter gold acrylic paint and used a ginkgo leaf die (Impression Obsession) from my stash. Because I was not quite satisfied with the gold acrylic color on the leaves, I tried to find some alternative I could use. Finally I over-painted all the leaves with Winsor & Newton gold drawing ink. This ink is incredibly shiny and beautiful and the color is exactly the lighter gold I wanted, because the main idea for this page was to make a gradation of metallic colors from dark to light :0)
At the end I made some shading around and under the leaves with grey PIT artist pen brush markers.
And because I'm not able to decide which photo I should use for this project, here are more examples how the page change in the sunlight :0)
P.S. If you would like to see any of the photos on this blog bigger and more detailed, just open it separately in a new tab :0)
6. 2. 2017 Golden Ginkgo
Do you sale these
ReplyDeleteNo, Barb, I don't :0)
DeleteFantastic creation! I love this color combo together and love that fish stamp! Thanks for sharing your creative expression!
ReplyDeleteThank you a lot, Connie, for your nice words :0)
DeleteAre the leaves made from paper?
ReplyDeleteThank you :0) Yes, they are from paper. I painted cardstock with gold acrylic paint. Then I cut the leaves out with a die and embossed them with the same embossable die with the help of a rubber platform from my BigShot.
DeleteWish I could see a video of the process of how you made these gorgeous leaves😍
DeleteThis is beautiful.
ReplyDelete