Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Hallo Everyone!

This week we shall mostly

be doing painting!............

Ha ha! Oh no we are not,

well not really.

Van Gogh is this week's muse

and here is Craftyfield :

 "My inspiration for this "painting" is 

Van Gogh's Cottage paintings. 

I tried to emulate the colours and the 

effect of the brushstokes, but without

 oils paint, brushes or the need for an 

accurate drawing...

I stamped my cottage with Versafine ink

 on Linen card.

 For the sky I mixed the blue Gelato

 with the white Distress crayon, 

and as you can see not a problem!

After applying different shades of green

 on the trees and bushes I smear them

 with a silicone tipped tool.

 For the smallest details I take the paint

 directly from the Gelato onto the silicone tip.

On top of the greens I add some yellow

 for lighter areas and paint the branches 

and chimney.

The thatched roof and woodwork have

 been "painted" with the Distress crayons. 

The next step is to paint in the walls 

(with a mix of grey and white),

 the grass and the final bush, which I

 had left till the end to avoid smearing

 green where I didn't want it!

To mount my painting, I created a small 

frame with a rectangle die within a 

larger label die.

This technique works well with softer 

wax crayons, but if you don't have Gelatos 

or Distress crayons, you can use

 Faber Castell oil pastels instead."

Supplies:

Cottage Stamp:
Distress crayons:
Gelatos:
Linen card:
Core'dination cardstock:

Thank you Craftyfield, I find

this picture so relaxing to

look at and thank you too,

for reminding me to get the

Gelatos out..............!

Well I think you will all agree

that Craftyfield has got us off

to a good start.  Be sure to

check in every day to see

the entire quartet of Van Gogh

inspired projects

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Starlight Express

Starlight Express

Morning all!

Getting excited now -

local folklore has it that

come the second Saturday 

in February you will have

your tea in daylight......

....Bring it on.........

Yes, ok, that's enough

Back to today and here

is Helen Chilton:

Hello everyone, Helen here with a post using 

the beautiful, shimmery Starlight paints.

Paint the papier mache house with gesso..

And then in Jade and Apple Green Starlight paint.

Stamp the Kaisercraft script stamp all over in 

Archival Watering Can grey.

Stamp the Four Poppies from Imagination Crafts in black. 

As the house has some 'give' in it, the easiest way is 

to not use a block so that you can really press down on the stamp.

Overpaint liberally with Emerald, Orange Oxidised and Bright Fuchsia

 paints and then heat to get them to bubble up.

Stencil over in Chartreuse using the Tim Holtz stencil Bricked.

Repeat over the top with Turquoise.

Cut a strip of card for the roof and, using Grunge Paste, 

stencil using the Kaisercraft Geo Quarters template.

Paint the roof with Chartreuse and Turquoise paints 

and add embellishments to finish.

Materials used:

Imagination Crafts stamp: Four Poppies
KaiserCraft texture stamp: Script
papier mache house
Starlight paints: Emerald, Orange Oxidised, turquoise, Apple Green, Chartreuse and Bright Fuchsia
Stencils: Tim Holtz Bricked; Kaisercraft Geo Quarters

Thank you Helen -

it really is a lovely project.

For anyone who has not tried

these paints please be aware

they should come with a health warning

as they are highly addictive and

you will want to use them everywhere!

There is a huge colour range and the paints are easy clean up too.

What more could you want?...............!!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx