Thursday, March 26, 2015

Bursts of color with Ken Oliver and StencilGirl!


Have you ever heard of Color Burst before?  I hadn't until I was introduced to these bottles of powdery pigmented color fun by Ken Oliver.  Once you activate with water, they turn into beautiful BURSTS of color!

I began by playing around with watercolor paper  and a wash of plain water.  I then began experiment and "squirting" powder on to the paper.



Gorgeous, luscious color ~ or what??!!

I then began laying down stencils - the Doodle It FlowerTornado stencil and the Doodle It Layered Circles stencils by Maria McGuire from StencilGirl and squirting different colors into the stencils.






After I got some beautiful designs and color and let everything dry, I drew out some flowers in vase and painted a bit with my brush to "bring out" what I saw.



I used Ken Oliver ink in this nifty little container to rub the edge of my painting.


I finished it off with writing the word "be" in cursive.



Want to know more about Color Bursts?  Carolyn Dube has done a short video showing you a little more about the product here. Want to buy some Color Bursts?  Click here.

I am not the only artist playing with Color Bursts... It's a week long blog hop of Color Bursts!  Prizes and inspiration await.  Each team has fantastic giveaways.  Leave a comment to be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from StencilGirl!  Head over to Ken's blog to find out about team's prizes!

Giveaway will end March 29th at 11:59 p.m. CST.

Keep on hopping along and check out these great posts to see other ideas and have more chances to win the giveaway!



Kirsten Reed - you are here now :)



57 comments:

  1. Wow.. This looks like it was so much fun to make. I love the layers youdid and all the designs.. so amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. thanks for sharing you are all so talented

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  3. Gorgeous artwork! These color bursts are just amazing!

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  4. I love your ideas using Color Burst with Stencils. Thank you.

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  5. This piece is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Those look like a lot of fun to play with.

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  7. The vase and flowers just fly off the canvas. So beautiful.
    This is a fun technique and I'm anxious to try some of them.
    thanks for sharing

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  8. Kirsten, thanks for the inspiration. I really, really like the layered composition.

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  9. Beautiful Kirsten! These Bursts are so fun to play with. Love your outcome!

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  10. love what you did with the color bursts!

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  11. Very inspiring.... love what you did.

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  12. LOVE the softness you achieved. Looks dreamy.

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  13. I love how you brought out what you saw. Great painting.

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  14. Enjoyed the steps on how you achieved this wonderful project - thanks for the inspiration :)

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  15. LOVE this! The great colors you got and using it with the Layered Circles stencil - love how you turned it into a vase of flowers. Beautiful!

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  16. So bright and colorful! I love your stenciled vase of flowers. Thanks for showing us how you did it!
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  17. Need those color burst products, they are so wild!

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  18. I KNEW you'd be in this blog hop! I love your art and this piece is no exception. The intense color of the Color Bursts is so amazing. I'd love the chance to try them....and, of course, I love Stencil Girl stencils...woohoo!

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  19. These new Color Bursts are the most versatile medium I've seen in a long time. Seems we must have them, right? ;-)

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  20. Love how the colors 'bleed' and then transform into such beauty!

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  21. Beautiful, vibrant colors! Interesting with the stencils.

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  22. I love this use of the new color bursts.

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  23. You combine colors so well...bea

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  24. Gorgeous!!!! Love your use of the stencils with the Color Bursts!
    ...Raine

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  25. so pretty! sltresso (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  26. I'd love to try these colour bursts--they look like such fun!!

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  27. Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing the step-out pics... so cool to see the color spreading out!

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  28. the water color-y bursts of color are just gorgeous!

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  29. I love what you did! I can't wait to try these paints!
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  30. Love how you showed the color layer and dried, then found your picture to finish it. Thanks for sharing.
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  31. I love how these work with the senticls! And I've had my eye on the Tornado Flower for a while..needed to see it "in action"..now I can't wait to get it home! Thanks!

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  32. Great piece! And I love the products used - can't wait to try some Color Burst, and the inkers, too!

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  33. Awe, SO purdy... love the colors and washout in the background to make the flowers and vase pop.
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  34. I love how you used the colors. Thanks for the inspiration

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  35. Hi and wow I love how you used the color burst I have been trying but mine never turn out like that so I will keep on trying. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  36. What a great idea - and it worked perfectly! Lindart (at) bellnet (dot ca)

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  37. Love your work, Kirsten. Great supplies to work with and you've made a beautiful blend of the colors.
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  38. Thanks for the cool tutorials this week using Color Bursts! I love the bright colors of this product!

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  39. the shiny overlay texture-is great!

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  40. love seeing the many uses of the color burst product!

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  41. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love watching your work come alive in steps. On a personal note...I am honored you used my stencils :) :)

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