Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Layering Texture in your Journal with USArtQuest & StencilGirl



It has been a weird for weeks for me as my oldest one has flown the nest...off to college.  So many thoughts have been swirling while I have been painting.  Although my strong suit is painting canvases, when I grow introspective I tend to pull out the journal and 'art' my feelings on to the pages.

Today, I used the beautiful paints from USArtQuest and StencilGirl to help me do just that.

First, I put a layer of the blue and green pigment paint on my page with a palette knife. I love the colors in these paints...they have a little bit of shimmer. Gorgeous colors.



I first used the Heart Flower stencil by Teri Stegmiller on a piece of black paper but I quickly changed my mind and decided to use the beautiful cream paper.  These papers are beautiful and offer instant texture (which if you know me, I love me some texture!!)



Here is the heart in cream/rose flower paper.  I kept the shape very organic and not precise.


Next, I used some old music sheet paper and Kimberly Baxter Packwood's Perched Bird stencil to trace out a bird.




I gave each of the paper elements some paint for color and glued them onto my page.



So at this point, I had the basic bones of my page.  After I had the elements glued down and they were dry, I kept adding paint with palette knife to give the page some pop and I added a quote.  The final results was this:



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60 comments:

  1. Very nice! I love the look you have created her by layering your paint colors. I love anything with birds too!

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  2. I love this. The layering makes everything stand out. Love the bird!

    Marilyn

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  3. Kristen, I have always loved your work and this journal page is no exception! I love the colors and textures of this page! So pretty! Many blessings as you cope with your oldest leaving home! Blessings

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  4. Thank you for sharing your visions and techniques. I'm just getting into the flow of repurposing items into collages and altered books. Thanks for the idea.

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  5. Beautiful, journals are such a neat way to experiment with new and old techniques and supplies. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

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  6. I love your use of different papers. The background is very nice, also.

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  7. I love the message behind this page! I also love the way the embossed paper took the paint. Great job!

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  8. Wonderful.
    Love the music shows through the bird.
    The colors are beautiful and the sentiment is so appropriate.
    thanks for sharing.

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  9. I loved reading all these different steps and understanding why you put it into an art journal. Fabulous. And thanks for sharing. cbee at inbox dot com.

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  10. This project is gorgeous!!! I love everything about it! Thanks for sharing!

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  11. I am seeing so many wonderful projects on this hop! This is gorgoeus!

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  12. What a lovely page and an excellent addition to the hop.

    Joe sent me!
    iboop03@gmail.com

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  13. Love your journal page! I think this would be a great canvas too! Love your colors.....

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  14. I love it! It's beautiful! Great colors and texture.

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  15. I love it! It's beautiful! Great colors and texture.

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  16. Love seeing your process, and your final page is GORGEOUS!!
    You always look like you're having fun painting!! :)

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  17. Very pretty. I love the choice of colors!

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  18. Love your choice of Art Quest colors on your page. Hearts and birds are always a big hit with me. thank you for the inspiration.

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  19. For me, a new way to use a stencil, just the outline...b

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  20. I wish I could have watched you as you added the layers of color to the surface. The colors. are so rich and have such depth. The textured heart pulls everything together and I can hear the crow'sing'. ...five six pick up sticks...

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  21. Love your colors and I always love sheet music and birds! Thanks for the treat of combing both.

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  22. Oh this project is great!! Love your use of stencils!! And love the end result. Thanks for sharing this project!!

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  23. I wish I could have watched you as you added the layers of color to the surface. The colors. are so rich and have such depth. The textured heart pulls everything together and I can hear the crow'sing'. ...five six pick up sticks...

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  24. oh Kirsten, what a fabulous piece and the feelings that poured into this while you made it! I just love it! Actually brought tears to my eyes for you and remembering how it felt for me!
    The whole piece is wonderful- thank you so much for sharing! hugsx

    Jackie ")

    http://www.creatingwithoutcrayons-jackiepneal.com/

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  25. Your artwork is beautiful but the sentiment you expressed is truly heartfelt sweetness. Home really is the place that sustains our hearts no matter where our bodies go. I really like the way you combined stencils and cutouts with the embossed art papers. Your color selection makes for a lovely interpretation of your sentiment.

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  26. Beautiful artwork, I really like the bird made from the music sheet!

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  27. Wonderful. And I love the stencils!

    Marti Grace Ashby

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  28. I just hopped on over to your blog. Wonderful -- love the colors and bird!!

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  29. Wow! I love this piece from the stencil choices to the color combo...great job! Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your talent!

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  30. Great design love the colors used and the design.

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  31. Kirsten, first of all, you certainly cannot have a child in College already, and second of all your journal page is gorgeous, I, also love to work with artisan papers....

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  32. I can't believe I have never thought of drawing or stamping a bird directly onto a sheet of music, I have always stamped the music onto the bird, maybe I should be going back to the basics, lol, Nice work, Love it!

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  33. The textures are great and the bird on music sheet is fantastic!
    Grace
    liberalsprinkles (at) gmail (dot com)

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  34. I love the colors you used on the blog page!

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  35. I really like the mix of pretty colors, textures and lettering.

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  36. I agree with everyone very pretty and the textures are fantastic!
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  37. I love how you used the stencils. And the colors are fabulous! I have those stencils too. Will have to see what I come up with.

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  38. Your use of the stencils is so perfect, you really enlightened me in how you used them. Love the finished art.......great colors, textures and balance.

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  39. What a wonderful piece of art you've created! I love your heartfelt quote and the way you used your tools outside the box creatively! Great work!

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  40. Love the symbolism of the bird who may be flying the nest, but the heart remains at home. Great sentiment. Beautiful project.

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  41. I L-O-V-E love this! All the color, your stencils and quote- spectacular! Thanks for inspiring work!

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  42. WOW-love your journal. Very creative. Thanks for sharing. Joe sent me!

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  43. Very nice. Always love me a good journal.

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  44. Nice combination of images, and textures, and color (and sentiment).

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  45. I love it!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

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  46. Wonderful! What blows me away is how you use color to transform the red heart and music bird into beautiful blues and greens with just a hint of red. I love you colors here!

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  47. Wonderful! What blows me away is how you use color to transform the red heart and music bird into beautiful blues and greens with just a hint of red. I love you colors here!

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  48. love! can't say anything more, just love!

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  49. Beautiful! I love the way you worked the papers into your piece - that heart is especially wonderful :)

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