Hello, everybody. MEL PILLING here with an art journal today starring the adorable Lavinia beavers.
Most of this art journal page was done with a paintbrush, using Elements Ink and PRISM Ink that I stamped onto my craft surface. For the hills and mountains I used elements ink in Lime Punch and Pine , and Prism inks in Spring Meadow , Evergreen , and Slate Grey .
The sky was done with pinched stencil brushes using Prism ink in Canary Yellow and Elements ink in Blue Lagoon.
I stamped the male beaver in the left corner, masking off his lower half, then drew the floaty bed around him freehand. Then I stamped and fussy cut out the tail to glue on later. I then masked off the boat and the edges of the land with washy, tape. Washy tape will not remove your delicate watercolours from the paper. I painted the water with Elements Ink in. Blue Lagoon , Blue Atoll , Mermaid and Dark Denim with a paintbrush, then highlighted with a white gel pen.
All the beavers were done with the repeat stamp process on a stamping platform in Versafine Claire inks in Summertime , Pinecone and Nocturne . Then texture was added with pencil crayons in orange, black and brown, and a white gel pen. For the grasses which. I added on the hilltops, I used Versafine Clair ink in Morning Mist and Rain Forest . I stamped these with no block as I just wanted small pieces of the stamps. I decided on which words to use after I saw the finished piece.
LAVINIA STAMPS USED,
Very artistic, Mel! Using those different blues really does evoke the shallow and deep areas - that extra glint with the white gel pen reflects the light and attracts the viewer's attention. Your caption really caught my eye, too, as my father name was Howard! Cute caption!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comment Mary!
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