It's been exactly 2 years since my last (and only) post, but it's not like I have been doing nothing all this time...
Thought it's about time to get my hands on here, oh well, i'll try.
It's been over a year since when I started keeping an art-journal, and I have spent most of my creative time in there. Mostly practicing techniques and trying to express with pictures favorite sayings (music lyrics, quotes or personal thoughts) that keep me going.
I got interested in art journaling by watching this video by the amazing Vicky Papaioannou who has been a big inspiration ever since. After watching a few or her art journal pages, I went out and bought a Pantone Notebook in Flame Orange, some glue and some gesso and got to work. I will make posts of some of my entries in time (we'll see how it goes).
At this point, I have to admit that Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carol has been my inspiration since when I was a kid. This story amazes me every time I read, watch or think about it. It is filled with learnings, makes me think and realize things. I am pretty certain that this story will always be a part of me till the day I die.
So, I made the page bellow (though i am pretty sure it will not be the only page around Alice). I love this conversation between Alice and the doorknob:
Alice: I simply must get through!
Doorknob: Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassible.
Alice: You mean impossible?
Doorknob: No, impassible. Nothing's impossible.
I used stencils and mists that I created myself by watering down acrylics, also droplets of ink that i blew through a straw to create these blue creature spots on the background. I sketched my doorknob based on the Disney one and used a metallic keyhole that i painted with Picket Fence Distress Paint , and to make Alice I used a technique that I haven't seen before, I can't say I invented it but I honestly haven't seen it yet. Here's how it goes: I have the stamp set of Alice tea-party that shows bellow, which I bought last year on my birthday . To ink the stamp I used the Faber Castell Pitt artist big brush pens. Basically I ink-colored the stamp, before stamping i.e. put yellow ink on the hair, blue on the dress, black on the socks, peach for the hand and face and I stamped in on heavy paper. So when I stamped it, it was already colored.
I inked some lace and doilies and made a frame in black and white to match Alices' socks. I also added a paper key which I cut form a patterned paper and used some Tim Holtz word tickets.
Thought it's about time to get my hands on here, oh well, i'll try.
It's been over a year since when I started keeping an art-journal, and I have spent most of my creative time in there. Mostly practicing techniques and trying to express with pictures favorite sayings (music lyrics, quotes or personal thoughts) that keep me going.
I got interested in art journaling by watching this video by the amazing Vicky Papaioannou who has been a big inspiration ever since. After watching a few or her art journal pages, I went out and bought a Pantone Notebook in Flame Orange, some glue and some gesso and got to work. I will make posts of some of my entries in time (we'll see how it goes).
At this point, I have to admit that Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carol has been my inspiration since when I was a kid. This story amazes me every time I read, watch or think about it. It is filled with learnings, makes me think and realize things. I am pretty certain that this story will always be a part of me till the day I die.
So, I made the page bellow (though i am pretty sure it will not be the only page around Alice). I love this conversation between Alice and the doorknob:
Alice: I simply must get through!
Doorknob: Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassible.
Alice: You mean impossible?
Doorknob: No, impassible. Nothing's impossible.
I used stencils and mists that I created myself by watering down acrylics, also droplets of ink that i blew through a straw to create these blue creature spots on the background. I sketched my doorknob based on the Disney one and used a metallic keyhole that i painted with Picket Fence Distress Paint , and to make Alice I used a technique that I haven't seen before, I can't say I invented it but I honestly haven't seen it yet. Here's how it goes: I have the stamp set of Alice tea-party that shows bellow, which I bought last year on my birthday . To ink the stamp I used the Faber Castell Pitt artist big brush pens. Basically I ink-colored the stamp, before stamping i.e. put yellow ink on the hair, blue on the dress, black on the socks, peach for the hand and face and I stamped in on heavy paper. So when I stamped it, it was already colored.
Now I am ready to submit this for March challenge on Scraps n Pieces a Greek blog that i follow. This will be the first time I participate on a challenge and I am very happy i do it with a creation about Alice and for this BlogSpot, which has also been an inspiration for me.
And I couldn't agree more..... "No one is too old for fairytales" !!
