Leaving My Mark with Jen.

Hi I'm back again with my second project for the month.

Firstly I will admit that this did not go the way I planned. I had a very different page in mind when I saw of this month's challenge, but I got some new colours from Paperartsy in the mail from Scrap Matrix and just had to have a play. 

 

 I grabbed a page from my Art by Marlene medium journal and sponged, painted and smeared the Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints all over it.  Occasionally spritzing water over it to try and get a watercolour feel to it, this sometimes worked but not well with the green colours for some reason.

 

I then made marks with different sized brushes, lids and the side of a spatula.

Next I added some details with my Posca pens. 

I also had my small Dylusions Creative Journal on my desk and decided to use the same paints on it rather than wasting the leftovers.  I grabbed various stencils from The Crafter's Workshop and Paperartsy and sponged paint all over.  Again I used several brushes to make some marks and added details with my pens.

Very different to what I had planed.

There's not much time left for you to enter this month's challenge, so grab your paints and leave your mark.  Don't forget to share them on the Scrap Matrix Share Page.

Bye for now.

Jen.

>^.^<

 

Tam makes Marks!!!

Hi, it's Tam back again to share my next creation for the 

'Gel Printing and Mark Making Challenge'.

Today I've done another Art Journal Page in my large Dylusions Art Journal....

Layer upon layer of colour and marks!!

Let's take a look at where I started...

I used a whole stack of PaperArtsy Fresco Paints.

I love how they layer.

I think because of the different levels of cover - opaque, translucent, semi-opaque etc it really makes it work.

I began by adding loads of colour. 

I didn't overthink it, I just worked on getting colour down.

From here I began to add some stencil marks and some painted circles.

I used a 7Dots Stencil, and a stencil by Carabelle Studio - Lit De Petites. 

I added paint through the stencil with a sponge.

I also used a couple of stencils by TCW -6x6 " texture love (this one is just perfect for mark making), and  6x6" BrickPoetry.

I added white paint, and whilst wet rubbed a wet wipe through the stencil to remove some.

I kept going, adding some hand painted bits. layering more stencils and colours.

The blue open circles were made with the end of an alfoil roll.

You really can use absolutely anything to make marks....

At this point, I added black to my circles.

Right here is where I freaked out and thought I'd ruined it.

AAARRGH

But remember when you feel its ruined, it just means you need to keep going....the magic is right around the corner.

I added some more black and then lots of white bits and suddenly I was happy.

So I finished it off by adding some alpha stickers from the pack Art by Marlene Whimsy Stickers.

There you have it....an explosion of colour.

So what are you making your mark on?

I look forward to seeing...