A while back, my beautiful friend Christina asked me, How I did my layers..! Hmmm, I just do? Now I have decided to break the procedure down, and make a tutorial. Here goes, Just for you Christina :-)
I start with a colour thought...here its bluísh-brown-sepiar..... Neocolor II, put down roughly on the paper...
Then, a Baby Wipe. Mix the colours together. LOVE the effect this gives, perfect for backgrounds.
A plastic template, and a spray colour. I just choose this for the colour, not effect or brand, Im not that into all the different sprays...yet :-) This one is a Tattered Angles Chalkboard/Hot Chocolate. Spray.....
I quickly lay the template, turned around, on a blank page, and get a negative of the print! No waste....
Ok, so far so good......
Now I look through my box of goodies! Pick out according to colour scheme and interest...I might not use all of it, and then again, sometimes I need more!
Get out the glue, I use a Gel Medium and now, stick it all down, well no, keep some back for later....
And now the tissue paper. I picked out two different browns and a pale blue. Rips og long strips is now glued down....
More...more.......
And break! Time to dry and have a coffee!
When dry, I paint Golden Gesso on top.....always gives me the shivers! But it dries up lighter.....
Now, more cut outs, the ones I left in the beginning. I LOVE newspaper for this. (Thanks Mary).
And, yes you guessed it, more tissue paper...And dry.
Now to the inking. I choose two colours, Chipped Sapphire (my favourite) and Vintage Photo from Rangers Distress Inks.
I smear it around, use my fingers to blend (You could use a tool for this, but I dont) And when I feel it is finished, I stop, and give the whole page some more Gel Medium, for shine and strength.
And here we are. Loads of layers, nice to look at, and lovely to the touch!
