Art Journal: Technique Card 10
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Keyword: Stamping Technique: Stamping with Sponges You will need: gessoed or painted card craft paint a variety of sponges plastic craft mat Cellulose sponges, sea sponges, closed cell sponges, makeup sponges… There are all kinds of sponges, and each one is like a fingerprint: It will produce it’s own unique pattern when used to stamp paint. You could actually make an entire painting with just sponges! The technique for this is simple. Add a drop of paint to the craft mat. Pick up a tiny bit of paint with the chosen sponge. Lightly tap the sponge in a clean spot on the mat to spread it out on the sponge. Then stamp the sponge on the card.
Art Journal: Technique Card 8 & 9
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Keyword: Stamping Technique: Stamping with Household Objects You will need: gessoed or painted card craft paint various household objects brayer, paint brush plastic craft mat There are all kinds of household object that can be used to transfer paint onto your project and create texture. I keep a cupboard in my studio that is full of odd things, such as a sushi mat, a plastic doily, some pieces of shelf liner, corks, and other things that you might question being in an art studio.
Art Journal: Technique Card 7
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Keyword: Stamping Technique: Stamping with Bubble Wrap You will need: gessoed or painted card craft paint bubble wrap brayer, paint brush plastic craft mat Using bubble wrap for mixed media art is not new. It’s pretty much considered a basic in the bag of artistic techniques. You can get bubble wrap for free. It comes along with all kinds of other packing materials. If you don’t have any, you can probably find some in the trash behind almost any kind of mall or shopping center. (Note: I am not advocating dumpster diving… just sayin’.)
Art Journal: Technique Card 5 & 6
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Keyword: Stamping Technique: Stamping with a Stencil You will need: gessoed or painted card craft paint stencil brayer, paint brush plastic craft mat For the first card, above, I put a couple of drops of paint on the craft mat and then used the brayer to pick it up and apply it to the stencil. Then I stamped the stencil on the card. For this second card, I added some water to the remainder of the paint, picked it up with the brush and added it to the stencil. Then I stamped the stencil on the card.
Art Journal: Technique Card 4
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Keyword: Stamping Technique: Subtractive Stamping Instead of adding paint to the card with the stamp, this technique removes it with a stamp! You will need: gessoed card craft paint foam stamps brayer plastic craft mat I put a couple of drops of craft paint on the mat and used the brayer to apply paint to the card until it was covered. I immediately stamped a clean, dry, foam stamp on the card and removed it.
Art Journal: Technique Card 2 & 3
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Keyword: Stamping Technique: Stamping with metallic paint You will need: gessoed card metallic craft paint foam stamps brayer plastic craft mat I used foam stamps again. I put a drop of paint on the craft mat and then used a brayer to apply craft paint to the stamps. Then I stamped on the card. These are the same techniques that I used with yesterday’s technique card. I actually did this twice, once on black and once on a card that was painted with craft paint over the gesso.
Art Journal: Technique Card 1
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The key-word for the first set of cards is “Stamping”. This first card illustrates stamping in it’s simplest form: stamping with paint on the card. To create your own version of this card you would need: gessoed card craft paint foam stamps brayer plastic craft mat I used foam stamps (as opposed to regular rubber or clear polymer.) I put a drop of paint on the craft mat and then used a brayer to apply craft paint to the stamps. Then I stamped on the card.
May Technique Cards
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I’ve chosen my art project for the month of May! I will be making “technique cards”. These are cards that serve as a kind of reminder and dictionary of the various possible techniques that can be used in art journaling or image making. To be truthful, I started this project a few years ago. I began by gathering up all the junk mail that comes in, random pieces of card stock and cardboard and anything else that could be used as a card base.