MessyJessyCreatesArt

Hello All! YouTube Link to see the demonstration :-)   https://youtu.be/1uKdB6G9buc About a year ago, I had created 4 6x12 canvases using Rigid Wrap Plaster Cloth to cover the canvas as well as to create the flowers, stems, and leaves.  I put a base coat of paint on them and set them aside because I was not happy with the direction they were going. A few days ago, my friend Robin Redd of ReddRobinStudios, who is also on the design team for Art Anthology, sent me some of her discontinued paint samples to play around with. I knew what I wanted to use them on.......  The Four Flowers http://www.artanthologyinc.com/ http://robinredd.typepad.com/reddrobinstudios/   Here are two of the flower paintings AFTER: Here are two of the flower paintings BEFORE:

MessyJessy here inviting you to check out my blog post over on the Tangie Baxter & Co. website where I use Art Journal Pocket Pages (AJP's) to create holiday ornaments :-)  Watch the video to see how I have collaged the papers onto paper mache ornaments, used crackle medium, and Posca Pens. http://shoptangiebaxter.com/blogs/news/80600454-art-journal-pockets-holiday-ornaments-tutorial

The focus of this piece was printmaking. First, I used lino and chisel to carve my leaves.  It's very simple to make your own stamps :-) Next, I used my Gelli Plate to create mono prints with acrylic paints on deli paper in fall colors. After that, I used matte medium to glue down my mono prints onto my piece of mixed media art paper. Then, I used black acrylic paint (because my stazon ink pad ran out) to stamp random leaves along most of the border of my piece. After drying a bit, I used my Luminart shimmering watercolors to add a little sparkly fall color (persimmon, alfalfa, and autumn butternut) around the page and leaves. Next, I used my black china marker to create a border around the page. Then, having found a suitable poem about fall, I printed it out on regular printer paper and used matte medium to attach it to my page. Finishing touches:  Ok, so I can't just leave it without a little bling ;-) so I added a little embellish...