artJOURNALING daily: printmaking, stamping and stenciling patterned artist papers.
I've been inspired by my AUTUMN leaves color palettes and beautiful foliage I encounter daily. I spent the past few days experimenting with plexiglass painting {one of my FAVE ways to create monoprints}, creating collage papers and painting on recycle fabric remnants. I created stacks of beautiful painted papers and fabrics. All the fun techniques won't fit into one post, so I've decided to share the colorful process over a few blog posts.
First off, I created handmade leaf stamps with self-adhesive craft foam inscribed with a skewer. {a technique in my new book Doodles Unleashed and Redefine the Doodle: inspirations + mark-making online workshop}
I used a variety of ILoveTo Create Tulip paints and tools. Squeeze out a few autumn colors on the palette. I used Copper, Metallic Gold, Chocolate Matte, orange and Sunshine yellow. The paints are made for fabric but I use them on paper too.
Use a Tulip Sponge Pouncer to apply the various colors onto the handmade foam stamp. Dab a little of one color then another color. Notice I don't mix the colors before on the palette, this will give you a multicolored print.
Turn painted stamp over onto the surface { I used a piece of recycled craft paper box stuffing from FedEx} and roll over the back with a soft rubber brayer. TIP: Using a brayer reveals a nice solid print. Using your fingers to press the stamp will produce a softer grunge print.
continue to add paint to the stamp and press the stamp onto the surface in different directions to make it look like falling leaves. experiement with different surfaces... I also used white tissue paper as a background.
beautiful. simple. repeated prints. use the tissue paper for collage, wrapping paper or to create tissue paper leaves.
This stamp was created by cutting the foam into a leaf shape. RECYCLE an old pair of jeans...cut and tear the up into smaller pieces. roll out paint onto the leaf stamp using a soft rubber brayer then turn it over onto a piece of recylced jean fabric.
more stamped layers using Tulip Soft Fabric Paint in metallic copper and linen on blue tissue paper. Begin with printing Linen color then layer stamp randomly over the top using the metallic color.
You can find all these ILoveTo Create products at JoAnn Fabric and Craft stores. stay tuned for more printmaking fun!
enjoy the lovely FALL inspiration...xoxo~treiC
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