Today I have a special guest post from my artsy pal, Carissa Paige. She's a sweet, creative soul and creates truly inspiring mixed media artwork. You will LOVE her colorful, expressive paintings and the soulful girls that grace her canvases and art journal pages. I'm honored to have her share with you a few of her Printmaking Unleashed experiments.
Carissa used products from my Printmaking Unleashed Ultimate Collection kit and created a mix of printmaking pieces, a painted collage canvas, art journal pages with digital artwork...so FAB!!
SOAK up all the inspiration...
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here's a video of her printmaking projects + watch a digital mash-up of her printed papers mixed with drawing on the iPad unfold..
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a note from Carissa...
Hello Dear + Creative Hearts!
I am thrilled to be here sharing my experience with Traci’s latest book, Printmaking Unleashed. As a full time artist and instructor - I have an array of art books. What I simply appreciate most about Printmaking Unleashed is - I can flip open to any random page and feel inspired. It’s jam packed with eye candy, juicy detail and instruction. The projects stimulate literal movement for me and fresh ideas. I love that. Here are just a few of my favorite projects so far:
Digital Photography Stencils (page 72) – I had a wonderful encounter with a Monarch Butterfly earlier this year. Butterflies have been a recurring theme and symbol in my life, so to create a stencil of him was pure joy. I used him as a resist on my printing plate, and as a stencil on various papers. My mind was whirling with ideas for future layers and stencils.
Free-Motion Stitched Foam Stamps (page 12) – I absolutely love this idea! I had a little snafu with my sewing machine though (the needle wants to be replaced), so I improvised with just foam stamps / shapes in the meantime. I stamped these onto my printing plate and pulled various prints, layering until I felt happy, and then snipped out my favorite bits to use in paintings.
Color Palettes (page 59) – Huge inspiration! I love gathering colors and patterns from various imagery and creating pallettes. What a powerful tool - especially if you aren’t feeling inspired.
This is just the tip of the iceberg! There are so, so, SO many projects in this book I’m looking forward to. And I love to share glimpses on Instagram – you can find me at http://instagram.com/carissapaige + #PrintmakingUnleashed
How about you? Are you feeling inspired? Ready to Unleash?
xo Carissa
Intuitive Voyager. Artist. Writer. Teacher. Magician.
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THANK YOU Carissa for your wonderful interpretation of my book techniques..LOVE all the art!
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