Hey paper and mixed-media crafters!
This Saturday at 10 am Eastern time (sorry @jemimah!) we will do a simple art journal video with a whimsical face.
Let me know if you are interested so I can send the zoom link via private message!
This is the video by Toni Burt
This is a fairly quick video so what we do is play a little bit, pause it, we all do our thing and catch up, and then continue.
In this video she kind of glosses over how to draw the face so at the 45 second mark we will pause the video and watch this video where she does go into good detail on drawing whimsical faces
Supply List
- your background, whether that be a notebook, loose paper, etc. If you want to gesso it, please do it ahead of time (not completely necessary but can proved a nice, slightly more absorbent surface to work on)
- scrap papers to collage on your background: bookpages, sheet music, scrapbook paper, tissue, decorative napkins, pieces of junk mail, doilies, tickets, die cuts, etc.
- some sort of adhesive like gel medium, collage podge, mod podge. Even elmer’s glue!
- pencil / eraser - she suggests 2B and 8B pencils but use whatever pencil you have
- acrylic paints. the video uses white, gold, and shades of brown. you can use water colors. and to shade her face you could even use colored pencil
- some sort of accent stencil or stamp. she uses numbers and letters stencil but you could use any sort of geometric shape. If you do not have stencils or stamps DON’T WORRY! you can do this simple technique and create your own quick easy stencil - Like I’m talking 30 seconds!
Paper & Mixed Media Craftalong 2020 - #504 by geekgirl - and some sort of sponge to dab the paint on the stencil. I use make up sponges. you can use a piece of paper towel, foam paint brushes. etc
- acrylic or india inks - OR watered down acrylics or watercolor paints
- paint brushes
- paper towels or baby wipes
- she does use a fancy word stencil and either heavy gesso or texture paste to later on texture. this step can be skipped or you could add in some handwriting.
- if you have a heat gun or hair dryer that can be useful to dry your page between layers
tagging normal players and those who’ve shown interest
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