Hello everybody Jenny Marples right here with you right this moment. I am nonetheless dreaming of Japan and having fun with creating little sketches of homes, retailers and different buildings I captured on digicam.
This subject gilded had me occupied with the breathtakingly stunning gilded/painted partitions and ceilings contained in the Nijo-jo Fort in Kyoto; a mixture of hand painted scenes and graphic patterns cowl gold leaf surfaces which have aged and pale barely. So I made a decision to aim to duplicate that look, utilizing gold as the primary background relatively than leaving it to the ending touches.
Quite than undergo the method of making a complete e-book I’m concentrating on utilizing gold to create backgrounds for a set of journal pages that shall be integrated right into a completed piece later.
Numerous Tracy Scott’s latest releases have an Oriental theme to them so you possibly can combine and match with these and her older designs utilizing the strategies I will be demonstrating.
As for color schemes my palette additionally displays these seen on my travels, however since gold could be thought of a impartial base you may in actuality use any colors you select over it.
Apply a layer of Gold Fresco End Metallic Acrylic Paint excessive and don’t fret if a number of the brush marks stay seen.
To attain that timeworn look I discussed at first to make use of a positive grain sanding block so as to add again some matte patches to the painted floor. And that is it – the premise of my strategy to gilding every of the completed pages. These at the moment are able to be adorned.
For those who web page could be secured within the stamping software securely, you possibly can stamp, add painted color, then stamp in black once more over the painted flowers to get the crisp and clear stamped define.
So how else can we use the gold background to create journal/artwork e-book pages?
End the sides with extra of these black strains and a gold warmth embossed medallion from the Tracy Scott TS093 stamp set.
You might need noticed the textual content web page on the left facet of the web page; that is additionally created with the fundamental methods we have already used.
Now let’s attempt utilizing our layered gold method otherwise, making use of first the Sand Fresco End Chalk Acrylic Paint by means of a big stencil (on this case the Tracy Scott PS233 stencil) after which the Gold Fresco End Metallic Acrylic Paint.
Repeat stamp the Tracy Scott TSM26 stamp and add the black strains across the edges of the web page. I additionally caught a small piece of stitching sample tissue over a number of the stamping.
Embody one other of your point of interest photos (in my case one other sketch) earlier than stamping and portray a scattering of the flowers used on the primary web page throughout the stencilled leaves.
And it’s also possible to use your layered gold paper/card to border your photos as seen under.
Lastly, and I simply wished to offer a shout out to the brand new Mattints – they’re superior! I would performed round with some massive sheets of paper, pastels, gesso, the Tracy Scott PS443 stencil, brayering and tea stain however wasn’t satisfied with the outcomes. A few coats of the Mattints reworked it into one thing I might use as web page backgrounds and frames for sketches.
Let’s check out the completed pages;
These gilded pages actually remind me of these partitions and ceilings again in Kyoto and I am trying ahead to finishing extra to complete the e-book now. Hopefully you may think about using gold to create backgrounds on your stamping and stencilling as a part of your artistic endeavours.