Crayons, Ink and Paint

Hi everyone.  Happy Friday!

I've been slowly making my way through the Creative Jumpstart classes. I've watch  more videos than I have created art for, and I've learned quite a bit. I really like how everyday there is a new artist with an approximate 10 minute video. Everyday is a lot to keep up with for me, but I'm working at my own pace and time schedule. No stress, no pressure.

Today's art is from Day 5, and  guest artist Birgit Koopsen's class was called the Distance is Only Physical.

This page began by writing with a crayon on some watercolor paper, and then brushing on some Distress Inks from the refill bottles  (over the crayon marks). Although I remember learning about doing this technique years ago, it has been a very long time since I used it. It was fun to rediscover it.

Then we were instructed use acetate to make a mask. The video talked about tracing a body shape from a magazine page, but I drew my own and cut them out. We were then  to use black paint to cover some of the background around the mask to leave some exposed crayon writing.

I  didn't like how my black page looked, even adding in some of the other details introduced in  the class video. I ended up adding more paint and then rubbing some off some of the partially dried paint  to show bits of the writing. I also did some stamping with a row of plastic circles as well as using wax pencils and a bit more paint for the details.

There's not much left of the assignment left on my page . After all my fussing about I like the new background, but I am not crazy about my masked people. Perhaps I should have just painted over them, but it was worth staying at least a little bit true to the lesson.

However, I made 2 more pages based on this class. I'm saving one for another day, but this next page I really like.  I even used the same mask, but I love how these ladies look in their  dresses. (I cut out one upper body and 2 different bottoms-one with pants and one with a skirt).

This time I used bronze metallic paint rather than black. 

I'm linking up to Art Journal Journey and the Favorite Things challenge.  Two of my favorite things is learning something new and rediscovering forgotten techniques. 

Have a great start to your weekend.