| Art journal portrait from a photo. |
As I think about gathering with family this week, I am once again amazed at how my daughters have grown. We have boxes and megapixels worth of images of them, but the one I'm showing here is one of my favorites. It's of my younger daughter Meredith.
Using an
art journaling exercise by Lisa Bebi in
Art at the Speed of Life: Motivation and Inspiration for Making Mixed-Media Art for Every Day, I printed out several copies of the edited image and basically colored over it.
I love the final product. And it took about 10 minutes.
The four steps: printed image, under layer of yellow, turquoise background and highlights,
color and highlights. |
Here's what I did.
1. I printed out my image in black-and-white on an inkjet printer using regular printer paper.
2. I applied the yellow Big Phat Marker in vertical brush strokes over the entire surface of the photo to give it an underlying warm glow. The strokes of the marker also gave the photo a painterly look.
3. I applied a metallic turquoise-colored gelato all around my main image and also roughly traced the lines of the creases and ripples in Meri's shirt. Gelatos are acid-free pigment in a stick; they basically look like lip balm. They come in metallic and matte and their creamy texture makes them blendable. They also work great on dark papers, which was perfect for my purpose.
4. Using a set of neutral matte gelatos, I colored on top of Meri's shirt with a goldenrod color, adding some shading with a terra cotta hue. I added a peachy color around her cheeks and forehead, blending it with a light gold. Finally, I colored her lips with terra cotta and added it to her hair as well.
I love every stage of my girls' lives, but I'm so happy to have caught this moment and rendered it as art.
Pam demonstrates the use of gelatos and other expressive materials, plus shows more quick techniques and time-saving ideas for art journaling in her Cloth Paper Scissors Workshop video, Art Journaling Fast & Easy: Unique Journal Pages One Step at a Time, now available. You'll love it for jump-starting your art journaling process.
P.S. What's your favorite way to jump-start an art journal page or other piece of art? Share in the comments section below.
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Want to keep an art journal but don’t have time for another project in your already busy schedule? Pam Carriker, mixed-media artist and author of Art at the Speed of Life, shows you fast, innovative ways to use new media and tools made from your own work to create one-of-a-kind journal pages that showcase your signature style.
Watercolor paper (22" x 30" sheets)
Tulip Fashion Graffiti Fabric Paint Cannon
Dauber bottles
Altered brayers
Derivan Matisse acrylic paints
Derivan Matisse Print Paste
Derivan Matisse Acrylic Inks
Derivan Liquid Pencil Sketch Ink
Watercolor paintbrushes (I recommend water brushes, which arerefillable watercolor brushes.)
Isopropyl rubbing alcohol
Eyedroppers
Baby wipes
Lino blocks
Carving tool
Inkjet transparency film sheets
Hand sanitizer
Chalk ink
Scotch Precision Cutter
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens
Loew-Cornell Fine Liner
Bone folder
Thermofax screen
Scraper tool (for screen printing)
Faber-Castell Gelatos (I like to purchase these as part of the Mix & Match Mixed Media Samplers.)
White gel pen
Water-soluble crayons
Water-soluble pencils
Spray bottle filled with water
Paper towels
Chalk ink
Acrylic paint medium
Bingo Dauber Bottle Recipe
1/2 dauber bottle of water
1/4 dauber bottle heavy bodied acrylic paint (adjust as needed if you're using fluid acrylics)
1/4 dauber bottle Matisse Drying Retarder (or other acrylic glazing medium)
Pump Up Sprayer Recipe
1/2 pump up sprayer bottle of water
1/4 pump up sprayer bottle heavy bodied acrylic paint (adjust as needed if you're using fluid acrylics)
1/4 pump up sprayer bottle Matisse Surface Tension Breaker (or airbrush medium)
Water Reservoir Brush Recipe
1/2 reservoir water
1/4 acrylic ink (Matisse)
1/4 Matisse Drying Retarder (or other acrylic glazing medium)
NOTE: Brush must be rinsed after use and capped to prevent drying out