Art Journal Page "Without the dark, we´d never see the stars"

Hello all, nice to have you here!
This is my second project for this month´s challenge "stars" over at Country View Challenges. I decided to make an Art Journal Page in my large Art Journal.

Hallo zusammen, schön, dass ihr bei mir reinschaut!
Das ist mein zweites Projekt für diesen Monat bei Country View Challenges mit dem Motto "Sterne".
Ich habe eine Seite in meinem großen Art Journal gestaltet.

It is a very emotional page for me, made for a very special person to me, made for some reason I don´t want to mention here. I wish for that special person, that he will be able to see the stars soon and that they will help him to get out of his dark.

Here are some steps:

I started with some thin scrapooking papers (BazzilBasicPapers from my stash) with different patterns.

I tore them to pieces and glued them to my pages, using Matte Medium.

On top I painted a thin layer of white gesso and dried it with my heating tool.

Next step was to sketch my vocal point at the left side with a pencil.

I painted the background with watered DecoArt mixed media fluid acrylics in Paynes Grey, Prussian Blue Hue, Cobalt Blue Hue, Burnt Umber and Carbon Black.

Sorry, for the next steps I missed to take pictures - I was in a flow ;-)

My man I painted with Titan Buff, Titanium White, Burnt Umber and Cobalt Black.












Then I stamped some stars, using some very old stamps from my stash with white ink and gave them some bling with stickles.

Now I stamped randomly my background with one of the background stamps from Crafters Companion "Walls and Corners" stamp set and my new bought PaperArtsy JOFY Mini stamp JM50
(I love it!). I colored them with Gelatos.

With black and white Acrylic Marker I set accents and outlines.

The blue and black Gelatos I used to frame my page.

The sentiment I printed with my Dymo, glued it down and outlined with the black Gelato. To blend the lines I used a watertank brush.














Here is a closer look of the man:

That´s it for today! I hope you find time to play with us! You have two weeks left!

Thank you for your visit and have a nice day!

I want to join in following challenges:

http://mixedmediaplace.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-challenge.html

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.de/2016/11/trees-are-green-or-any-other-colour-at.html

http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.de/2016/11/november-2016-main-challenge-special.html

old: my star stamps

new: my new PaperArtsy stamp

(borrowed: I "borrowed" a male model from the internet ;-) )

blue: the heaven

http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/11/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html

https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.de/2016/11/no-faces-no-wings-no-leaves-but-collage.html Es ist zwar ein Mensch drauf, aber das Gesicht sieht man ja nicht ;-) ich hoffe das gilt!

Rusty Card for the Canvas Corp Brands

Hello all,

today I want to show you a little rusty card I made for the Canvas Corp Brands November Challenge.

Hop over to the blog to see more, there is a gorgeous prize to win!

I hope, you´ll find time to join in!

I used the Naturaly Aged Kit "Rusty Metal for the card. I´ll make a video tutorial soon!

I hope you like my little card!

I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Reach for the Stars!

Hello all, welcome to my blog!
First of November and that means: time for a new challenge at Country View Challenges!
This month my dear team mate Rachel wants to see "stars".
I made a card for it.

For my background I used DecoArt media fluid acrylics Titanium White, Cobalt Teal Hue, Prussian Blue Hue, Paynes Grey and Carbon Black. I dropped them in a row and took my brayer and rolled the paint on my paper to create a ombre effect. 

Then I put some Ecoline watercolor in magenta to the upper part, mixed it a bit with Titanium White to create a kind of cloudy galaxy. Then I sprinkled watered down white Gesso on top and glued down some of the small chipboard stars.

I wrote the sentiment with a white acrylic marker and surrounded the letters with a black marker.

Last I added a little glimmer by highlighting the stars and parts of the letters with ice stickles. Last but not least I randomly  rubbed DecoArt media fluid acrylics Interference Turquoise to create more interest and that´s it!

Now I hope you find time to join in our challenge!

Thank you for your visit!

Halloween Family

Hello dear Blog friends,
today I want to share with you my second make for the "All Things Spooky" challenge over at Country View Challenges, the scary Halloween Family!

I took a brown envelope for my project and played along with some mediums and paints.
Here are the steps:

1. I prepared the envelope with clear Gesso to seal the paper. Inside the envelope I put some 

    strong cardboard for more stand.

 2. I mixed Matte Medium with DecoArt media fluid acrylics "Naphtol Red Light".

 3. To create texture I dabbed the mixture with a palette knife on top of the envelope

 4. While the paint/Gel was still wet I added a piece of black spider web I bought in a 1 € store.

 5. Now I mixed DecoArt media acrylics "Paynes Grey" and "Quinacridone Magenta" to get some
     purple color.

6. I dabbed it around the edges of the orange paint/gel. Then I took my heating tool to dry the
    paint and to create some bubbles (I love those bubbles ;-) )

 7. Now I matted my photo (from Gecko Galz) with some leftover paper on which I experimented
     with paints.

 8. Distress Ink around the distressed edges helped to fit it better to the background.

 9. Now some stamping for more interest.

10. Watered black and white Gesso, sprinkled all over the background, helps to come all parts 

      more together.

  11. I grabbed some clock parts from my collected items in my stash.

 12. I took some wire to frame the photo

 13. glued down all the bits and bobs

14. and added black Gesso and Quinacridone Gold on top all metal pieces to make them look a
     bit rusty.

15. Now I glued down a title and a spider hanging on a threat(from a 1 € store too) and dabbed
      some Interference Magenta on top of the spider and the title.

16. Last I glued down some flowers and leaves from my stash.

Well, very picture heavy I fear!
Thank you so much for dropping in here today! May be you want to join our challenge, there are some days left! You can win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

I want to join in the following challenges:
http://craftylifechallenges.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-2016-challenge.html
http://mixedmediamojo.blogspot.de/2016/10/its-time-to-get-spooky.html
http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.de/2016/10/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-29-mood_1.html

http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/10/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.de/2016/10/a-very-vintage-halloween.html
http://www.vintagejourney.com/2016/10/october-challenge-make-it-spooky.html

Steampunk Folder for Canvas Corp Brands

Hello all, nice to have you here today!
I recently made a new altered folder, using loads of paints and mists from Canvas Corp Brands.
To alter my chipboard cogs and gears I used the Naturally Aged Kit - Bronze Patina. Loved it! I also made a video tutorial, you can find it here.

Please visit the Canvas Corp Brands blog to see a step x step how I made it.

Here it is:
Front:

 Back:

Some close ups:

 I hope you like my folder and I appreciate your comments!

Thank you for your visit!

I want to join in following challenges:
http://mixedmediaworld.blogspot.de/2016/10/mmw19-assemblagealtered-art.html
http://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-2016-challenge-anything-goes.html
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/10/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html
http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-challenge.html
http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-challenge.html

Faces 1

Hallo zusammen! Schön, dass ihr bei mir vorbeischaut.
Heute habe ich eine neue Seite aus meinem Art Journal. Ich habe mir das Büchlein vor einiger Zeit gekauft. Nun habe ich ein Thema dafür gefunden, mit dem ich es so nach und nach füllen möchte: Gesichter!
Auf YouTube  habe ich eine Künstlerin entdeckt, Juna Biagioni, die unglaublich tolle Gesichter malt. Nachdem ich einige ihrer Videos angesehen hatte, habe ich mich auch einmal daran gewagt, ein Gesicht zu malen.

Hello all! A warm welcome to my blog.
Today I want to show you a new page of my Art Journal. I bought this Journal some time ago. It was sitting on my table, waiting for a theme to be filled with. Now I found it: faces!
On YouTube I discovered an Artist, Juna Biagioni, who paints wonderful faces. After watching some of her videos, I decided to try to paint a face by myself.

Das war mein erster Versuch:

Gezeichnet habe ich Gesichter schon früher, nur gemalt habe ich noch nie eins.

This was my first trial.

I was drawing faces years ago, but never painted one.

Sieht so ein wenig aus wie "Avatar", die Proportionen stimmen noch nicht so ganz, aber ich mag sie eigentlich ganz gerne. Am schwierigsten finde ich Licht und Schatten (stimmt hier auch noch nicht ganz).

She looks a little bit like "Avatar", the proportions are not perfect, but I like her. The most difficult thing for me are highlights and shadows (they are not right here too).

Nachdem mir mein erster Versuch sehr viel Spaß gemacht hat, wollte ich natürlich gleich weiter üben.
After having much fun with my first trial, I wanted to make more exercises.


Ich fand die Herausforderung bei More than Words Main Challenge "Change & Ombre" als Thema sehr passend. Das Malen ist definitiv eine Veränderung in meiner Arbeit! Auch habe ich die Gesichtsfarbe der Vorlage in grau geändert.
Die linke Seite meines Eintrags ist im Ombre Effekt gestaltet.
I thought, the Challenge over at More than Words Main Challenge "Change & Ombre" was fitting for my page. Painting is definitely a change to my usual craft work! I also changed the face color into grey. The left side of my pages I made in Ombre - from dark grey to white.






Für mein Portrait habe ich ein Foto aus einer Zeitschrift als Vorlage benutzt, einfach um ein wenig mehr Sicherheit zu bekommen, besonders was Licht und Schatten anbelangt.

For my portrait, I used a photo from a magazine as a template, just to get a little more security, especially regarding to highlights and shadows.





Hier ist meine Art Journal Seite:
This is my Art Journal page:

Diese Materialien habe ich verwendet:
These are the materials I used:

Was auf dem Foto noch fehlt ist sind Gelatos in der Farbe blau und hautfarben, das Gesso und Matte Medium.
What is missing in the photo are Gelatos in the color blue and skin color, the white Gesso and Matte Medium.

 Hier noch ein paar Nahaufnahmen:
Here are some close ups:

The following challenges I want to join:
http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-2016-main-challenge-change-ombre.html

http://mixedmediaplace.blogspot.de/2016/09/september-challenge-moodboard.html
(I only used a hint of blue, but on the photos it looks more blueish than the real page does)
 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/10/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html
http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-challenge.html
http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-challenge.html