Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
You might also remember that I wasn't too sure about it. this was my first attempt at a canvas board. The background was created with Distress Oxide inks over top of gesso. Then I felt compelled to draw the black seaweed. This sat on my shelf in my studio for quite some time, and I never did fall in love with it. SOOOO....
I PAINTED OVER IT!
I started with a fresh coat of gesso, then I added some old book pages using Dina Wakley's gel medium. Next, I added texture paste using a Waverly Inspirations stencil and added Distress Inks to achieve the look of mermaid scales on opposite corners of the canvas. That left a middle that was a bit whiter than I wanted, so I took some Distress Oxide in Cracked Pistachio, smeared it on some cling wrap, spritzed with water and laid it down the middle. From here I left it to dry overnight.
The next day when I removed the cling wrap I had this beautiful effect that looked like water. After this, I was stumped with where to take the piece, so back onto the studio shelf it went. I waited for inspiration to strike and worked on other pieces.
Inspiration struck last week when I got my order from Scrapbook.com, which contained the 6x6 turtle stencil from The Crafter's Workshop. When I took this stencil out of the package I knew it was going to be the perfect way to complete the canvas on my shelf.
I laid the stencil in the middle, giving the illusion that the turtle was swimming between two mermaids, and slathered it with texture paste.
After the texture paste was dry I went back into the Distress Inks and Distress Oxides to give him color and make him pop. The finishing touch was a bit of Art-C Acrylic paint dabbed on the turtle's shell to give a touch of sheen.
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