Steampunk Art Journal I Tutorial I Mixed Media I Sunila Mahajan

 Hello Bee Arty Lovelies,

Hope you are all doing well! Today, I'm sharing a pictorial with you all. I'm creating a steampunk vibe journal page in my art journal . 

Here's a look at the page:

Let's dive right in into creating this!

Step 1- Choose a stencil and apply colour paste through it. This instantly adds colour and texture to the page. On such a page I usually like to have a big composition on one part of the page and little cluster opposite that. That's how I decide where I want the texture to begin within.

Step 2- To add more texture, pick a background stamp and stamp with ink. Now black ink always works, however since I had a steampunk page in mind, I used brown ink.

Step 3- Choose dies that'll go with the theme of the page, and die cut these to add as embellishments and layers to create the composition clusters.

Step 4- Fussy cut elements from the paper collection to go with the theme, and start arranging the elements to form the two clusters.

Step 5- As always, add words/phrases to add meaning to the page. I also added splatter with mica powders mixed with water and Artist Inks.

Here are some close ups of the completed page:

I hope you enjoyed this! Follow me on Instragram (@sunilamahajan) for more inspiration!

Supplies used:

Colour Paste

Artist Inks

Mica Powders

Distressed Bricks Stencil

Punk It Up Stamp

Blossom Gear Metal Die

Rustic Blossom Paper Collection

Bricks and mortar by Linda Pearson

 
For today’s blog entry I was feeling in a painterly mood and wanted to try out a new technique using a stamp in a different way.  I chose the City Lights stamp and the Distressed Bricks A5 stencil to create this painting.  The substrate I used was a canvas media board from Dina Wakely but a heavy cardstock (350gsm +), journal or canvas can easily be utilised.
 
Bee Arty products used in the project:
 
City lights clear stamp set
Shimmer dust – (assorted colours)
Mica powder – (assorted colours)
Distressed bricks A5 stencil (Rustic Dreams collection)
Catalyst silicone mini blades tool
Craft Powder Spoon
Darice 6 well paint palette
 
Bee Arty has a variety of stamps that could be used alternatively with this process:
Eye spy clear stamp set
Kind heart clear stamp set
New dawn clear stamp set
Serendipity clear stamp set
Time flies clear stamp set
Zen red rubber stamp set
 
Other products used:
Moulding paste (thick texture paste)
Dina Wakley media board
Dark brown (umber) fluid paint
Dark brown archival ink and blending tool
 
 

 

Apply a layer of texture paste through the
Distressed bricks A5 stencil (Rustic Dreams collection) over the top section of the media board using a Catalyst silicone mini blades tool.  While still wet apply a liberal amount of textured paste over the rest of the substrate.
 
 
 
 
Press firmly the City lights clear stamp set into the wet texture paste to form a good impression in the paste.   Remove stamp and allow to dry thoroughly as watery mixes of colour will be added to the dried paste.
 
 

 
In the Darice 6 well paint palette add small amounts of Shimmer dust in a variety of colours to suit the stamped and stencilled images.  Using a small round brush to colour the images as desired.  Please note: some colours were mixed together and some Mica powder was added to produce colours also.   Also the water mixes may activate the textured paste if not died sufficiently before adding colour to piece.  Allow to dry thoroughly when complete.
 
 
 
Add detailing to the image by using a darker brown (or appropriate colour e.g. black to suit colour choices).  A fluid mix is required and a fine liner brush to add the brown colour to the shape of the indented sections of the stamped image.
Distress around the border of the substrate with dark brown archival ink and blending tool.
 
Thank you for stopping by, look forward to sharing with you again soon.
Cheers from Linda
 
 
 
 
linda@yourcreativepalette.com.au
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