Mini Landscapes with Infusions.....

Hello All and welcome,

Two exercises to compare mediums actually became mini landscapes......

This one shows the resist you get using matt medium scraped onto hot pressed

watercolour paper. I sprinkled Infusions powders and spritzed with water, then washed

across with a broad brush. I can see a country landscape with a dusting of snow and

hills in the distance........anyone?

The second, gesso applied with a palette knife. A wash of Infusions first this time, then

a sprinkling of powder into the wet. Stormy water perhaps?

Whatever you see, the effect is lovely!

Why not have a go..... I would love to see ideas from like-minded folk.

Bye for now, P.

All of a Twitter......

Hello All,

Yesterday was a bit grey at times, but still necessary walkies.

And this was a quick snap. Oystercatchers.....they make a sort of "peeping" noise and scuttle

about at the water's edge.

This is my interpretation of the scene

I started with a bit of texture (gesso and a palette knife)

The colour is Infusions powder (PaperArtsy), spritzed and washed across the page.

It sits between all the lumpy bits....

I overworked the birds as usual......much prefer the little spontaneous pencil versions.....

Sunny today! P.

I Think I'll Frame This One........

Good evening All,

It's been wall to wall sunshine this week (in fact nearly two weeks), so any time not

at official work has been spent outside. Plus we are in the middle of the TT racing

festival, the two weeks of the year when the island is lively!

But yesterday afternoon I needed to cool down a bit so I made this....

I am slowly learning how to "drive" the Infusions powders, so that they sort of do what

I want but still have that uncontrollable element of surprise. You never get the same result

twice.

I love the textures that appear

And the romantic effects

So I think I'll frame this one :)

Back to the sunshine now, come back soon, P.

Blue Blooms.....

Good evening All,

Busy week doing all sorts of things, some not blogworthy, some for future

blogging on PaperArtsy.

Managed to snatch an hour this afternoon though.....

To play with Infusions, stencils and texture paste, and a few flowers from Heartfelt

Creations.

Good combination of blue green and terracotta red is a bit different for me. And the

whole thing looks totally different on a green coloured background.

Funny isn't it....

Thank you for calling by, P.

The Same But Different......

Good Evening,

Following on from the abstract art on my previous post, I still had

the stamps, dies and Infusions on the desk, so I had another play.

I love how this turned out :). I have to give credit here: I happened upon a blog

with art work that makes me go weak at the knees it's SO beautiful:  art-dorota.blogspot.com.

I can only aspire to such skill, but it inspired me to try my own style and experiment.

It's all about layering, pretty washes of colour and white space.

I took my colours from the spontaneous background of the Infusions powder, and used

it again to watercolour the flowers.

Think I will be trying more of these........

And I love trying different background mounts, it changes the look of the whole thing.

Bye for now, P.

Gone a Bit Abstract.........

Good evening!

This afternoon I went a bit abstract for a change

I wanted to experiment a bit with shapes and tried not to make it look like anything

in particular. For someone who likes her art more representational , this is really difficult!

I chose colours that I don't use (and don't really like) too: so was right out of my

comfort zone.

And a funny shape.....too long to fit it all in one photograph.

So a bit strange all round really.

It includes Frescos, Infusions and Seth Apter stamps.

Thanks for looking, P.

Dried Fish.....

Hello All,

As promised, here is the second Infusions experiment, now dry.

For this fishy piece, I first stencilled Golden Light Molding Paste onto watercolour

paper (Hot Pressed), then added washes and splatters of colour and water. I really

think it gives a deep underwater impression, and the paste acts as a resist as well

as colour-catching raised texture.

A dramatic effect with surprisingly little effort.

Am now looking for a suitably large cardboard box after yesterdays waft risk assessment.

Back soon, P.

Infusions.....and an Eccles Cake.

Good Evening,

I am pleased to have found a bit of time this afternoon for some experimental art!

But it proved to be a risky business all round......

At the recent papercrafting event at Alexandra Palace, I treated myself to some

Infusions pigment powders by PaperArtsy, gorgeous jewel colours with a hint of

grungy brown.

Well.....I'm really not to be trusted with anything powdery.....and the first challenge was

opening the bottle. Following Leandra's instructions I removed the top, over a piece of paper

(genius) to remove the seal and then made a hole in the top....QUICK GET THE STICKY

TAPE OVER THE HOLE! Phew! I only managed to do four colours before I lost my nerve.

So they were my colour choices for this afternoon :)

There was an incident..... during a momentary lapse in concentration, there was a waft.

It reached the plate, but I think it missed the Eccles cake. I managed to sweep it back

onto the picture, so none wasted. And I ate the cake.

I have to make twenty WHITE Victorian aprons next week so I had better clean up.

May have to create a safe environment for further powdery experiments...maybe a

very large cardboard box?

I started another fishy pic but it's not dry yet so call back later.

Bye for now, P.