Water color Flower Maiden

Hi there, eP fans!  It's Broni here with you today, and  I thought I'd show you how I created my water colored Flower Maiden.

 The Flower Maiden is a digital image (from A Day For Daisies) and I printed her onto a 6 x 8 piece of watercolor paper that had already been colored using Distress inks.  It had been in my stash for weeks, and I'd stared at it long enough trying to decide what to do with it!  I loved the soft colors and thought it would work with her!

After I printed her, I added some Titanium White paint mixed with some clear gesso around her to soften the background and make her pop a little more.

Next I painted her and added some soft blue to the background.  I also added some highlights using my white gelly roll pen.

I used the same white gelly roll pen and my Studio 490 Hearts stencil to surround her with the large heart.  Then I mixed some of the Titanium White paint with some Glazing Acrylic Fluid Medium and began to paint from the heart outline out towards the background, allowing the paint to fade out as I pulled.  This made the "halo" of the heart shimmery!

Next I used the same technique and drew bricks around her using the white gelly roll pen and the Studio 490 Brick Wall stencil.  I also added a very faint pencil line inside the heart and the bricks to make them stand out from the background more.

 I added the great sentiment from a donna downey stamp set using Memento Gray Flannel ink.

 And here are a couple of close ups.

And the full painting again.

I haven't decided if I'll attach this to a canvas or not yet.  Probably though.  I love it and I think I want it hanging over my desk!

Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit!

You know there's still time to join in this month's ePlay challenge: Fall!  Come play with us!

Happy crafting!

Ranger - Watercolor Paper 8.5"x11"	Claudine Hellmuth Artist Brushes	eP Golden - 1 oz Fluid Acrylic - Titanium White	Liquitex Acrylic Clear Gesso
eP Liquitex Glazing Acrylic Fluid Medium	eP Gelly Roll Glaze Pen (2 pk) White	Studio 490 - Never Enough Hearts Stencil	Studio 490 - Brick Wall Stencil
Memento Gray Flannel

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Sunshine altered book pages

Hi everyone!  It's Broni here with you today.

I finally pulled out my altered hard-back book and decided it was time to add something on the inside! And here's what I came up with.

And this was my creative process:

I applied gesso to the book pages and let it dry thoroughly.

I added images and a background using the Brick Wall stencil,  Wildflowers and a Bird stencil, and Rays stencil, along with Distress inks in Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, and Dusty Concord.

I misted the pages with water and stood the book up to allow some of the drips to flow to the bottom.

I dabbed some of the excess water with a paper towel then finished drying it with my Heat tool.  Then I added some definition lines with an artist's pen.

Next I stamped my sentiment (from PTI) using Jet Black Archival ink.
 

I added a "frame" for the sentiment by using my Mini Hexagons stencil with some Dusty Concord ink, then adding lines with my pen.

Then I sprinkled some clear embossing powder onto the sun rays and heat embossed them.  They look like liquid sunshine!!
 

Lastly I added a few accents using my Well Rounded stencil and some of the same inks, and added some black hexagons in the corners for more definition.  Then I lightly sponged in some of the background.

And that's it!

It was fun!  I tried to stop this time before I added "too much".  Sometimes it's hard to know when that is!

Thanks so much for dropping in today!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Liquitex Acrylic Gesso	Studio 490 - Brick Wall Stencil	Studio 490 - Wildflowers & Bird Stencil
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Rays	TCW Hexagons 6x6 stencil	TCW - 6x6 Well Rounded Stencil
eP Peacock Feathers Distress ink	Dusty Concord Distress ink	Mustard Seed Distress ink
Picked Raspberry Distress ink	Mowed Lawn Distress ink	Black Soot Distress ink pad
Jumbo round dauber	Mini Mister 3-Pack	Archival Jet Black Ink Pad
Clear embossing powder	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

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