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Hello lovelies!
Hydrangeas are the quintessential summer flower! I simply love their large, showy blooms that come in a variety of pretty colors. My recent walk in this garden inspired me to create this art journal spread. There are lots of yummy layers including washi tapes, inks and texture paste. Here is a step-by-step plus if you scroll down you can check out the full video.
Step One:
Cover the page with assorted washi tapes and painter's tape. You can find the latter at hardware stores.
I added a light coat of clear gesso on top and let it dry.
Step Two:
Pick up three different shades of green acrylic paint* with a brayer and quickly roll it onto the page making sure to leave some areas for the washi tapes to show through. Let dry. *I use them sparingly.
Step Three:
Add texture paste through a stencil and let dry completely. This takes several hours better yet overnight, so patience is required. Add dark green ink to the stenciled areas.
Step Four:
Stamp various hydrangea images onto white drawing paper and use watersoluble crayons to color them in. You can get stamp sets online and at craft stores. I used a black stamp pad and let the images dry for a bit before coloring them in.
Step Five:
Once dry I fussy cut all the images out. Again, patience is required.
Step Six:
Arrange the images as you would like and glue them down with a glue stick. Add a title or sentiment if you wish.
Scroll down for video tutorial.
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Hello Duni,
ReplyDeleteNice to see all these creations you have made of the hydrangea.
That must be very nice to do. Wonderful.
Many greetings,
Marco
Hello Marco, thank you for visiting my blog! Your kind words mean a lot! greetings from Germany :)
DeleteOh wow, I love this. The pages are beautiful. The colors look so true to life as well. Very pretty
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ann. I really enjoyed this page, although the drying time took forever!
DeleteHi dear friend Duni, I absolutely love these pages! Your posts are always beautiful, inspiring and bring much joy for me. Thank you so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you enjoy my posts. Makes me happy :)
DeleteDear Duni, I wanted to mention to you that I am subscribed to you...sometimes your new post does not appear in my news feed, I am not happy about this. But I just wanted to let you know that even if it doesn't I always come and see if you have a new post, because I am a huge fan of your art...and you. :)
ReplyDeleteNo worries, Linda ♥ Funnily enough the same happened with your blog, but when I changed the http to https it was fine!
DeleteHi Duni, thanks a lot for this information. I do know that if I click on any url I sometimes get a warning by Google that any particular site does not support a secure whatever, but it doesn't happen when I visit your site. Whenever I get such a warning ⚠️ I don't proceed. I appreciate your kind explanation and am going to fix it.
DeleteHi Duni, in response to your question on my blog today...well, I changed the http to https. However, now that I look at it, it is http...and I know I changed it! Grrrrrrr. LOL! Technology, what an annoying thing sometimes. I won't know anything as whether it worked or not until you make your next post, but not to worry, every time you make a comment on my blog I click on your name and go directly to your blog to see if there is anything new. I don't mind, really. :) Thanks so much for asking and for the tip.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, how annoying. Linda, I'm so happy that you found my blog ♥
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