I just KNEW I had to kick off my first ULD Guest Designer project with a BANG! There was no other way to do it than with……drum roll, please…….ULD's chipboard "SPLATS". I couldn't get my acrylic paint on those yummies fast enough! LOL!
Let's jump right in with my mixed media art journal layout process:
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| "King of Kings" Mixed Media Art Journal Layout |
Let's jump right in with my mixed media art journal layout process:
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| Start with a 12 x12 piece of canvas textured white cardstock. |
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| Use a brush stroke to paint a black, semi-gloss background. |
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| Create a textured backdrop using a brick wall stencil & gesso. |
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| Position three pieces of paper on top of your background as shown above. |
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| Use the Golden high flow acrylic paint to create paint splatters. |
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| Loosen the cap of the Golden 'florescent pink' acrylic paint bottle. Apply paint straight from the bottle using a 'flicking' method. |
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| Remove the three pieces of paper. |
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| Use a paint brush to lightly smear some of the paint on the brick. Dry with a heat gun. |
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| Position two more pieces of paper as shown above. |
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| Apply 'indigo blue' paint in the same "flicking" motion, remove the two pieces of paper, and lightly smear the 'indigo blue' on the brick. Dry completely. |
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| Flick & smear Golden 'dioxazine purple' acrylic paint. Dry Completely. Add more 'florescent pink'. Dry completely. |
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| Flick Golden 'green gold' acrylic paint. Dry completely. |
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| Apply Golden 'iridescent' acrylic paint using a 'flicking' motion. Dry completely. |
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| Apply gesso to Unique Laser Design's "Splats" shapes. Allow to dry. |
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| Add Golden high flow acrylic paint to the ULD "Splats". Dry completely. |
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| Adhere "Splats" to the background using matte medium. |
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| Add smaller "Splats" on top of larger ones to give a nice layered look. |
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| Outline all "Splats" with a black Uni-ball Signo pen. |
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| Use gold foil Thickers to create your "King of Kings" sentiment. |
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| Use matte medium to adhere the alphas to the background. |
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| Free draw a crown on a 4 x 6 golden colored piece of card stock. |
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| Trace the crown with a black Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen. |
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| Add bling rhinestones to the crown. |
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| Trace sentiment with a black Uni-ball Signo pen & silver Sakura Gelly Roll pen. |
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| Distress the edges of the white card stock with black ink. |
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| Close-up of the layers & texture. |
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| Close-up of the sentiment. |
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| And, VOILA' ~ King of Kings Mixed Media Art Journal Layout!!! |
I hope you enjoyed this mixed media art journal process! You can find the ULD "Splat" pieces HERE or check them out at Unique Laser Design. Have a wonderful week everyone!
XOXO Shelley :D
