My calendar popped up a reminder for June 3 that it was my blogaversary and I looked and saw that it had been ten years since I started SewPaperPaint! WOW!
I wanted to share a fun tutorial with you based on inspiration by Karen Stamper and Traci Bautista from this year's Sketchbook Revival Binge Fest. What fun!
My friend had spent the weekend with me for some creative fun and we decided to work in our accordion books following Karen Stamper's process of adhering various paper elements and masking/washi tapes to a long accordion paper, then adding inks or watercolor, spraying and letting the drips run free. Oh my this was fun! We both made two panels and I could have made ten. Ha ha!
I really wanted to turn mine into a completed work. Karen uses her pieces as a base for future architectural drawings, but that wasn't traveling - I've become such a homebody!
Meanwhile, I was so inspired by Traci's use of a dagger brush and the way she held it upwards to produce beautiful, fluent leaves. We had used a bottle of liquid watercolor in black by Blick and had a lot left in our little jars days later. I thought it would be beautiful to add some of the leaves and happily reactivated the dried color with my wet brush. It worked beautifully, though the black does turn quite blue when very wet.
I fussy cut my practice pieces I had done on book pages and adhered them for a variety.
6 comments:
Beautiful!
So beautiful and artistic, love this !!
Oh Autumn, this has been a labour of love, and joy, for you - the outcome is fabulous.
I have missed your blogging, but can understand why you haven't been here. I recently took a break too, but not quite so long.
Blessings
Maxine
Autumn, these techniques are awesome! I really like the colors and all the watercolor turned out super. Great book!
Beautiful! I hope your dear mum is ok x
Hi Autumn, I got here by accident and it's great to see you're still blogging. Love your accordion book and wish you a very happy creative week. Hugs Angela xxx
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