Colorbox Cats Eye stamps

The rest of the alphabet, this time to play with mixing stamp pads, gel medium, and watercolor paint.

The small cats eye stamps that come in a stack (6 colors) are so convenient to daub on paper or . . . even stamps! I stroked gel medium over the dried letters, which lifted some color, but added to the grunge look.

Then a splotch of watercolor paint, which makes interesting patterns over gel medium. It all works for learning how the different media work together.

In the journal.

stamping letters

I bought some letters for stamping BIG messages.

Stamp pad ink, then acrylics brayered on and monoprinted on (from waxed paper), then a line with a dip pen in india ink: "With 26 letters, you can write everything."

Of course, I only used 13 here. In the journal.

green and gold collage

One of the collage techniques I learned online is to use torn strips of masking tape. Great for simple, paintable layering.

The gold strips were from another paper. I'm liking collage without imagery, just for texture.

In the journal, where all the lines are covered up.