Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Hi there!

Today we have 

Claire Jackson

with us and she

is going to give

us a painting demo!

Yes, art and craft - 

fantastic we could

start another art and

craft movement.......!

"For this week’s theme I took for my inspiration

 Van Gogh’s painting flowers in a blue vase. 

I have to confess that the image I was 

working from must have been reversed!

 First I roughly painted a piece of 

heavy weight card with granny smith 

and mermaid Fresco paints.

Using a spotty stencil I sponged china,

 bora bora, banana and autumn fire onto 

the top of the card, and using a stripes stencil 

I sponged hyde park, granny smith, green patina,

 banana, autumn fire and key lime onto the bottom.

Using a stamping tool and magnets to hold 

the card in place I stamped the jug. 

To do this I lightly dabbed china paint onto 

the stamp with a sponge, stamped the image, 

dried it with a heat tool and repeated it 

to build up an opaque image.

 With a paint brush I added a little southern skies

 to the edges of the stamp and stamped again

 and then again with a few highlights in 

snowflake and bora bora.

Now I have to apologise for the next few 

images as I hadn’t realised the camera battery

 was going and it wasn’t focusing properly. 

Next I stamped the leaves in hyde park 

and green patina using a small stamping block.

Then using the little flower stamp in 

different colours I built up the bouquet.

I went back to the stamping tool 

for the larger focal flowers, firstly stamping

 in white to give an opaque background, 

drying the paint and over stamping in banana.

 With the ball end of an embossing tool 

dipped in paint I added centres to the flowers

 and also some petals. 

I even attempted to recreate the 

fuzzy bit near the top

 I decided on keeping the mounting simple 

to let the image speak for itself. 

I'm not sure what Van Gogh 

would make of it but I enjoyed myself."

Materials used:

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish chalk paint:

Carabelle Studio template: concentric circles

Tim Holtz layering stencil: stripes

Card-io clear stamps: veranda view, mum’s garden

Stamping tool:

Thank you Claire that was

really interesting - if Van Gogh

only knew...........!!

Right then everyone get your

paints out and recreate a

masterpiece this weekend

using only what is in your 

crafting stash........!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx