Howdy All!
One of my most favorite things to do is to paint on paper. There are many
uses for painted papers, but mostly the process is what thrills me. There is
an artist I admire, who also adores painting on paper. Her name is Jane
Davies . Like Jane, I love to use stencils and paint to create patterns,
textures, and marks on paper. So, I immediately thought of Lynn
Krawczyk’s Marked Series stencils , and I got to work painting on some
paper!
In addition to the Marked Series stencils, I am also using craft acrylic paint,
Dina Wakley acrylic paint, a paint scraper, a paint brush, and crayons from
the Dollar Store. Oh, and I am painting on 50 lb. drawing paper, nothing
fancy.
First, I scraped on some turquoise paint in two different shades.
Some of the scraping happened with the stencil underneath the paper. This
creates an interesting texture. (See below)
I started adding some other colors of paint, as well as some crayon.
As I am working, I am thinking about color, pattern, texture, and contrast.
I definitely needed some orange in there. Not only is orange opposite of
blue on the color wheel, but it’s my favorite color, and it was just Halloween in the
USA, so there you go; orange.
More painted lines and shapes . . .
Now back to the paper with yellow. (I worked on two papers at once).
That was fun!
Here are the two painted papers side by side.
For more artful color patterns and inspiration, I invite you to check out my
workshop in 21 Secrets Color,Color, Color--Draw, Paint, and Print Artful Color Patterns.
I hope this post encourages you to take some time for yourself to play with
stencils, paint, and pattern!
Many Blessings!
Briana of OrangeSpiralArts.com
