September theme was Journaling with Photos, and the Art Challenge for Week 35 was 'photo transfers'. There are many ways to make photo transfers, and some I've had good luck with and others not so much!
I had painted the page spread with black gesso one day, with no plan in mind for what would come next. I usually start out a new month by trying to make a calendar that reflects the month's theme. But this time, I used calendar numbers from a vintage calendar I got from Good Garbage (a store in Louisville that takes donations and sells them at a reasonable price). I had been waiting for a month that matched the date/day to one of the calendar pages I had. Tuesday on the 1st... got it!
I put masking tape down and used stencils and writing to note the theme, etc. On the left page, I painted a light colored acrylic paint and stamped on it with black writing. I picked the quick and easy transfer method: package tape transfer (instructions can be found numerous places on the world wide web). After I attached the transfer, I went over it with matte medium so it would not be so shiny (but it still is).
On the right side, I painted another light color where I will do some journaling notes about the process. I used the dabber top to make some partial circles (and promptly forgot I had wet paint there, turned the pages to a previous page, and these pages stuck together! Always something)...
The second week in September was of the digital photo variety. I've struggled with that one! More on that later.
1 comment:
Looks great. You can use the white on the calendar page for the rest of the months prompts. Perfect!
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