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January 12 : Mixed Media

I Love Mixed Media!...So I Just Had To Do This Challenge Before Trying To Get The Other 4 Layouts I Am Behind On Done...But I Digress...Favorite Challenge So Far!...Although It Was Different For Me...I Am So Used To Blending Everything...& Blending Multiple Papers Together With Photos Etc...So It Did Challenge Me In A Different Way...But In A Good Way...

IE: The Rules Of This Challenge :

*1 White Background Paper
*1 Photo Extracted : Me Holding A Compact Mirror With Reflected Light
*No Blending
*No Shadows
*No 3D Elements

Credits : All Of The Items I Used To Complete My : Reflections : Layout : Came From The Same Collection : March Is For Rainy Days By Little Butterfly Wings...Labeled Mixed Media Items : More Specific Details On Each Piece I Used :

*Blue Circle Paint (1)
*Rainbow Clouds Stamp (1)
*Aqua & Teal Paint (2)
*March Stamp (1)
*Gold Stars Stamp (1)
*Flower Doodles (3)
*Watercolor Rainbow Paint (1)
*Butterfly Stamp (1)
*Aqua Circle Paint (1)
*Black Stamp With Numbers (1)
*Green Circle Paint (1)
*Brown/Yellow/Khaki/Lime Long Paint Splatter (1)
*Large Black Paint Splatter (1)
*Black Word Stamp With Lines (1)

 
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Serendipity Bundle by Rachel Jefferies (paint x2, stamp x2, marker doodle)
Urban Fusion by Amy Wolff (I used a doily for negative paint)
Nostalgia by Sara Gleason
Art Mega Pack by Anna Aspnes Designs (gesso & paint)

 
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I really enjoyed this challenge, thanks so much for hosting! I listed my required items in the gallery credits.

 
Great challenge Barb!! So creative... gotta use this more. :yup I've got 6 painted black doodles, 3 brush strokes (1 brown & 2 blue glitter), 1 blue marbled paint stroke, 2 blue splashes.
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I loooove this challenge! Thank you so much! I love mixed media with real paints and paper but never tried it digitally. So thank you so much to prompt me to try, it almost felt a little like "real" mixed media with the playing and just do whatever you feel like without a laid out plan. I was a little surprised by all that white space on a lot of the Layouts here. They are beautiful but mixed media just means a bit of another look for me. More paint, more mixing, more messy, too. So I did all that and had so much fun!


I didn't count the used paint and other mixed media elements ;)
 
More than 20 paint strokes, gesso, art markings, etc.

The white background made this harder than I had imagined but I still had lots of fun playing with brushes.

 
Aerobigirl said:
This might be a silly question. A brush is similar to a stamp, right? Do I have to "stamp" in black, or could I recolor the black image with another color? Not clipping a paper over it, but changing its color from black to, say, blue? Sort of like stamping with a different colored ink.

Please accept my apology if this doesn't make any sense. This is a very new idea to me and I'm seeking to understand.
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YES! Sorry for the delay we were at the car dealership all afternoon, then out to dinner.
You can change the color of a brush which would be your ‘stamp’ just let me know in your credits so I m not looking for a black brush markings. If you need more help PM me!
 
This didn't feel like something out of my comfort zone, but it turned out harder than I thought... I started with a totally different idea in mind - which just refused to work - and ended up with my subconscious hijacking my creative process and taking over to express itself... hence the super long list of credits - totally uncarachteristic of me...

 
Awesome challenge thanks Barbara!
Here's my page!
11 stamps + paint pieces + 1 Gesso + 1 scribble
 
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