We hebben ze al een poosje in huis: onze nieuwste Art Journey stempels en ze zijn letterlijk en figuurlijk sprookjesachtig mooi. Onze prachtige paddenstoelen stempels die in April zijn uitgekomen waren zo'n groot succes dat we besloten hebben deze aan te vullen met een paar betoverende figuren zoals Kabouters, vlindermeisjes en een Elfje. En wat denk je van die grappige slak en die prachtige vlinders? We've had them for some time now, but couldn't show them till now: our new Fairy Tale stamps. As our toadstool and mushroom stamps were so popular, we thought they needed company of some enchanting figures as these gnomes, butterfly girls and fairy. And how cute is that snail with his gorgeous eye's? And that swarm of butterflies, I really love those. Fairy Girl Butterfly Girls Fairy Tale People Hieronder slechts een paar kaarten van de meiden van het designteam. De rest zullen ze jullie in de loop van de komende weken laten zien. Below a few examples the girls of the designteam made, the others will show you their work in the following day's/weeks. Ellen Schrik Willy Duit Anette van den Berg Anne Swinkels Anette van den Berg Renje Heidstra Ik hoop dat jullie net zo betoverd zijn als wij! Alle stempels zijn vanaf nu verkijgbaar in onze webwinkel. I hope you as spellbound as we are! All stamps are available in our webshop. PS Er is in de maand augustus GEEN CHALLENGE ivm de vakanties. There won't be a challenge in the month of August due to the summerholiday's. take care
Wonderful work from oppsadaisy a fashion student from Plymouth, I love her combinations of letters, photographs and stamps in these textile pieces.
I have been active the past month in the role as an arts educator visiting grade five classes in a couple of elementary school classrooms here in the city of Thunder Bay. This is through the Community Arts and Heritage Education Project or CAHEP. I have been actively getting placements in schools through this program since 2006. This year the learners have been given the opportunity to learn relief block printmaking. Not only do they get to try a brand new visual arts technique but learn about the principles of design and explore colour theory in the process. This years theme for the program is Thinking Outside the Box. Here is the Project Overview for the second and most recent venture: Project Title: Construction This project uses relief block printmaking as the basis for the creation of hand printed imagery that utilizes several stages of process from start to finish. Learners were given the opportunity to use two surfaces to create a two colour print on paper. One surface was left solid and the second surface was carved into using special cutting blades to produce a relief design. Prints were produced by using careful registration of paper and application of ink to both sides of a block in two separate printing sessions. To begin, the learners were encouraged to think about and share dialogue revolving around the concept of the word structure. Using photo reference they focused on a particular section of either a manmade or nature made structure. They enlarged the chosen area and proceeded to develop it and construct a colour print that would allow it to be viewed in an entirely different way. This is where adhering to the theme of “thinking outside of the box” came into play. Learners were also challenged by utilizing the principles of design in their respective works of art. During the project they learned about such important areas such as line, shape, positive and negative space, rhythm, repetition, texture, composition, contrast to name but a few. Using linoleum cutting tools they were able to carve their images into a soft composite material (softoleum). Ink was applied to the relief surfaces using brayers and prints were made in two colour combinations on paper using traditional hand printing methods. An emphasis was made on using complementary and split complementary colour combinations in the prints that would allow for real contrasts and impact in the images. The students printed a solid colour square first and then the cut side of the block with their design was printed over top in a contrasting colour. Materials used: Softoleum blocks, linocutting tools, water based printing inks, soft rubber brayers, registration boards, subi printmaking paper, rubbing sticks, spray adhesive, white foamcore board panels, spray adhesive Individual panels contain 6 prints are stacked vertically with an overall measurement 25.4 cm (10 inches) in width by 101.6 cm (40 inches in height). Each image explores the concept of structure in two colours. The finished results have been very good. I have put together a display module where an equal number of prints (6) are affixed to a foamboard panel in a vertical format. Four of the panels will be hinged together into a four sided column and set on a table to allow for 360 degree viewing. The results of these sessions will be presented to the public in a day in Feb. at a Community based Arts Fiesta held annually in our local auditorium. Then the works will continue as a display in a public space such as an art gallery or other public accesible space for a longer duration through the month of March. Below are some photos that were taken during different stages of the projects. cutting the softoleum using linocutters reference for the drawing on the block is from a colour rough sketch water based Speedball inks applied to the block using a rubber brayer that was rolled out onto brayer from plate glass surface registration of block on simple cardboard with foamboard strip taped on top. The paper is held in place with push pins and the paper is set over the inked block and burnished using a plastic rubbing stick using constant pressure in a circular motion. back to back prints hung to dry on a clothes line. One of several stations set up for application of different colours of inks to the blocks. zig zag design - orange printed over top of a solid violet square detail from square print panel - spiral shell design printed in green over red (complementary colours) another detail from a print panel spider web study - yellow over top of a solid red square four panels each with six prints that will be hinged together to create a four sided column display Each print is 14 x 14.6 cm (5.5 x 5.75 inches) and there are a total of 24 prints in total. .
Another favorite set of Art Journey stamps: Insects Nog een favoriete stempelset van Art Journey: Insects First I stamped a text background, with little leafs from the Branches set. Eerst een achtergrond gestempeld met de Text stempel en kleine blaadjes uit de Branches set. I stamped the insects with black Archival ink, and colored them with pencils. De insecten werden met zwarte Archival inkt gestempeld, en met potloden ingekleurd. Branches and Insects are new stamp sets. Branches en Insects zijn nieuwe stempels. Art Journey Stamps- Insects I used: Art Journey stamps: Branches, Nature, Insects, Text Inkpads: StazOn Stone Grey; Archival Jet Black; Distress Ink Gathered Twigs Colored Pencils
A quick and easy tag I made with the waterdrops stamp by Art Journey. Een snel en makkelijk label gemaakt met de waterdruppels stempel v...
hallo allemaal. Deze keer heb ik een snel klein projectje gemaakt met natuurlijk art journey stempels. Met name de sheet Crows. Ik heb een aantal foto's gemaakt, maar natuurlijk ook een kort filmpje. This time I made a small project with of course Artjourney stamps. I used most of the stamps from the sheet Crows. I show you some pictures and of course I have a short movie as well. het gehele boekje is gemaakt van strookjes gelliprint die ik nog over had. the whole booklet is made with left over pieces of gelliprint paper I had. Elke pagina heeft een wijze zin, iets wat ik af en toe hardop tegen mezelf kan zeggen. every page has some smart words of advice , I should tell my self from time to time. Deze kraai is mijn favoriet op deze sheet met prachtige stempels. this crow is my favourite on this great sheet Crows En hier is het filmpje. and here is the tutorial
Rubber band stamp
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Thought I should give you a little update on my on-line linocut class progress. The first lesson includes three different exercises, the ...
I have been active the past month in the role as an arts educator visiting grade five classes in a couple of elementary school classrooms here in the city of Thunder Bay. This is through the Community Arts and Heritage Education Project or CAHEP. I have been actively getting placements in schools through this program since 2006. This year the learners have been given the opportunity to learn relief block printmaking. Not only do they get to try a brand new visual arts technique but learn about the principles of design and explore colour theory in the process. This years theme for the program is Thinking Outside the Box. Here is the Project Overview for the second and most recent venture: Project Title: Construction This project uses relief block printmaking as the basis for the creation of hand printed imagery that utilizes several stages of process from start to finish. Learners were given the opportunity to use two surfaces to create a two colour print on paper. One surface was left solid and the second surface was carved into using special cutting blades to produce a relief design. Prints were produced by using careful registration of paper and application of ink to both sides of a block in two separate printing sessions. To begin, the learners were encouraged to think about and share dialogue revolving around the concept of the word structure. Using photo reference they focused on a particular section of either a manmade or nature made structure. They enlarged the chosen area and proceeded to develop it and construct a colour print that would allow it to be viewed in an entirely different way. This is where adhering to the theme of “thinking outside of the box” came into play. Learners were also challenged by utilizing the principles of design in their respective works of art. During the project they learned about such important areas such as line, shape, positive and negative space, rhythm, repetition, texture, composition, contrast to name but a few. Using linoleum cutting tools they were able to carve their images into a soft composite material (softoleum). Ink was applied to the relief surfaces using brayers and prints were made in two colour combinations on paper using traditional hand printing methods. An emphasis was made on using complementary and split complementary colour combinations in the prints that would allow for real contrasts and impact in the images. The students printed a solid colour square first and then the cut side of the block with their design was printed over top in a contrasting colour. Materials used: Softoleum blocks, linocutting tools, water based printing inks, soft rubber brayers, registration boards, subi printmaking paper, rubbing sticks, spray adhesive, white foamcore board panels, spray adhesive Individual panels contain 6 prints are stacked vertically with an overall measurement 25.4 cm (10 inches) in width by 101.6 cm (40 inches in height). Each image explores the concept of structure in two colours. The finished results have been very good. I have put together a display module where an equal number of prints (6) are affixed to a foamboard panel in a vertical format. Four of the panels will be hinged together into a four sided column and set on a table to allow for 360 degree viewing. The results of these sessions will be presented to the public in a day in Feb. at a Community based Arts Fiesta held annually in our local auditorium. Then the works will continue as a display in a public space such as an art gallery or other public accesible space for a longer duration through the month of March. Below are some photos that were taken during different stages of the projects. cutting the softoleum using linocutters reference for the drawing on the block is from a colour rough sketch water based Speedball inks applied to the block using a rubber brayer that was rolled out onto brayer from plate glass surface registration of block on simple cardboard with foamboard strip taped on top. The paper is held in place with push pins and the paper is set over the inked block and burnished using a plastic rubbing stick using constant pressure in a circular motion. back to back prints hung to dry on a clothes line. One of several stations set up for application of different colours of inks to the blocks. zig zag design - orange printed over top of a solid violet square detail from square print panel - spiral shell design printed in green over red (complementary colours) another detail from a print panel spider web study - yellow over top of a solid red square four panels each with six prints that will be hinged together to create a four sided column display Each print is 14 x 14.6 cm (5.5 x 5.75 inches) and there are a total of 24 prints in total. .
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Take out styrofoam jigsaw relief print on black paper I will be starting a project on Monday working with about 20 elementary school students (range of grade levels from four through eight). They will be creating individual relief based prints from the surface of a product called scratchfoam. The students will be learning a technique called jigsaw block. They first draw an image into the surface of the foam using ballpoint pen. Then waterbased ink is rolled onto the print surface using a rubber brayer and printed using a hand burnishing application onto a piece of paper that is set over top. The foam is first bonded to a thin piece of bristol board using a high tack spray adhesive. The bristol board has a thin layer of water based varathane rolled on the bottom side to help waterproof it and to counter act the tension of the two materials brought together. This prevents it from curling when it is cut apart or when ink is applied to the surface. This sandwich thickness is still pretty easy to cut using scissors. The next step is to dissect the block which will allow it to be printing using a jigsaw technique. I carefully cut the block apart using scissors and xacto blades. The trick was to follow lines already drawn into the foam and use these as a cutting guide . I devised a registration board system so that a 9 x 12 inch piece of scratchfoam was reduced to a 7 x 10 inch block. This left 1 inch strips of scratchfoam which were set along the edge of a 9 x 12 foamcore registration board and held in place with masking tape. The inked pieces were reassembled back into this frame. Each of the 7 individual segments had a colour of ink rolled on and were then reassembled A 9 x 12 piece of black paper was placed over the block and held in place with push pins at top. The placement of the block contained within the one inch strips along the perimeter helped to center the block on the paper and left a one inch border around the image on the paper. I found that Speedball ink has a tendency to dry quickly (even with retarder medium added) so had apply a spray of very fine water mist to reactivate it just before the paper was set over top and hand burnished.I usually spray about 15 - 20 inches above the block and let the mist settle gently and evenly on the surface. Unfortunately a little bit more water collected and caused a little uneveness in the light blue section under the crow and to the left side of the trash can. Anyhow those that work with Speedball might understand some of the challenges it presents. I chose black paper as it provides the dark contrast to define the line in a positive image. If this was printed onto white paper then you would get a neg. image.The students should have some fun with this testing their skills in composition, colour application and exploration of shape, line, texture to name but a few key learning factors. Another thing I have learned is that some of the Speedball inks such as yellow, red and blue do not print as opaque on a black background so by adding just a hint of white ink will help to increase the opacity. But in some cases the transparency factor can be used for effect (for example a pure yellow was printed on to the black paper in the grass section at the bottom of this image and produced a tint of green). If I were to do an edition of prints from the foam block for my own collection (which I may still) would most likely would use an oil based ink and print these on a better quality of printmaking paper that is available in black such as Stonehenge, Somerset or Canson paper.
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A new set of stunning 6" x 6" designer papers will be made available in less than three weeks. It's called New Horizons. Even just a small portion of this paper can be the main artwork
