Today I made skin! Lots of skin....
No...I didn't say I showed any skin....I made some ...in the class that I took from Golden's acrylic artist Patti Brady...who, by the way has a new book and the most unusual hair colors I've ever seen...not counting some of the weird things I've been known to do to my own !
I'd really never played with Goldens products before so this was a nice treat. Zana and I sat side by side while we made "skins" from their acrylic paints, gels and digital grounds. The grounds is the last overlay and the one that allows you to run the skin through your ink jet and print on it. Fabulouso !
But, did we shop, you ask?? New? ..what else...there was a nice exhibitor vendors thingie that we dropped some bucks at while we munched sandwiches and chips going from one vendor to the other. Yes...we picked up a signed copy of Patti's new book...excellent.
Here is the beginnings of a collage I made using a picture of classmate Debby Kiels grandmother Marie.
It starts with a gel medium applied to something it will not stick to, like the non stick craft sheet or a plastic sleeve. You brush it on an 8.5 X 11 surface. You let it dry - thoroughly. That process creates what is called a "skin".
Now, you brush on the digital ground. Let that dry. Next you tape it down using low tack artists 'masking tape (blue). What we did then was to put the image to copy on the scanner bed and hit the print button...printing it on the "skin".
Because the digital ground medium is water soluble a simple paint brush in water can lift, blur & change the ink on the surface...that was our next step.
Now...I turned it over and on the backside I could apply acrylic paints....let it dry.
Last step...flip it over and adhere with a Gel Medium to a base we made using Golden's Crackle Medium.
Tomorrow we're going to The Art Fair on the Square (over 400 vendors ON the square) in Madison, Wisconsin.
Tonight I'm burying all my credit cards!
I wish I was there, that looks like a blast to play with all that cool stuff. Say Hi to Zana for me, at least you're not in Hell! (TEXAS)
Cheryl
Posted by: Cheryl Darrow | July 11, 2009 at 09:14 AM
This looks really cool! Where would one find the digital ground medium? Thanks for always taking the time and thought to take pictures and share with us!
P.S. You and Zana really do look like Sisters!
Posted by: Penci Petty | July 10, 2009 at 11:10 PM