How to get depth, pattern and life into your artwork - step by step tut.

Hello and welcome.

I hope you are feeling fine. I am doing fine, have a lot of fun ideas that I hankering to get tested out, but first thing first. I'd promised you to come back and show you step by step how to get depth, pattern and life into your artwork. So here we go :-)


LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE - NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST - GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN

 On canvas I always started with white Gesso, using a spatel, creditcard, babywipe or a brush.
On this canvas, I tore up many pieces from an old book and glued them down with Mod Pogde as it shows  at the picture below:

 

And then I tore up some pieces from a cardboard box and glued them on with Mod Pogde. It does not show here, but  I also inflicted gesso on cardboard pieces just to get the right colour on the paint I will apply.

 

Then I took my acrylic Paint in the colour pink, purple, green, yellow and turquis and smeared Paint on with a baby wipe, as shown below:

 



 

so I picked up many exciting and fun stencils and inflicted the same colors that I had used on the background. And of course no art without the use of Stamps :-) I'd used stamps and stamped some pattern in the same colourpalett as the background and some pattern in black ink. I hope you can see it. I know, it was not any good quality of these Pictures. I'm sorry about that.



 

Finaly I used a clover-stencilmask from Dylusion and a blending tool and Paint around the stencilmask With the colour turquoise, and a stencil from Tim Holtz Collection called Dot Fade here and there around the image, and some black stripes with my creditcard. I Draw around the edges of the clover with a black Posca pen.

And voila it became this litle piece of art :-)

 

I hope this was helpful and inspiring and gave you a taste for more so you come back soon.

 

If you are Norwegian/Scandinavian or just familiar with the language, check out my post on Rubber Dance Scandinavian blog. There I have posting doodling and Neocolors II on aquarellepaper. It is very fun and you can not stop once you've started, I promise you :-)

 

Next time I will show you step by step from my Art Journal among other things this:

 

 - and maybe some more.

Dont go away - stay tuned!

 

Hugs from me to you
<3

 



Some art from the heart and some funny cool things

Helo

I just wanna pop by and show you some of my artwork I'l been doing lately, and tell you that I've had my first post as a Designer over at Rubber Dance Norwegian/Skandinavian Blog, take a look by cliking here.

This Art Journal page as you see below I called "Du er Vakker" - "You are beautiful", just to remind you, and me, we are beautiful just the way we are. 

The beautiful Flowers and the butterflies are rubberstamps from Rubber Dance. Rubber Dance is the place you will get all your rubberstamps from. Take a look, they are beautiful, all of them.

On this one below, the birdie one -that's also an Art Journal page. For the background I used gesso then a stencil. This time the stencil is not only as a stencil, but also as a stamp with acrylic paint. And some smaal birdy stamps.

 I've jused rubberstamps for the twig and colored it with Distress ink in different shades of green and and Liquid Pearls in the colour Key Lime, the bird is from a napkin that I cut out and clue on the page. The text is a norwegian pun; In the norwegian language can you use the same word on a twig as if you're sad and cry.... Do you get it?

Oh my - I'am so bad in english...Sometime I feel like Petter Solberg, the norwegian race car driver you know :-) Take a look at You Tube and search for "Petter Solberg english" than you know :-))

I am so glad that you came by and visit my blog, and I do hope you will come back soon.

I would be very happy if you leave me a comment.

Psssst: Next time I will show you art on canvas - with a tutorial of course :-)

Hugs from Niti

Because I'm Happy - Me, the thrilled member of a marvelous Design Team

Helo you Sweeties

It’s Sunday today, but it’s not just only a Sunday, it is a very special Sunday for me. It’s now official that I’ve become a very proud member of the Rubber Dance Skandinavian Design Team J And I’m just overthrilled. This is a dream come true.

Not only do I get the opportunity to show my artistic skills, but I get in addition allowed to become acquainted with many wonderful artistic people around the world. Where we can both support, encourage, and last but not least, inspire each other. No wonder I’m happy :-)

You can read more about Me, Rubber Dance, Bibi (the big Boss and the Designer and Developer of the beautifull Rubber Stamps), and all the other remarkable Design Team members here






And to celebrate the good things I've just made this marvelous piece of art - if I do say so myself :-)

This background is a bit special. I have used clingfilm from the kitchen. The technique is simple but ingenious, and I just loooove the result.

This time I just used stamps from Rubber Dance. You can find and buy all the stamps I have used and even more fantastic rubber Stamps here

I realy do hope you want to come back and visit me on my blog, cause here is a lot of inspiration and glory, and it's just getting better and better.

If you want a step by step tutorials, or/and want to know which equipment I used on this Art Journal page, please write me a comment and I promise you both answer you and also Publish a step by step tut on my blog. Just to make you happy :-)

Finally, I would just like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Bibi (the big Boss over at Rubber Dance) who have given me this opportunity. I am very glad that I have discovered you and your wonderful stamps. Must of course emphasize that you are also a very talented artist and a lovely human being.

Until next time - Be Happy and give the world a big happy SMILE!


Hugs, Niti/Anita x

This has been a bad day - FORGLEM MEG EI

That feeling - when you had a real bad bad Day and just go into your artroom, breathe in the smell of paint, stamps, paper, inks etc. sit down and just begin to make something beautiful out of your feeling... That feeling....

It's priceless. I am so glad that a have this room of mine and the possibility to express myself trought art. 

                                  FORGLEM MEG EI (forgot me not)

       

Tomorow I will come back and give you a list of what I've been using to make this Journal Page. I hope you pop in and say helo. 

Hugs, Niti

Summer, Vacation & Traveling - Free to see the world

Hi! Good to see you.
Now finally summer come to us from Bergen also :-) It's about time!


Today I want to show you my newest Art Journal spread. This is all about summer, traveling and vacation.  I was inspired by the July challenge over at Rubber Art Dance where the month colors and theme is:





I just looooove it!!
And here is the result of my inspiration. I realy hope you like it and give me a comment :-)

And here is some close look at some details and stamps I used:

Take a look at the challenge over at Rubber Dance by the link below. Maybe you get inspired as well :-)

http://rubberdance.blogspot.no/2015/07/july-challenge

You can win some of the beautiful rubber stamps from Rubber Dance Art Stamps. They are just astounding. I've been using a cople of them on this spread: The small butterflies, the blue flowers and the ladies on the beach..

Hope you pop in again soon - until then have a beautiful summerday.

Hugs from Niti

Do what you Love. Love what you do - This make me SMILE

Hi again :-)

I promise you to show you what I've been doing for the last past days. And voila - here it is

This is my big Art Journal book from Dylusions.

I startet with gesso all over the page,  so I made balls of paint here and there with the colors pink, yellow, green and blue. Let it all dry and then i came in with Rubber Art Stamps from the collection called Arty Hearty and stamp some heart here and there.

I used a stencil for the arrow-like stuff, and stamped some gorgeous pocket watch from the Rubber Art Stamps collection called Collages Elements. I also drew some curves with my Uni Posca Pen.

Here is some close up of the gorgeous pocket watch

Then I came in with a stamp - still from Rubber Dance Art Stamp, from the collection called New Retro Beach.

Then I used paint brush mixed some gesso with water and painted a little here and there with mixed gesso just to make the colour of the paint and the stamps mixed beautiful togheter.

This beautiful flower is from the collection Antique Botanicals. As you can see of the picture below I stamped this flower on top of the gesso.

Then I took a little more paint and painted a little here and there and made some circles with my fingers, and some gold paint and stamp some more of the pocket watch with gold painting.

and did some doodling

Here is some more close up of the finaly results

This Art Journal Page was really fun to make. I hope I have inspired you also to play with stamps and paint.

I think i will join in with this Art Journal page for the challenge at http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.at/2015/06/what-makes-you-smile.html

because this Art Journal spread make me SMILE :-) And if I win this june-challenge I will smile even more : -))

Doodling, stamping, art, colours, drawing, play with different techniques,colours and materials make me happy and SMILING!

I hope you will give me a comment so that I know you're out there and follow me in my artistic world.

I will soon be back. Until then - take care!

Hugs from Niti :-)

My New goodies from Rubber Dance

Helo my stamping friends :-)

I'm just pop in to show you my goodies that i received from Rubber Art Stamps. These are just enchanting, and i can't stop playing with them  :-)

These stamps is from the collection; En liten hilsen, Funny Birthday, Antique Botanicals, New Retro Beach, Collage Elements and Arty Hearty.

I will come back to you soon and show you what i have been up to with these stamps lately - with a step by step tutorial. Don't go away!

If you fancy some of these stamps please visit Rubber Dance Art Stamps online Store by this link:

http://www.rubberdance.com/category-s/116.htm

Until you visit me again have a beautiful and stampfull day :-)

Hugs from Niti

Rubber Dance June Colour Challenge

Gooooood morning sunshine! It's a beautiful Day coming up :-)

We who lives in Norway and espesially Bergen this Days have to keep up the positive thougt. It's june 11. and only 8 degrees Celsius outside and heavy rain..... When will we get to experience to feel the summer heat and see the sun?

In the meantime - I create something sunny by the sea yesterday evening and this is my contribution for the challenge over at Rubber Dance:
http://rubberdance.blogspot.com/p/colour-challenge.html

For June our colours are:

Sunny/sand yellow, green and ocean blue.

In addition to our colour scheme, our OPTIONAL theme for June is Sand & Sea

Here is my contribution for this months colour challenge at Rubber Dance. I hope you like it - and that I win ;-)
I used Rubber Dance Art stamps collection called New Retro Beach

Some close up of my card. 

And here is a picture of what i used. Unfortunately I forgot to bring in the glue and Baking Baper for the picture. I used crumpled Baking Paper to create the sea. And some Mod Podge to glue the pearls and the fishnet.

http://www.rubberdance.com