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Tuesday 5 June 2018

Paper Bag Tutorial by DT Megha


Hello Everyone,

Today I am here with a tutorial post on creating a Journal Page on a brown paper bag.
I love Art Journalling, this is one art form which I enjoy thoroughly. 

It’s a place to record your thoughts, memories, and emotions through images, art and words. The number one rule about Art Journaling is that there are No Rules. :)

So let's start,

Step 1: We will convert this simple brown paper bag, don't be afraid of all the print we'll cover it all up like it was never there.

  
Step 2: I am going to cover my paper with white gesso, here I am covering the print on the bag and also preparing the background and priming the surface for the sprays and colours.



Step 3: Before the gesso dries I am going to tear pieces of Tim Holtz tissue paper and randomly place them on the bag, as the bag is still wet with gesso the tissue will adhere well.



Step 4: I am going ahead and heat setting this and dry this with a heat gun.


Step 5: I am taking some American Crafts twine for texture and interest and again randomly placing it on my bag. 


Step 6: I am going to adhere this with the help of white gesso so that I can help the twine to stick and also prime the twine to accept the colour sprays.


Step 7: Next, I am taking a geometric shape stencil and run modelling paste through it, in this case, triangles. I am going to use a generous amount of paste so that my triangles stand out.


Step 8: I am making sure all of the gesso and modelling paste is nice and dry so that we can spray away the colours without any fear. :)


Step 9: I'll be using 13 @rts Sprays, the idea here is to go from brightest to darkest to create depth. Make sure to shake your sprays before use so the pigments mix well.
I will be spraying water on the bag in intervals to help the pigment to flow and move around.

I am going to start spraying from the left and the right sides and tilt my bag toward the middle so that I can allow the colours to flow by themselves. I am starting with the brightest colours, Yellow Lemon and Yellow Amber.

I am going to dry this with a heat gun a little bit and spray again with same colours to build the colours and then dry again with the heat gun.



Step 10: Now I will take the dark colours, the beautiful Lilac and Chalk Grey sprays.

I sprayed the Lilac randomly and heat set it a bit and then I am opening my Chalk grey spray and dropping the colour in places here and there with the help of the tube.  This amazingly mixes and spreads into the page. I am going to heat set between the layers and application of the sprays.


Step 11: Time for embellishments. I am going to use some sparkly paper butterflies and flower corners and dark black flowers, I choose these to go with my title. 



Step 12:  I stamped my sentiment with black archival ink.


Step 13: I took some black and white acrylic paints and splattered all over the page, this gives me a certain amount of joy :) I heat set the black splatter and then did the white splatters and heat set again.


Step 14: To add more dimension and interest to the bag I am putting in white and black Nuvo drops in random places.




Step 15: I want to add more dimension and interest to my bag, I am going to use the newly launched MDF embellishments from Rainbow Craftykari- Triangles. 
Im simply painting them with black matte paint and adhering them on the bag.


Step 16: I splattered the bag once again heavily with white paint and applied black soot distress ink on the edges to frame the bag. 



We are done without Journal page on a brown bag and Gift Bag!

Here's a video flip through


Here are some pictures of the bag,











Supplies used:
  • Brown Paper Bag
  • Ranger Tim Holtz Tissue
  • Modelling Paste 
  • White Gesso 
  • Stencil
  • Matt Medium, Liquid Glue
  • American Crafters twine
  • Flowers & Butterflies Paper embellishments 
  • any inspirational word Stamps
  • Black Archival Ink
  • Rainbow Craftykari MDF Triangles
  • 13 Arts Colour Sprays 
  • Nuvo Drops- Black and White
  • White and Black Acrylic Paint
  • Black Soot Distress Ink
  • Heat Gun
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Happy Crafting!


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