' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Art Journal Letter N & fifty shades of grey

Sunday 3 November 2013

Art Journal Letter N & fifty shades of grey

I just chose the title to entice readers... but my post isn't titillating in anyway, unless crafting is your thing!
I wanted to join the Craft Barn challenge and have a play... I knew I wanted to use pastels this time and a Tim Holtz stamp, so I chose my word accordingly: Nostalgia. And since I was using pastels, I thought I would join the Pan Pastel challenge which gave me the colour scheme.


Throughout the page I have only used the pastel over Versamarked images. I used the Grunge background stamp (Impression Obsession) as a border all around the page, the Canvas stamp (also IO) and a Hero Arts flourish background. I varied the shades of grey from light to dark and cool to warm.
Then of course my chosen Tim Holtz stamp, for which I allowed myself a pop of red for the bellboy's jacket and hat, as it gives the image focus and creates a bit of excitement in an otherwise grey page...
At this point I used an electric eraser to recover some of the white for the "Victoria" and the bell boy's face.

I then used a number of small filler stamps with dye inks, sometimes mixing colours directly on the stamps.

Hope you like this one,

18 comments:

  1. Cette page en Pastels et en dégradés de gris est superbe, le contraste avec le tampon de tim Holz est génial !! Très belle utilisation de ces beaux tampons de fond aussi, bravo !... Bises

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  2. Great word to choose and great mix of stamps!

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  3. Fab page In greys and the pop of red really stands out.

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  4. Great interpretation of your choice of word :)
    Von ♥

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  5. Fantastic page. The pop of red and white just sets of the grey tones. Love it. I have never heard of an electric eraser but it certainly cleaned up the white Victoria - amazing but do I need it? lol.

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    1. Ah... I asked myself that question for 10 years, but yes now I've got it I wouldn't be without it for pencil work. I take the opportunity to comment on your Nurse pages (no Facebook). Very original and fun and I love the textures.

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  6. Visiting from The Craft Barn - Brilliant idea, I love all the different stamps you used & the pop of red is inspired :o)

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  7. Very nostalgic, well done. I really want some Pan Pastels!

    Cazzy x

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  8. Very clever word choice, and great pages! Hugs Frea

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  9. I really like this - that little bit of red just stands out so well against all the grey! Claire x

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  10. Fabulous page, love the details and that grey colour palette works beautifully. MMx

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  11. Fab page, the red really draws your eye in. Lou x

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  12. That's a gorgeous choice, your page looks fabulous.

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  13. Wow! What a fantastic project! Love all the gears and pop of color!

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  14. Wonderful page, love the varying shades of grey and the splash of red from the bellboy image.

    Sylv xx

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  15. Great word! Love the colours and detail fabulously nostalgic!!

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  16. Gorgeous pages love the stamping and grey with the touch of red.

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