So I was thinking about new workshops and such, and I thought it would be fun to share some quick and easy techniques that you can do with just three “ingredients” (there are a bunch of cookbooks like that*). The first of these is a Reanissance-esque little collage on watercolor paper that can you can use as a card or a cover on a box or – whatever you can think of. Here are the three ingredients (yep, they include my favorites):
- Walnut Ink (made by Tsukineko, available at Michael’s and Jo-Ann’s or online)
- Fake gold leaf (ditto)
- A black and white page from an old art catalog or art book from Half-Price Books or wherever you can find pages to recycle
Here are the steps:
- Three ingredients – ink, leaf, page
- Tear print edges with a ruler for softness
- glue onto watercolor paper (I use spray adhesive)
- Mask off main area of print with scrap paper and spray edges with adhesive
- Open one sheet gold leaf (you may not need all of it)
- Pat around edges
- Spray with walnut ink and rub in gently
- Voila! A three part art semi-masterpiece!
Idea – if you have an art “ingredient” that you bought and don’t know what to do with, tell me what it is and I’ll see if I can figure a three-ingredient project to use it with. Hey, and don’t forget about the Sacred Ground show today!
*PS If you want my favorite three-ingredient food-type recipe, click here 🙂
Brilliant. I think we’ll be doing this – thanks!
Yay – you can get good results with almost any print or drawing, jess-
Lyn, you rock!
Aww, thanks, Sherry!