Sunday 22 February 2015

Painting under the sea!

Well here's a surprise - to me that is! This page started out by being inspired by Anneke on the Paper Artsy blog. Here  is where I started to come unstuck - no tape so added papers and fabrics hanging around on my desk!!I also don't have any of the new paint colours 'YET' so I decided to go with shades of the same colour.Then after a gap of a week I got totally lost!!
So….here I am with my underwater journal page.
The Fresco paint I used (from the top) Lake Wanaka, Sky, Inky Pool,Baltic Blue.
The crackle paste added yesterday looked like bubbles - rubbed them over with Baltic Blue and it was the paint colour that gave me the under sea idea!
The grasses from Darcy's Eclectica EDY09 became a shoal of fish, the seaweed was made using the stem from the umbel in the same set and the leaves and pods from EDY10.
A few of the random dots and blobs from Sara Nauman's Eclectica set ESN09 made more bubbles.
Finally the quote, masked and stamped to make bigger spaces between the lines. I noticed the little dots around the bottom of the quote so masked and added more bubbles with those.

 I am linking to The Paper Artsy Paint Topic 3 Paint challenge.

 Thanks for looking, Chris
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15 comments:

  1. Craftyfield22 February 2015 at 17:08:00 GMT

    Very imaginative under the sea page... The crackled bubbles look great!

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  2. Redanne22 February 2015 at 17:23:00 GMT

    This is a beautiful underwater scene Chris, I love the grasses at the bottom and those bubbles look amazing. Hugs, Anne xx

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  3. Hazel Agnew22 February 2015 at 19:50:00 GMT

    Love the texture on the bubbles, remind me of limpets! Xx

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  4. Zue22 February 2015 at 20:05:00 GMT

    It is brilliant, Chris! One of my favourites of yours.
    Just been watching Countryfile and the theme was the sea....
    Sue x

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  5. massofhair22 February 2015 at 22:20:00 GMT

    Some fab techniques Chris, the crackle looks wonderful and it does make the underwater theme extremely reel (couldn't help the play on words lol). Fantastic page:-) xxx

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  6. Lynne Moncrieff22 February 2015 at 22:42:00 GMT

    An amazing sense of movement on your page with beautiful texture. You certainly convey the sense of the underwater world.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  7. Lynn Stevens23 February 2015 at 05:16:00 GMT

    Your bubbles really look like they are floating in the sea, Gorgeous colors too. Makes me long for summer breezes and salt air!
    Hugs Lynn

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  8. Helen23 February 2015 at 06:20:00 GMT

    love how you became inspired to turn this into an under-sea experience!!

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  9. Astrid Maclean23 February 2015 at 09:15:00 GMT

    Stunning Chris, such a wonderful underwater feel to this! Love the crackle elements and super work with those paints!!

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  10. johanna23 February 2015 at 10:04:00 GMT

    i really love the texture here! and thanks for pointing me into the direction of the paperartsy challenge:)

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  11. Pamellia23 February 2015 at 11:51:00 GMT

    Oh wow Chris, this is gorgeous! Love your seaweed and the textured bubbles! Wonderful under water scene! hugs :)

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  12. Nancy23 February 2015 at 14:00:00 GMT

    Just lovely. I have so much to learn about materials. Crackle paste? It makes the bubbles just right.

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  13. Kezzy25 February 2015 at 08:22:00 GMT

    Wow this is totally stunning, really loving your under the sea, awesome. Happy Art :-) Kezzy xxx

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  14. Bleubeard and Elizabeth25 February 2015 at 09:14:00 GMT

    WOW, this is a super mixed media art journal entry. I LOVE IT. I'd love to be able to make art like you. You make it look almost effortless, but I know it isn't.

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  15. Words and Pictures13 March 2015 at 21:15:00 GMT

    There's a wonderful watery look to this, and I just love the crackly bubbles - brilliant!
    Alison xx

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