Distress Journal Panel
1. Stamped the tree/branches with walnut stain DI, then stamped the bird with cornflower blue and black archival inks leaving the belly uninked and then the barn with black and the trees with peat moss. The tree trunk was made by double stamping the branch from the Mr Frostie set and then using a fine brown drawing pen to give it a seamless appearance.
2. I played with dabbling and dipping gathered twigs and broken china DIs to start the background off.
3. The background tree line was an experiment covering the stamp with pine needles DI and dipping it into watery chipped sapphire and broken china puddles then stamping at various heights to make them look further away and melting into the snowy background.
4. I dabbled around the tree line using a brush with the two blue puddles of DI until I was happy with it.
5. I used the watercolor pencils on the barn, the bird, the tree and branches the bird is sitting on.
6. The bottom of the scene was looking a bit wishy-washy so I added some rustic wilderness with a brush and water..
7. I tore some paper to cover most of the scene and stamped text above and below the bird using watering can archival.
8. I then covered the bird and splattered watery Snowflake fresco finish paint to make a snowstorm but the text stood out too much so after drying the splatters I brushed some watery white paint over it and knocked quite a bit of it back. The snow seemed to have died down so I splattered again.
9. Finishing was about playing with the details, painting and inking the bird's belly, darkening the tree, dabbling some white paint around the foreground in a few places, touching up and strengthening shape with pencils and pens.
So my second wintry scene is finished and I added it to my Distress watercolouring journal.
Supplies
I decided to try some new card for this project (Paper Mill Direct Arena Super Smooth 300gms). I cut a panel 18x15 cms. I'm, pleased to say it worked ok with wet inks, dipping and drying, stamping and paint.
Tim Holtz - DIs - walnut stain, gathered twigs, vintage photo, chipped sapphire, broken china, pine needles, rustic wilderness.
Tim Holtz - Distress Watercolor Pencils - mermaid lagoon, uncharted mariner, gathered twigs, brushed corduroy, ground espresso
Tim Holtz Stamps - Nature Walk CMS181, Mini Holidays 2 CMS096, Scribble Woodland CMS282, Mr Frostie CMS499, Letter to Santa 053
Ranger archival inks - cornflower blue, potting soil, peat moss, black, watering can.
Miscellaneous - white posca pen, brown and black fine drawing pens.
