RSD Copic Coloring

Just a very short post today for you all. I just finished coloring “Carmen” by Rick St. Dennis MFA. Of course I used Copics AND Carmen has my favorite color of hair, auburn. I love all of Rick’s “ladies,” the hat series, the portrait size ladies, or the ladies in full body costume. His images call for me to do my best coloring.

Copics used for Carmen:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, R20;

Hair: E08, 09, 18, YR12, 15, 18;

Blouse color and rose: B60, 63, 66, 69;

Eyes & Leaf: G40, 82, 94, 99;

Lips: R24, 27, 89.

I do try my best, but with Carmen, I got a little carried away with my fabric folds. I created too many and they are too deep. This is the top of a peasant blouse, and they are usually made with cotton fabric.

Like I said, this is short and sweet. Thanks so much for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

RSD Mixed-Media Wall Art

As I said many moons ago (and I mean many moons!)…I would have a photo tutorial with Rick St. Dennis’s digital image Marci. Well I decided that my goal, and my only goal for today, was to post my process. This post is photo heavy. I hope that this helps show you that many digital images can be used for mixed-media. Marci was first colored with Copics.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 15, BV000, R02;

Orchids, Bow, and Eye: B32, 34, 37, 99;

Hat: E50, 51, 55, 57, 59;

Hair: E21, 25, 27, 29;

Lips: R02, 24, 29;

Background: W1, 2, 3, B32. 

DecoArt ‘s products needed:

Americana Stencil-Medieval Medallion (as of April 18, 2015, this is on sale for $1.75USD with limited quantities);

Americana Acrylic Paint in Warm White, Sapphire, Milk Chocolate;

Americana Multi-Surface Acrylic Paint in Sky Blue;

Dazzling Metallics in Worn Penny;

Glamour Dust Paint in Gold Glitz;

Dimensional Effects;

Americana Decou-Page Matte;

Acrylic Gesso;

Metallic Lustre in Copper Kettle;

Other supplies:

Digital image or rubber stamp for your focal point. I have used Rick St. Dennis’s Marci, one of his many “Hat” ladies series.

Stretched canvas (mine is 5”x7”);

Paper Flowers (optional);

Dies (the one I used is by Spellbinder’s );

Gold Glitter Glass (optional);

Metal corners (optional);

Lace for the edge of canvas (optional);

Baby wipes and paint brushes.

The above two photos show the beginnings of my 5”x7” wall art. I adhered white tissue paper and book text to the canvas with the Decou-Page. You can see that I left a lot of wrinkles in the tissue paper. I wanted that for texture. After that was dry, I brushed on gesso, waited about a minute, and removed some of the gesso with baby wipes.

Above photo shows painting with the sky blue paint and using baby wipes to remove some of the paint.

 My next step was adding more texture to the surface. I did that with dimensional medium and an art stencil.

The first photo above shows me using sapphire paint. The next photo shows where I removed some to the sapphire paint but left the darker blue around the stenciled art.

Above are photos showing the metallic lustre in copper on the stenciled image. I also decided to add the Metallic Lustre along the sides of the canvas.

I am almost finished as you can see above. Now is the time to for me to add my chosen embellishments. I used various paper flowers, chipboard, and glitter glass (all from my stash) around the central image. After the adhesive was dry I added glitter paint to the flowers and chipboard for extra sparkle.

This photo shows my completed project, but with a side view. I measured some cotton lace (or tatting) and painted several coats of brown paint and finished the sides of the canvas. You can also see that I dabbed the same brown paint on the metal corners. This helped tone down the gold metal of those corners.

This is my  final piece. This picture really does not do justice to all the texture that is going on behind the main image. It’s not too much, because I did not want the focus of my central image to get lost. After all, that is where my inspiration began.

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

Little Kitsune Anko by Aurora Wings

Aurora Wings Showcase designers have a new image for you today. Mitzi has designed a Japanese folklore image, Little Kitsune Anko. I love all things from any of the Asian countries.

Little Kitsune Anko (or Little Vixen as I call her) was a joy to color with Copics. I tried to keep the image visible with just some black and yellow lattice work dies for my background. The added embellishments were the green vines and orange butterflies.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, R20;

Hair, Ears, and Tail: E08, 09, 18, and

YR12, 15, 18;

Leaves and Eyes: YG17, 21, 23, 25, 67;

Kimono: Y000, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, E43, and

YG17, 21, 23, 25, 67, and

R81, 83, 85, 89;

Sandles: YR18, and E08, 09, 18;

Mask: YR 12, 18, and

E08, 09.

 Other supplies:

Cardstock: Fun Stampers Journey in Black Licorice, Pineapple Smoothie, and

Orange Creamsicle.

Designer Paper: Authentique.

Dies” Spellbinder’s 5”x7” Card Creator Fanciful Lattice and

Cheery Lynn’s Butterfly Small and Ivy Corner Flourish.

Thanks for your visit today! I hope you head over to the Aurora Wings Showcase blog and check out all the designers projects with this little vixen. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

AW Showcase Designer

New Release at Aurora Wings

It’s almost the weekend! How about a little Aurora Wings inspiration? The Aurora Wings Showcase designers have a tremendous amount of inspiration for you today.

Our new release is called “Reverie.” Mitzi has described this image as “a moth emerging from her chrysalis stage.” Isn’t that a beautiful expression? I did a little research on the coloring and detail of moths. What I found is mind boggling. They are kin to butterflies (have been around longer than butterflies) and there are over 160,000 types of moths, some have not even been described yet.

After my research I decided that I wanted Reverie to be the “red moth.” I loved the way the red and black of the wings melded together (lots of black and red Copic flicking) and the body was red. I hope that I did Reverie justice in my mixed-media piece.

Copics used:

Body: R02, 14, 24;

Wings: R01, 14, 24, 46, and

W1, 3, 5, 7, 9;

Roses: R22, 24, 27, 29, 89, and

V20, 22, 25, 28 BV29, and

Y11, 15, 17, 28;

Filler Flowers: R02, Y17, V25;

Vines: Pear Tart Memento Marker;

Background: Blue and Orange Pearlescent, and

Turquoise PanPastels.

 Other supplies:

Mat Board: 8”x10” black from Mattboardplus.com;

Pearls on the actual image: DecoArt Paper Effects;

Fun Stampers Journey Pomegranate Splash cardstock;

Spellbinder's Arched Elegance Pocket die;

Other pearls, flowers, etc.: from my stash.

I don’t want you to miss out on our Aurora Wings 2,250 Member Celebration event. Click here to join in starting today and ending Saturday. I hope we see you there.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

AW Showcase Designer