The prompt for this weeks was believe.
I decided to take a slightly different approach to this prompt as I already had an image in mind that I wanted to use. This meant having a look around for a quote that fit my image, rather that looking for a quote to fit the prompt and then creating an image from that.
The technique that I have used for this page is simple but quite effective, especially when done in layers. It's the layers in this piece that really make it and bring everything alive.
Decoart Black Gesso
The Range: Reeves Acrylic Paint - Yellow Ochre, Deep Madder
Wellworth It: Royal and Langnickle Acrylic Paint - Primary Yellow, Primary Magenta II, Cadmium Orange
The Works: Boldmere Acrylic Paint - Black, Crimson Red, White, Cadmium Red
The Works: Crawford and Black - Gold
Hobbycraft: Pebeo Studio Acrylic Paint - 356 Violet Blue, 360 Blue Black, 357 Green Blue
Start by covering your page completely in a coat of the black gesso and allow to dry (this will create a very flat matt black background).
Using a sponge (I used a sea sponge) sponge on some additional gesso to create some texture. This is where we are starting to create the base shapes for our gas clouds.
With the background being so matte, sponge on a little of the black acrylic to create a few shinier areas for interest.
Now we start to add the colours into the mix.
Sponge on some of the blue black acrylic in the areas that you sponges on the additional gesso (remember to sponge off the excess paint on to a paper towel before sponging the page. You want light layers that you can build up rather than really heavy layers which are harder to blend).
Before this layer is dry, sponge a little white acrylic along the edges of the blue areas to really enhance the cloud like appearance. Subtlety is key here, you don't want too much white showing here as it would look really stark.
Sponge on some of the blue green acrylic over the previous blue areas concentrating on the centre of those areas. You want to be able to see some of the darker blue underneath so don't cover the entire of the bottom layer. In addition the blue green paint is quite strong and bright so you may have to sponge over the same area a few times to get it to blend with the other layers.
Make a loose wash of paint by mixing some of the white paint with some clean water. Using an old toothbrush spray some of the wash over the page to make stars. Although I have stars all over my page I have also concentrated a band of them going across my page to add further interest to the over all image. Allow this to dry fully before moving on to the next stage.
Sponge on some of the crimson red acrylic making sure to slightly overlap some of the blue areas, again being subtle with the sponging as the idea is not to cover the blue layers.
Sponge on a light layer of the Cadmium Red over the crimson, concentrating mainly along centre of the previous layer.
Using the primary magenta ii lightly sponge on a layer blending in the two previous red layers. You can extend this sponging beyond the red layers to add the look of slightly distant gas clouds coming off the main body.
Using the toothbrush again add another layer of stars. This is helping to create depth in the image as you can still see some of the previous layer of stars but with the intermediate layers of sponging some of them have been push back into the distance, Allow everything to dry fora few minutes before moving on.
Taking care as this is another strong colour, sponge a little of the violet blue over your red layers, this will help to add some highlight to the clouds. If you end up adding too much then you can add a little of the primary magenta ii to tone things back down a bit.
Concentrating on the very centre parts of the red pink layers, sponge on a layer of the cadmium orange acrylic. Once you have your main layer down sponge of the excess on to a paper towel and then go back to the image and sponge again to blend the orange in a little.
Add a layer of splattered stars and allow to dry.
Using the yellow ochre, sponge on a layer covering and blending with the orange and violet pink layers. Although you are covering your previous layers you still need to sponge lightly so you don't completely obliterate those layers.
Finish off with a final layer of stars made from the gold paint.
Hope that you've enjoyed following me through this tutorial, as usual any comments, thoughts, questions etc leave them in the comments below.
Good Bye Until Next Time
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