Gypsy Soul

Did you hear that gypsy Shimmerz Siren?

Yep, that was me, Joyce. 

I’m going to show you how to apply some gypsy/bohemian

style to your art today using Shimmerz Paints. 

I have been enthralled by Gypsy genre and bohemian art styles lately, 

 so I thought I’d take those  feelings and put them on paper.

 I adored the movement in the girls dance!

And, I thought I could create such movement with some Shimmer Paint products.

And what’s a gypsy girl without her baubles and chains? 

Visit Shimmerz Paints Blog and find out some of the details that created the movement in this 9 x 12 watercolor layout. 

Shimmerz Products found in their store:

Spritz – Chance of Rain, 4 Leaf Clover, Plum Pudding

Vibez – Plum Tuckered Out, Blushing Bride

Shimmerz – Celery, Berry-licious, Orchid-stra, Key lime

Inkglingz- Brass Knuckles

Texturez – Tidy Widy

Light Seeker

I am a Light Seeker which is a student of Laly Mille’s Art. 

In a short time, I have learned many new techniques in her class

and about some amazing art products too.

My class mates are seasoned artist and so very inspiring,

I feel so humble being amongst them and learning from them too.

I am sharing my version of the Winter’s Tale canvas.

This exercise was all about light, contrasts and shadows

I used an old 1920 photo of my grandmother as a child. 

I didn’t expect the color in the black and white photo

to take on a green hue when I applied

the faux encaustic.

  Once the green hue revealed itself,

I then chose to add the color in my canvas.

Thanks for letting me share this journey with you.

  I hope to share more exercises with you as I continue my art classes with Laly.

We're All A Little Broken....and That's Okay

You wouldn’t think that pages this size would include so many Shimmerz products….but they did.
And, I was only too happy to work and include them in my art journal entry entitled, “We’re all a Little Broken.”  One of my favorite things to do when working in old thrift shop books is to create my own backgrounds.  The following Shimmerz products were used to age the book pages and work with the colors in the photo:

Shimmeringz- Heavy Metal

Vibez – Blushing Bride
Spritz – Treasured Hymm

The broken heart chipboard was created with the new Acritonez self-priming acrylic paint. After applying gesso on top of the chipboard, add light molding paste over a small pattern stencil and allow the product to dry. Then apply the Acritonez – Roses are Red paint on top of the chipboard and molding paste.  Then spritz on some Vibex- Blushing Bride to add some depth in the color. Using a small paint brush add Inklingz- Brass Knuckles, and Inklingz- I Love You Onyxly around the raised molding paste patterns to make the molding paste pattern stand out. Some rich Blingz – Gold Glimmer was lightly added around the circumference of the broken heart.

And finally, I used another new product, Paste-eez dimensional paint. This paint was spread over a small heart stencil. When the product dried, I shaded the three little dimensional hearts with Inklingz- I Love You Onyxly and a very small paint brush to make them stand out gloriously.

I hope I have inspired you to visit your local thrift shop and re-purpose an old book using the gorgeous Shimmerz paint line.

Products:

Acritonez – Roses are Red

Paste-eez –The “Cream” Team

Shimmeringz- Heavy Metal

Vibez – Blushing Bride

Spritz – Treasured Hymm

Blingz – Gold Glimmer

Inklingz- I Love You Onyxly

Inklingz – Brass Knuckles

Inklingz – Miner, Miner 49er