Clarity Herons

Hi,

For today's post I'd like to share a gelli print which incorporated last month's design club stamp from Claritystamp:

Technique:

The background for this project was a 6x6 inch gelli print using a combination of three Memento Inks (Rhubarb Stalk, Cantaloupe & Northern Pine) - the inks were daubed onto the gelli plate in three stripes and spread out with a Speedball brayer to give a graduated mix of the colours.  Before pulling the print on my art journal page I added a Claritystamp moon mask in the upper half of the page.

The lower heron was stamped directly onto the printed background using Memento Tuxedo Black, I then reapplied the black ink to the stamp and gently stamped the image onto the surface of the gelli plate:

By using the gelli plate to print a second image onto my journal page the image is reversed making the pair of herons face towards each other!

To add the colour to the herons I chose two gelli prints from my crafty stash (both prints had been made using Pebeo Studio Acrylics) and stamped and fussy-cut the head and bodies of the two birds.

Although I had initially stamped with black ink the line-art on the herons was paler than I really wanted so I used a black micron pen to darken the lines and make the herons really stand out.

To finish the artwork a waterbrush was pulled gently through the ink in the sky area to resemble clouds drifting across the moon and a black pencil was used to draw in a distant horizon and add shadows.

I will be entering this artwork in Moving Along With The Times - Birds and feathers challenge, the first time I have tried one of the MAWTT challenges.

Hope you've enjoyed reading my post, thanks for stopping by,

Carolyn x