How to use Pan Pastels to make Aged Background

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This article is written by Tamara Dinius

Here we’ve taken canvas panels or water-colour paper to create this cute wall hanging.

Pan Pastels for aged background

This video will demonstrate the use of Pan Pastels and rubber stamps to create an aged background for use in your mixed media artwork.

 

Here is a snap shot of the background with the first few layers

Pan Pastels for aged background

And here we’ve added the stamping:

Pan Pastels for aged background

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Tamara Dinius lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and chocolate lab. She has two grown daughters who make her life meaningful. They support her, ground her, embrace her, and are amazing people in their own right. Her love for mixed media has taken over most aspects of her creative journey. She believes mixed media allows for a broad range of styles and anyone can find success in this form of artistic expression.

You can find more of Tamara’s work, and on her website countrycraftersusa.com, Etsy shop,  or via her Facebook

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Life is Ours – Mixed Media Art Journal

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This article is written by Terri Sproul

Art journals are a place to let yourself free.  There are no wrong or right way to play in your journals, so just sit down and have fun.  Playing with lots of medium made your experience even more fun, so step out of your box and purchase something new.

Alternative text: video of art journaling by Terri Sproul

Have fun with Details, Color and Texture to complete a fun experience and Art journal page

video of art journaling by Terri Sproul

Product that were used in this Art Journal page are listed below.

 

Products used in this Art Journal page:

CottonWood Art Journal

Silk Acrylic Glaze from ColourArte:  Guatemalan Green and Autumn Leaf

Stamps:  SinCity Stamps, and Verses Rubber Stamps

Stencil:  Unknown

Golden:  Regular Gel Matte, Light Molding Paste

Gesso

India Ink

Faber-Castell – Pitt Pens Black

FineLine Applicator

Paint Brushes, Baby Wipes

video of art journaling by Terri Sproul

video of art journaling by Terri Sproul

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Terri Sproul is a CHA designer and a Mixed Media Artist with her own line of stamps with SinCity Stamps and own paint line with Sakura Hobby Crafts.  She and her husband have the pleasure of living on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County in California.  She present host a live show about Art Journals on Tuesday night, find all that info at her Facebook group “All things Terri Sproul”

Find more of her video at youtube.com and her blog:  terrisproul.blogspot.com

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Aged Background using Pan Pastels

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This article is written by Tamara Dinius

Here we’ve taken canvas panels or water-colour paper to create this cute wall hanging.

Aged Background using Pan Pastels

This video will demonstrate the use of Pan Pastels and rubber stamps to create an aged background for use in your mixed media artwork.

 

Here is a snap shot of the background with the first few layers

Using Texture Plates to add dimension

And here we’ve added the stamping:

Aged Background using Pan Pastels

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Tamara Dinius lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and chocolate lab. She has two grown daughters who make her life meaningful. They support her, ground her, embrace her, and are amazing people in their own right. Her love for mixed media has taken over most aspects of her creative journey. She believes mixed media allows for a broad range of styles and anyone can find success in this form of artistic expression.

You can find more of Tamara’s work, and on her website countrycraftersusa.com, Etsy shop,  or via her Facebook

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Mixed Media Drink Tags

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This article is written by Tamara Dinius

Fun altered art project

This video will demonstrate mixed media techniques using bargain bin finds. The techniques shown can be used on multiple  substrates to create unique gifts for any occasion.

 
All you need is a cheap substrate, add some paints, stamping and stencilling to decorate your altered art. Here I’ve used Drink Tags from a local craft warehouse

Fun altered art project

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Tamara Dinius lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and chocolate lab. She has two grown daughters who make her life meaningful. They support her, ground her, embrace her, and are amazing people in their own right.

Her love for mixed media has taken over most aspects of her creative journey. She believes mixed media allows for a broad range of styles and anyone can find success in this form of artistic expression.

You can find more of Tamara’s work, and on her website countrycraftersusa.com, Etsyshop,  or via her Facebook

Fun altered art project

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