Thursday, 9 April 2015

Sing Me A Song

I had a proper play over the Easter weekend with my PanPastels. I've had them for ages now, but have never really gone beyond the dust and dab stage. This is what I came up with.
I wanted to try some stamping and colouring, so I started by putting some blues and greens down on my watercolour paper, then stenciling through my Paper Artsy stencils.
Some more stenciling, then lots of stamping using PA stamps, Versamark and PanPastels.
Next I wanted to try colouring, so I scraped a bit of the PP's into their lids and added a little water.
My silver and gold had had a rough time in transit so had quite a lot of breakage. I used some of this to make quite a thick paste.
They paint on really nicely, and the metallic have a beautiful shimmer, just like a real metallic paint. 
As I was in an experimental mood I wanted to tint some Grunge Paste rather than colouring it when it was dry.
A little paint goes a long way lol.
Apparently it's just like icing a cake (no of course I can't ice cakes!) I just spread it on with a palate knife then made 'bark like' marks with a cocktail stick. I added Onxyite Treasure Gold when it was dry.
You can see the painted PP's here.
And the metallic ones...
Then the sun decided to come out so I took another photograph just 'cos I could.
I'm entering this into the Pan Pastel challenge, Spring Colours,
Paper Artsy which is Grunge Paste,
That's Crafty gold and silver,
and the new challenge blog Stamps and Stencils anything goes, and
Art Journal Journey where we need to illustrate a poem or quotation.
Hope you like it, and thanks very much for looking x
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22 comments:

  1. Artyjen9 April 2015 at 14:27

    Me likey ;)
    xoxo Sioux

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  2. Sam & Poppy9 April 2015 at 14:37

    So gorgeous and delicate Sue xx

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  3. Inky and Quirky Designs9 April 2015 at 15:51

    Wow,what a fab page Sue and I never thought of adding water to a little pan pastel dust. Speaking of dust, your poor metallic one....did the postie throw it over the fence or jump on it?!
    Big hugs
    Donna xxx

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    1. Sue9 April 2015 at 18:07

      Grrr he threw it over the gate :-) x

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  4. Valerie-Jael9 April 2015 at 16:03

    Love what you have made, and it would be lovely if you would link it to our challenge at Art Journal Journey, too! Hugs, Valerie

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    1. Sue9 April 2015 at 18:34

      Thank you Valerie, I'll do that right now :-) xx

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    2. sam21ski9 April 2015 at 18:42

      This is fab Sue, love your tree bark and great experiments, TFS your fab findings xxx

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  5. froebelsternchen9 April 2015 at 19:11

    Wow.. this is so beautiful and so much clever ideas incorporated !
    Love it!
    Great that you are joining us at Art Journal Journey!
    xxx
    Susi

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  6. Valerie-Jael9 April 2015 at 19:22

    Thanks for accepting my invite - hope to see you there again!

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  7. pearshapedcrafting10 April 2015 at 00:09

    Love it! Especially the bark for your birdy!! Love the colours! Chrisx

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  8. Kirsten10 April 2015 at 11:30

    That is beautiful.

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  9. chrissie10 April 2015 at 11:46

    This is a stunning journal page. Love everything about it and the wonderful quote

    Chrissiexx

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  10. Kay Wallace10 April 2015 at 22:12

    What a wonderful page to add to your journal, Sue, especially with that stitched border (have always love your stitched elements and just yesterday stitched on my first project!!). A beautiful sentiment to top off you Pan Pastels! Nicely done!

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  11. cheryl11 April 2015 at 10:57

    oh this is one brilliant page hun just love,love the detail and admire the design and love,the stitching,hugs Cherylxxxxxx

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  12. Words and Pictures11 April 2015 at 20:38

    Wow - you really did have fun playing with the PPs, didn't you?! So many ideas and techniques and the finished page is fabulous. Love the softness of the blended background and delicate stamping - and the painted on PP gilding adds fantastic shimmer... lovely!
    Alison xx

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  13. Deb13 April 2015 at 00:14

    Wonderful journal page Sue, love your adorable bird and great techniques with the Pan Pastels!

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  14. Margik13 April 2015 at 11:49

    Hi Sue! This is a very beautiful page with a fantastic design. I love
    especially the tree.
    Mar x

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  15. toni13 April 2015 at 19:36

    Lovely journal page Sue! Love the blended background and cute bird image, nice bit of texture with the grunge paste branch! Great work , thank you for joining us over at Stamps and Stencils toni x

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  16. massofhair15 April 2015 at 12:51

    Beautiful page using your pan Pastels Sue, try adding some of the pan pastels to a little watered down glue and using this as a spritz it works very well and you get some fab effects.

    I do love my Pan Pastels and think the metallic ones are perfect watered down and painted with. Such fab inspiration :-) xxx

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  17. Art By Wanda15 April 2015 at 20:59

    Gorgeous!!!

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  18. Cocofolies16 April 2015 at 14:57

    Wow what a glorious page!!! I LOVE your tree, perfect!!! And the bird is so cute (don't have this one as I offered this stamps set to a very good friend as soon as bought, but miss it boohoo..lol). Thanks for all the details of these great experimentations Sue! Bises Coco xx

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  19. Ruth26 April 2015 at 14:22

    Fabulous page, the pan pastels do work beautifully and great to see how you've combined them with grunge paste. Thanks so much for joining us at Stamps and Stencils. Ruth x

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