...and this town is chock-a-block full of people that tickle my art fancy. I was invited this week to play with
Lynne Mizera, whose fully-equipped studio is just down the road from where I'm currently living.
While I neglected to take any photos (or even to take my camera) during the afternoon, I brought home a raft of Mad Scientist Experiments created with Distress Oxides and, eventually, a wee bit of embossing. Given that I'd played with neither before (how did that happen????), it was a blast.
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| Distress Oxide over embossing on cardstock |
Due to the soft weave of the watercolour paper, I was less enamoured of the quiet look. I'm definitely not the understated type, am I?
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| Distress Oxide on watercolour paper |
I was more enthusiastic about the cardstock pieces, though.
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| Distress Oxide on cardstock |
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| Distress Oxide on cardstock |
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| Distress Oxide on cardstock |
It was interesting to note that the Yupo paper did not set the Oxides at all, until Lynne got really creative and mixed Oxides with about the same amount of water, left the
slop mix to dry for an hour or so, and then tested it again. The water diluted the Oxide enough so that it set that time. I was not so patient, and found that I could finger blend the piece I did (Is there an advantage there? Maybe!).
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| Distress Oxide on Yupo paper |
I was all exciterpated about the Oxides used on photograph paper. They dried very dull, but when wiped off with baby wipes, came over all glossy and showed some unexpected colours. I was
practically foaming at the mouth with the results.
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| Distress Oxides on photo paper |
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| Distress Oxides on photo paper |
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| Distress Oxides on photo paper |
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| Distress Oxides on photo paper |
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| Distress Oxides over embossing on cardstock |
All in all, it couldn't have been a better afternoon. I hope you've had some artistic adventures this week - catch me up in the comments below, please!
