Tag Archives: charcoal

The dancer

Posted on January 26, 2015 by lerusho

Yesterday I shared with you a city scape with intuitive painting. I felt so relaxed while I applied my acrylic layers and when I created my whimsical houses, that I decided to make another journal spread with the same technique. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Showcase | Tagged acrylics, alphabities stampset, archival ink, art journal, charcoal, journal52, Stampotique Originals, white gesso | 18 Comments

Intuitive painting in my altered book

Posted on January 25, 2015 by lerusho

So what is intuitive painting, well that’s the greatest fun. When you don’t think too much, just get out a few tubes and apply them randomly on your project. Here I chose acrylics, wanted to have some warm colours, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Showcase | Tagged acrylics, alphabet stamp, archival ink, charcoal, creative gym exercise #4, gel pens, intuitive painting, mixed media place, texture stamp | 24 Comments

What’s up?

Posted on January 18, 2015 by lerusho

What do you need for a good conversation? Let’s see, some coffee or tea, one who has what to say, maybe another who has what to ask, definitely some who want to listen. That’s what came up in my mind visually … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, art journal, bistre, canvas fringe rosette, canvas pieces, charcoal, coffee pads, ecoline, gel pen, journal52, lace, masking tape, red chalk, scrap leftovers, texture paste, texture stamp, vintage image | 28 Comments

Angel magic

Posted on October 20, 2014 by lerusho

Another magic, angel are magical aren’t they? I found this vintage photo, looking at the little one with that proper dress (how could he play in it?), I thought he can be the funniest little angel ever. This time my journal … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic, altered book, archival ink, Brayer, bristel, charcoal, found objects, gel pen, Glimmer mist, inka gold, journal52, scrap collage, texture paste, vintage photo, vintage photo tinting | 6 Comments

Rose or thorns

Posted on October 19, 2014 by lerusho

Isn’t that magical how from a little bulb a green leaf breaks through the ground, then it grows stronger and finally blossoms. Rose is one of the most beautiful flowers, but all their beauty comes with thorns, so if you would like … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Showcase | Tagged aquarelle wax crayons, canvas, charcoal, distress ink, journal52, ranger ink, red chalk, rose, scrap collage, script stamp, sunday sentiments, texture paste | 26 Comments

Black, purple & pink

Posted on October 16, 2014 by lerusho

You know yesterday I was playing around with black gesso for my pendants, and as my craft sheet was full of it I thought I should use it. When my background for a new spread was ready in my art … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylics, black gesso, black purple pink, canvas, charcoal, ecoline, feathers, Glimmer mist, lace, pan pastel, pearls, scrap collage, SDC 169, small tag, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, stitches, texture paste | 24 Comments

Butterfly kisses or nature’s beautiful living beings

Posted on September 8, 2014 by lerusho

I think nature’s most beautiful living creatures are butterflies, of course it’s according to me only. I just love them, as a little girl I loved to think that butterflies are flying fairies, sort of a magical beings. So at Art … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Gelli Arts, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7 dots studio ephemera, archival ink, art journal journey, autumn maple crimson, bachelor button blue, bells of Ireland green, butterfly kisses, butterfly stamp, charcoal, distress ink, Finnabair elementals butterfly stencil, gelli printed paper, gesso, glitter, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, living being, onion net, scrap collage, soft gel, stitches, Tim Holtz layered butterfly die, Time traveller paperstash, wild honeysuckle coral, yellow rose of Texas | 24 Comments

Refresh with singing birds

Posted on September 5, 2014 by lerusho

Karen gave us an interesting challenge this week at Stampotique Designers’ Challenge and it is to refresh a stamp that we didn’t use for a long time. I don’t know how it goes with you, but I keep my Stampotique … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, birds up, carousel, charcoal, distress ink, ecoline, My singing bird, refresh it, scraps collage, SDC 163, Sinead O'Connor, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, tree | 26 Comments

Five

Posted on September 2, 2014 by lerusho

Use Five! Use number 5, or five items, five colors or five words… interesting challenge over at Anything but a card, that moved my fantasy and made me create this art journal page: So I have number 5 several times, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Showcase | Tagged aged mahogany, altered paper, anything but a card, archival ink, art journal, charcoal, craft tags, distress ink, forest moss, gel pen, modeling paste, naples yellow, number stencil, numerical stamp, self altered paperclips, self rusted tissue wrap, stitches, use five | 20 Comments

Alphabetical

Posted on August 28, 2014 by lerusho

Alphabetical is an art journal spread on a piece scrap laying for a while on my table, so it’s sort of an recycle page. The journaling: you need letters to form words, and you need words to form sentences, we … Continue reading →