BIG CARDS – King of Hearts (now back to black!)

24/09/2012 by UKMA 1 Comment

I have been steering away from anything too textural, not sure why.  As I had been tidying up, I found a large chunk of bubble wrap.  An idea was born.  Oh, I’ve done the normal printing with ink or stippling paint with the bubbles but I wanted to do something a little different this time.

I started by using a palette knife to spread an icing-thick layer of copper acrylic paint on a piece of nice weight cardstock.

Moving slightly quickly (although not quite quick enough, as you will see) I laid the bubble wrap over and pressed it into the layer of paint.

Left it a bit, then peeled it back.  I got a nice overall texture, although in a few places the paint was either too thin or too dry – but I guess that just helped me decide on the next step.

I dripped a bit of red ink and sponged it all over the copper, then used a bit of the wrap to daub on some darker red bits with more acrylic paint.

With the palette knife I dragged across a bit of white, then did the milk bottle top circles with more white.  White letters and all done.

Loving this.  Def. one to use again, I think.  And experiment with other sorts of things to embed the texture too, like maybe the wavy ridges on the bottom of flip-flops.  That might be very cool.

Now I have to adjust a bit.  I have 14 cards left, the Clubs, and 14 weeks left in the year.  I am not sure how realistic it will be to carry on with this thru the holidays.  Overall, I have tried a ton on things, some I have done before, some I thought might work and did, some I had read about and decided to give it a go.  At the very least, even if they aren’t “useful,” or real ART, they have been fun and instructive and that makes the whole thing worth it.