Hello People!
I had originally planned on getting this post completed before we left on vacation last week. Well, it would seem that getting all those little "before you leave on vacation" chores done and trying to get last minute laundry done without a working dryer took up all my time!
Do you have any idea how long it takes to dry a full load of laundry with only air and no heat?!! I was wishing for a laundry line in the backyard so I could hang up all the clothes! I'm sure it would have sped that chore up considerably!!!
As I'm sure you didn't drop by to hear my laundry woes, I thought I'd finally share the attempt at tinting the black and white photos I took a couple of weeks ago with acrylic paint.
I'm taking Claudine Hellmuth's Technique Toolbox online class from Big Picture Classes. This particular class may be closed to registration now. One of the techniques that was taught is to tint black and white photos using acrylic paints and Claudine's Extra Time, slow dry medium. I don't have this particular medium and as I am really trying to use all the goodies I have accumulated over the years so I tried this technique first with some glaze used for faux painting techniques and with a floating medium from Plaid/FolkArt.
Don't try the glaze. Just sayin'. The glaze pulled up the ink from my photos rendering a blackish puddle of ick.
The floating medium was more successful as long as I had a light hand applying the paint. It also pulled up some of the ink from the photos, but I rather liked the effect it created. I found that the thinner consistency I mixed the paint and floating medium, the better. If I worked the area too much, I started pulling the ink off the photo.
If you look closely, you can see the petals where the floating medium pulled off some of the ink off the petals. They would be the ones that have a more blueish tint. While the faux painting glaze just made a bluish octopus ink smear, I thought the floating medium pulling the ink slightly gave the petals a bit more dimension and shaded look.
This flower I added a bit of a brown tint near the bottom of the petals and along the center. Very faint, but again, adds a bit more dimension and shading.
Oh my! This is not a success in my book, LOL!! The streaks that you see on the petals is where the paint and medium just pulled up the print. I also managed to get a nice black ink smear on one of the petals. By letting the paint dry some, I was able to carefully work out the smudge, but at the expense of pulling up more of the photo base. This one is NOT a favorite of mine! Not sure if it is the color, the lack of skill in application or a combination of both!! LOL!
I had originally planned on getting this post completed before we left on vacation last week. Well, it would seem that getting all those little "before you leave on vacation" chores done and trying to get last minute laundry done without a working dryer took up all my time!
Do you have any idea how long it takes to dry a full load of laundry with only air and no heat?!! I was wishing for a laundry line in the backyard so I could hang up all the clothes! I'm sure it would have sped that chore up considerably!!!
As I'm sure you didn't drop by to hear my laundry woes, I thought I'd finally share the attempt at tinting the black and white photos I took a couple of weeks ago with acrylic paint.
I'm taking Claudine Hellmuth's Technique Toolbox online class from Big Picture Classes. This particular class may be closed to registration now. One of the techniques that was taught is to tint black and white photos using acrylic paints and Claudine's Extra Time, slow dry medium. I don't have this particular medium and as I am really trying to use all the goodies I have accumulated over the years so I tried this technique first with some glaze used for faux painting techniques and with a floating medium from Plaid/FolkArt.
Don't try the glaze. Just sayin'. The glaze pulled up the ink from my photos rendering a blackish puddle of ick.
The floating medium was more successful as long as I had a light hand applying the paint. It also pulled up some of the ink from the photos, but I rather liked the effect it created. I found that the thinner consistency I mixed the paint and floating medium, the better. If I worked the area too much, I started pulling the ink off the photo.
If you look closely, you can see the petals where the floating medium pulled off some of the ink off the petals. They would be the ones that have a more blueish tint. While the faux painting glaze just made a bluish octopus ink smear, I thought the floating medium pulling the ink slightly gave the petals a bit more dimension and shaded look.
This flower I added a bit of a brown tint near the bottom of the petals and along the center. Very faint, but again, adds a bit more dimension and shading.
Oh my! This is not a success in my book, LOL!! The streaks that you see on the petals is where the paint and medium just pulled up the print. I also managed to get a nice black ink smear on one of the petals. By letting the paint dry some, I was able to carefully work out the smudge, but at the expense of pulling up more of the photo base. This one is NOT a favorite of mine! Not sure if it is the color, the lack of skill in application or a combination of both!! LOL!
I am thinking about trying to seal the photos prior to applying the paint and see if I can keep the ink from bleeding.
Or, I could just take a deep breath and order some of Claudine's Extra Time and see if it makes a difference with my ink jet printer!! HA!
Now to figure out how to use these photos in a project. Or maybe, they will just go in my "possibility" file for a while!
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Vacation was spent at Flagstaff, AZ and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I will save all those details for another post! I have decreased the 400+ pictures I took down to 300+, but need to weed out more before posting. You're welcome! LOL!
'Till next time..............
3 comments:
Oh FRAME 'em. They are gorgeous!!!!! I love how they turned out. I also like the regular black/white & sepia
photos in your previous post.
Hubby took some pictures of some sunflowers. Found the field about 3 blocks from our house. Your shots are wonderful...... you make me want to grab my camera!!!! :-)
holy crap girl! is there anything you can't do? o wait... you can't dry clothes with the air on. get a clothes rack and put it on your patio. the clothes will dry in like 15 mins. i got one for $3 at good will and there's nothing better than fresh smelling, air-dried clothes.... except your art. your ART is way better.
hugs :)
Beautiful flowers, Starla, love your painting technique, have you tried the pastels that they make for tinting photo's? Have a lovely Monday!
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