Bursting With More Color

In addition to Wednesday's post, I'm sharing some more Ken Oliver Color Burst projects we made in class with Sandy Allnock.

This rose stem is stamped and heat embossed in white and then powdered and then spritzed. See how the red powder escaped the flower and mixed with the green at the top? Unpredictable!

This one uses a combination of letting the Color Burst powders do their thing on the background and then adding some Ken Oliver Liquid Metal paint on the stamped area with a brush. The shine in these paints is lovely.

You can see I did another Color Burst and Liquid Metal mix here and the shine in the close-up pic is gorgeous!

These next two are the Hero Arts Antique Rose stamp that I love on watercolor paper, with Color Burst backgrounds and roses. I used the Color Burst mixed with water to make a paint. It looks like a traditional watercolor this way. No wild bursts of color like the Petunias above. But why go through the extra step? I'd just suggest regular watercolors for this style.

And I think that wraps up my examples from my five hour class! Again, these Color Burst Powders are fun and have a mind of their own, so if you don't enjoy surprises while you're creating, I'd use them as paint (mix the powders with water on a palette and use a brush). And if you like shimmer, the Liquid Metal paints are gorgeous and I recommend them.

Happy Friday!

Chark

Color Burst Powders and Me

Tomorrow on the a2z Scrapbooking blog, I'll be sharing some tips and art from my class with Sandy Allnock with my buddy, Linda. We learned a lot and had a lot of fun playing around with these colorful powders. 

The Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders react with water (and will reactivate with water once dry, which is important to remember) and make all kinds of cool patterns and effects. You can start with spritzing your paper and then add in the powder or sprinkle the powder on a page and then spritz with water.

Of course, you can also use a paintbrush for a little more control, but the fun of these powders is how they are a little unpredictable.

Ok, this is what we were supposed to make with the Color Burst powders for our final project. You use a brush in a limited way for the centers and to delineate petals a bit, but mostly, you just apply powder and water and try to make this happen. Ha!

This was my attempt in purples...and ALSO after I went home and added like, a ton of colored pencil to make it look more like a petunia. I didn't take a pic beforehand, because frankly, it was embarrassing. But that background, though. Fun and dynamic!

And a close-up of the color mixing that happened on the page. Some of the powder is a little more concentrated on the right-hand side, so it didn't move as much and looks like dots. More water and less powder on the top left means more movement.

This next one uses a sprinkle of the green powder up the tag and then some little flowers in the white spaces. The flowers were made by using clean water and a brush to make the petals and then dropping the powder on top of those areas. It spreads wherever there is water. The green dried by this point, but keep in mind it still reactivates after rewetting, so those colors will mix a bit. I added the leaves in with a paintbrush and the powder mixed with water.

This last one is a mix of the shimmer paint, Metallic Liquid and the green powders as background, along with stamped flowers and leaves.

I'm telling you, if you like to play, you need to try a couple of these. If you don't like a mess or surprises, these Color Burst powders aren't for you. But the Metallic Liquids might be up your alley, you just use them as paint and they are so shiny!

I'll have more on Friday if you'd like to see that shine up close and personal on another piece.

Happy Wednesday!
Chark