For my October project, I decided to do a fall scene. To begin my project, I inked the barn in Pumice Stone Distress Ink, stamped off once onto watercolor paper, and then stamped in the middle of my watercolor project to create the background scene. I then inked the largest pumpkin in Pumice Stone, stamped off once on watercolor paper, and stamped to the left in the foreground. I then stamped the same pumpkin on Post-it Note paper and cut out a mask to cover it. Then I inked the smaller pumpkin in Pumice Stone and stamped it on my acrylic plate for my stamp positioner. Using the stamp positioner, I then found the placement I liked and stamped the smaller pumpkin on my project. When you remove the mask, you have a 3-D effect where the smaller pumpkin is behind the larger pumpkin. Next, I penciled in the hills on each side of the barn. Using pine green #72, I then painted my horizon line for each hill over my pencil lines.
Now that my basic scene is set up, I painted the barn. It is mainly white, so I added shadows under the eaves and on the left side of the building with brownish grey #40 and African violet #86. I painted the door and the windows with African violet #86. Once that was dry, I went back and added darker shadows in the doors and windows. I then painted the roof in sepia #45, leaving light and dark areas.
Next, I added the sky using sky blue #75, leaving light and dark areas to mimic clouds. My next step was to add a pine green #72 wash to the hills I penciled in. I then used pine green #72 to add the foliage along my hill, stamping in repeat. I masked my horizon line with Post-It Tape before I stamped the foliage to keep it where I need it to be! Using olive green #15, I painted a horizon line next to the barn on each side and added a wash for a field. I left a bit of a path coming out the main door of the barn as well. I then used my positioner to add the fence line in sepia #45. If any of the fence doesn’t stamp well, you can use a Twin Tone to add lines back in or extra fence posts. I also masked off the right corner of the barn and used a small foliage stamp to add a bush.
To start my foreground, I then painted my pumpkins. I started with brilliant yellow #43, then pumpkin #87, then orange #7 to create light and dark areas of shading. I used olive brown #27 for the stem and added some detail back in with the fine tip when it was dry. Once the pumpkins were dry, I covered them with masks and stamped my horizon line with the teeny tiny grass in olive green #15. I pulled the color out and added a green wash below my grass line.
For the flowers, I used the new flower set. For the purple flowers, I only inked the foliage in olive green #15 – not the stems or the flowers and stamped it in a repeat 3 times, starting in the middle and then stamped once on each side. The repeat created light and dark foliage. I then used my brush to pull color out of the lines on the larger leaves. Once I had my foliage base, I used my stamp positioner for placement of the stems and flowers. I inked the flowers in violet #8 and stamped them once. Then cleaned off my stamp and only inked the two smaller flowers and stamped them to the left to create a larger “clump” of flowers. I really liked how this created more of a border. I then pulled the color out of each purple/violet bloom.
I then stamped the smaller flower clump in aubergine #93 with my positioner. I kept the pumpkins masked because I wanted the flowers to be “behind” the pumpkins and stamped them on each side. Using my brush, I pulled out the color of the blooms. That left a small gap in the middle of my border. I used a foliage stamp to add the foliage base and then used the dot flower in brilliant yellow #73 stamped in a repeat. I then touched the dots with my brush to pull out the color.
To finish up, I used my positioner to add the bird silhouettes in black N25 (Tombow). I then used the fine tip of my olive green #15 to add small tufts of grass along the fence line and barn. My last step was to add some white dots with Dr PH Martin’s Bleed Proof White for added flowers in the grass line of my foreground.
I still use Marvy Le Plume markers for my projects. Most of these can be converted to Tombow colors, but choose colors that work for you. These just happen to be some of my go-to colors for any project I work on. (Here is the link for the Tombow conversion chart: https://www.artimpressions.com/shop/art-impressions-most-loved-color-conversion-chart/)
Happy Stamping! As always, I hope you will give this project a try! Don’t forget to enter the Monthly Challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice!
Accessories:
Pumice Stone Distress Ink
#4774 Stamp Positioner
Canson Mixed Media Paper
Marvy Markers
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Maybe something fall themed like Debbie?
