Hello desk hoppers and other visitors… it’s Wednesday! That’s the day that I show you what’s on my work desk and connect with all the other ‘deskers’ all over the world.
(If you’re not familiar with the concept: WOYWW it is a weekly event hosted by Julia from the UK. Artists from all over the world post a photo of their desk on their blog and leave a link at Julia’s blog. Wanna join us? More info here.)
Every week, without exception, I get comments on how neat my desk looks. Well yah, I’m a neat creator! I just cannot create when the place is messy or chaotic. YOU may be surprised every week on how I keep my desk that orderly while creating… I, on the other hand, cannot understand how one is able to create something, anything with mess on the table and all around – and believe me, I do see quite a lot of those chaotic desks when I go desk hopping.
However, to satisfy your curiosity on how I create and if I ever DO get messy at all, I took a photo of my work desk yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon while I was in the midst of creating.
So here it is folks: this is as messy as it gets.
WOYWW #333 (click on the photo to enlarge)
Do you ever use your heat gun to speed up the drying process of paint or gesso on your page? And have you noticed that if you hold the heat gun close to the paint, it starts bubbling? I use that ‘technique’ all the time because the most wonderful textures arise from it. So when my friend gave me gold, silver and copper (metallic) paint I immediately tested it with my heat gun and… OHMY…. LOOK:
Isn’t this beautiful just in itself?
A blob of gold paint, heated with the heat gun and voilà!
(The above example was made as a test to see if I could get the same effect when I heated the paint on very thin paper. I was afraid the paper would burn, but it didn’t.)
You can see golden ‘bubbling spots’ on the next art journal page too.
She Needs Wide Open Spaces
I made this page in my art journal “De Zeeuwse Ziel” and added the light-blue stripes with the text to make the page match with the former page (and yes, the smear on the left page was an accident… I don’t mind though, the art journal is alive and these things can happen…)
And that’s it for today sweeties.
Have a wonderful week y’all.
I envy tidy crafters!! yes, I always heat dry my paint and stuff – love your gold bubbles! Helen 2
Love how tidy and organised everything is on your desk. I have to agree about the wonderful texture you from paint gesso and heat gun. Great journal page.
sandra de @28
Even that didn’t look messy at all!
I love your journal pages (both of them). The gold is very effective bubbled up. Great! What a discovery!
Have a great week,
Lisca
I loved the bubbled golden paint, lol!! I don’t papercraft often, but find the process of heating embossing powder quite magical 🙂
Hugs, LLJ 14 xx
That’s not messy at all! While you can see some of the worktop, I don’t call it messy! When it’s ALL covered that’s when it time to tidy up! Lovely texture with the heatgun – I use a hairdryer for drying, which is not hot enough to achieve this, but I’ll try it with my heatgun, which I normally only use for embossing. Great journal pages as usual! Love the movement in the first and the sentiment in the second is so funny! Have a great week, Marit! zsuzsa @ InkyDinkyDoodle #34
Oh dear, hangs her head in shame, I’m one of those messy crafters your are talking about Marit. I feel I need to mend my ways now!!!!
Love your bubbly paint. I saw this done with stencil medium recently and the texture was fantastic.
Have a good week.
Hugs Lisax #19
That is one of my most favourite techniques and although I love the paint just as it is, I often paint over it too. Have a great woyww and happy crafting, Angela x 24
Even now your craft table looks very tidy! The bubbly golden paint looks fabulous!
Greetings, Sofie #56
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I’m a tidy crafter too. I love your journal pages and yes I’ve used that bubbling technique as well. Isn’t it fab?! Take care Zo xx 44
Hello my friend!
I was so happy to see that you stopped by my blog! And I see you are doing AMAZING things again! Good for you!!
I wanted to email you but I have 2 email addresses and wasn’t sure which one to use! I would love it if you emailed me so I have the right one to write back to you.
Did you see that I am making videos now? Now you can see what I sound like! And, most of them are making journals!! I think you will like them. Showing my art journals is next on my video list!! Just type in my name on YouTube to find me!!
I miss you and I hope we can chat soon!! All the best to your men!!
xxD
I love this – the concept (NOT messy), the image, the way you’ve done the text. It is zingy – the blue & the gold!!!!