My earliest introduction to arts and crafts was watercolour classes but it is something I never felt particularly good at it. I think you need to be an artist and I am not particularly arty or good at drawing. I think I am more of a crafts person really which is why I enjoy cardmaking and other hobbies.
Bearing in mind that I like the effect of watercolours, and prefer this medium to many others, I was quite excited to discover something that can be used in a similar way to watercolours and that is Brushos.
Brushos are a brilliantly intense
paint powder that come in small plastic pots. Brushos are made in the UK,
Surrey and have been around a while but have slipped under my radar until
recently. They come in small plastic pots. You can either mix the
powder with water and use like watercolour paint with a paint brush or apply to your card stock either before or after spritzing it with a fine mist of water.
If you intend to work loosely with this product it is
recommended that you pierce a small hole into the lid as opposed to opening
completely to avoid spillage. A small hole is adequate as you only need the
tiniest amount to work with.
There are different ways of using your Brushos as I mentioned above and I would like to show you my creations where I have first sprinkled the paint crystals onto the card stock then sprayed with water. Instead of relying on my own drawing skills, I have used stamps to build the artwork into a picture.
Here are my first few
attempts. Once you start to combine them with stamps they make a really
cool background to your images.
Stamp: Inspired by Banksy - Hope
Wildflowers SA-5029 stamps by Stamp Addicts
Stamp: Inspired by Banksy - Hope
Wildflowers SA-5029 stamps by Stamp Addicts
Stamp: Inspired by Banksy - Swing
Stamp: by Stampendous
There are videos available on
YouTube providing demonstrations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3m1S0Y7bc4
The videos I enjoyed came from Bee
Crafty whilst watching the Great British Craft Network (www.britishcraftnetwork.tv)
Bee Crafty have their one webpage
and blog which is worth visiting http://www.beecrafty.net/
I hope you enjoyed my artwork. If so, do spare a moment and comment on my blog page. Thank you, Crafty Tash
