Mixed Media Portrait Paintings with Lisa Novogrodski

Supplies-

Bloom Girl “Sharon” Stencil

Bloom Girl “Free Spirit” Stencil

Color Bloom- Soft Teal

Color Bloom- Gold Foil

Prima Stamps- Stitch Stamps Circles

 

Hi Everyone! It’s Lisa Novogrodski  

here  again to share my final guest design project with you. I am sharing two portrait paintings I created with the Sharon and Free Spirit stencils! I’ve had a wonderful time creating with the Bloom Girls and want to thank Jamie for having me as her guest this month!

 



 

My first drawing was done with the Sharon stencil. I used only her face outlined in graphite and then enhanced with it for shading. I painted with acrylics and Caron D’ache water soluble crayons for detailing and the main coloring and shading of her face. The background was done with a mix of misting, a little bit of stencils and ink and some random stamping. Both of my projects were created on water color paper.

 



 

 

 

My second drawing was done with both the Sharon and Free Spirit stencils. I drew my face using Sharon stencil so it was still front facing but slightly tilted. I used the hair but selected the lines from the stencil I wanted to use to form a hairstyle that suited my needs. I slipped in some feathers from the Free Spirit stencil. I enjoy working with graphite and like to mix it in with my painting. I kept the feathers in the graphite and smudged them slightly. The rest of the piece was again colored with Caron D’ache water soluble crayons. I splattered some mists and did some random stamping but kept it subtle.

I used a mixed media background tearing up book pages and adhered them with gel medium. Finally I subtly stenciled with some modeling paste for more texture.

 

 

Bloom Girl Art Book with GDT Lisa Novogrodski.

Hi Everyone! It’s Lisa Novogrodski here and I am thrilled to be guest designing this month for

Jamie Dougherty’s Bloom Girl Team!

I wanted to do something a little “out of the box” with the Bloom Girl stamps. If you are familiar with my work then you know I like to use products in a different way then they were intended. Nothing is safe. If I can cut it up, rearrange it and put it back together again that is what I’ll do! Soooo… today I want to show you that you are only limited by your imagination when it comes to these fabulous stamps. While you can stamp and color them and use them on your project you can also stamp and rearrange them into whatever path your imaginations takes you down.

 

“See The Beautiful Foolishness of Things and Linger”

 

I’ve used the Bloom Art Book to create my project. I love that the pages already have some color and pattern to them. No “blank page fear” if you happen to suffer from that.

 

 

I stamped the Bloom Girl Joy on white cardstock and cut the flowers from her hair…and well… I cut off her hair!  The stamped flowers were colored with Caran d’ache water soluble crayons which I love. I also stamped with Clear Stamps and the flower stamp that came with the pack of Flair Buttons. I splattered the background with Bloom Mists and added some art doll parts to the girls!

 

 

On the opposing page I used Bloom Girl Paige. Again I cut her hair off and stamped her on white cardstock. I also stamped her again several times on pattern paper. I cut the flowers out and used a mix of those cut from pattern paper and those cut from white cardstock.  I mixed them into background scene as well as forming a crown of flowers for her head. I used Caran d’ache to color her face and the white stamped florals.

 

 

I set my Bloom Girls in a scene adding some more art doll parts and background interest to give my pages a fun quirky look! Give it a try!

 

Products:

Bloom – Cling Stamp Paige

Bloom – Cling Stamp Joy

Bloom-Typewriter Keys

Bloom Art Book

Bloom- Clear Stamps

Bloom- Flair Buttons

Color Bloom- Soft Teal

Color Bloom – Cotton Candy