Tuesday, August 7, 2007

atc tutorial for the Artful Blogger Party

I am so excited to participate in the artful blogger party put on by artsymama. This is a tutorial on how to create a mixed media collaged artist trading card. There are three parts to the tutorial and when you get to the end if you leave a comment you'll have a chance to win the atc, plus some painted text collage papers to make your own.

To start, you need: some pieces of collage paper. I used a bunch of book pages that I painted with watercolor a few days ago.


Also, you will need some colored pencils, markers, sharpie, glue and stamps

First thing you do is draw an image on one of the papers. I drew a girl starting with her round face, neck, shoulders, hair and features.

Next, color the image with markers and/or colored pencils


See parts 2 and 3 for the rest of this project and don't forget to leave a comment for the drawing.

13 comments:

Joy for the Journey said...

Found you at Artsy Mama! I love the idea of painting old book pages with watercolor!! Gorgeous!
Sarah

Lina said...

Love it! I usually paint and use papers and do collage but i have yet to try a worded background...so going to try this now! Thanks for sharing, and i loved your blog.

Anonymous said...

very cool tutorial...thank you!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm not in a mood for a party, I'm gonna watch Project Runnway tonight and draw some people on text-pages! Thanks! :-)

Contessa Kris said...

You KNOW I'm in love with your cards. They're so colorful and unique. I sure wish I could draw like that! Thanks for the tutuorial. I think I'll try it.

dawn said...

love your blog, girlita.
(thank you for visiting mine.)

Anonymous said...

I'm here for ArtsyMama's party. This is a really cool tutorial! I love the look of the letters coming through.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the inspiration! Such talented work! I have some ATC supplies sitting in a box in my closet. Your post reminded me that I need to get it out and give it another try! Feel free to visit my little party and giveaway over at The Little Bluebird Diaries!

Best,

Rosalyn-Sue

Beth said...

I too love the pages! They look so unique. I can't wait to try this. Thanks for visiting me.

swell.life said...

how lovely!! i'd never heard of artist trading cards, but i think they're the coolest. thanks so much for sharing your talent!

Anonymous said...

I love this technique. I like how we can see the text through the image.

Glad I found your blog!

Brandie

Michelle said...

Wow love this, I just have one question.....what if you can't draw?? Yikes, I so could not draw this girl! But love your tutorial, I'm goign to give it a go.

Vanessa and Walter Hurlimann said...

Quirky fun idea!!