I just finished up a few postcards for a swap and for my backgrounds I tried something new to me (these are scans of the backgrounds). I usually gesso up the ying yang then drag out my paints and go to town. This method is so simple and I loved the old warn look it produces. You add many full layers of paper in different text and colour then simply peel away sand and then add a coat of glaze (I used sepia brown to age) on the top layer and there you have it. You could paint each layer if you want but I kind of like the colour of old paper I'm big into browns but I did paint the bottom layer with watered down blue just to add a bit of contrast. One of the layers was a bright wrapping paper the rest old text and the top layer handwritten ledger paper.
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Anywho thought I would share my experiment feel free to download these and use them, this even saves more time and mess.
Until next time take care and have a wonderful weekend Hugs Deborah.
4 comments:
Thanks a lot:) I'll try the method!
OOOh I'm going to have to try that, thank you!
Sounds like a great technique to try. Thanks for the explanation and the ready backgrounds.
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