I should be doing more of this...
But what I really want to do is make galaxy art. I have been noticing a big trend on Pinterest (follow me! abeautifulparty) lately with DIYs on making your own galaxy skirt but today when I was scrolling through Craftgawker I was super excited to see a tutorial for paper. My internet was running slow on my phone and I had to finish the latest episode of Teen Mom (not apologizing) before I could use my computer so I spent the last half hour of the show daydreaming about what all I would do with my galaxy paper. The excitement was building while I watched and learned just how tough it is to have a child as a teen. Finally I was able to look up the tutorial for this exciting project and I was crushed to discover they are envelopes made of magazine pages.
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| This is a great DIY, just not what I was looking for. |
So I thought this was a good thing because I would get back to the projects that I had started and needed to be resolved. But thennnnnn.... I thought I could find the skirt tutorials and apply those techniques to paper.... So far I have found a few DIYs for paper but they have been a little hokey. I did find a pretty good one for a skirt. The skirt came out beautifully. I think maybe I could make this work best on canvas instead of paper. If I spray bleach on paper I think it will just eat the paper. Eating paper is a bad idea...
Okay okay. Maybe this thought can wait. Maybe I should get back to what I was doing. Maybe I'll just clean my studio and procrastinate a little, get to bed early, and try it all again tomorrow.
Probably that one.
If you have some good ideas for this galaxy paper project would you mind sharing? I neeeeeed to know!!
Edited after posting: I feel like it sounds like I made a galaxy skirt and it came out beautifully. I meant the skirt in the tutorial. Don't want to give the impression that no procrastination was happening...
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| Click the image for the tutorial. |
Probably that one.
If you have some good ideas for this galaxy paper project would you mind sharing? I neeeeeed to know!!
Edited after posting: I feel like it sounds like I made a galaxy skirt and it came out beautifully. I meant the skirt in the tutorial. Don't want to give the impression that no procrastination was happening...
2 comments:
I know I've seen a really cool time lapse video of someone painting a space piece. I couldn't find the one I was thinking of, but I did find this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fia3lcQ60
Hey Annnnnnnn!
I've done paintings (like this one which you've seen already) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassiemarieedwards/5956672328/)
For this one I used frisket(masking fluid) for the text. I taped off the edges of watercolor paper, mixed colors, and then wet the whole paper and went at it. When certain areas were mostly dry but still damp, I went back in with more layers of color - this creates a really nice 'randomness'. Lastly, I sprinkled salt over parts of it to create stars. :)
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