Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Donna Downey

I am in love with FABER-CASTELL Products

Have you played with Faber-Castell Gelatos or Watercolor Pencils? If not, you are missing out!  While at CHA I visited the Faber-Castell booth and created this distressed box at their Make & Take. We took a small box and distressed it with a couple of stencils and  Gelatos , added a little dimension using a pen to outline with a stencil as a guide, then stamped on it. Finally, added a bit of text and a wooden bird that was tinted with  Gelatos . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faber-Castell sponsored a workshop at CHA taught by Donna Downey.  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take her class and I wanted to learn more about  Gelatos     Above is an example of what we did at the workshop. We received a canvas board that was primed with gesso and had a image of the Eiffel Tower on it. We had do an image transfer by wetting the paper and removing as much of it as possible without taking removing the image. Then Donna...