A Celebration at Aurora Wings

Today we are celebrating Aurora Wings two year anniversary with her online store Etsy.  This weekend, in our Stamps by Aurora Wings Facebook group, there is going to be a lot of happenings. You don’t want to miss it!

One of the happenings is a freebie from Mitzi. I would like to introduce you to Linnea Sprite. Isn’t she the cutest? She is perfect for art cards, scrapbook pages, or mixed-media, really anything you want.

 Of course I colored Linnea with Copics. The Copics I used are:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, R20;

Leaves, Shoes and Bloomers:

YG21, 23, 25, 67;

Linnea Petals: RVoo, 11, 14, 23, 29, R59;

Background: W1, 2, RV00;

Grounding: W2, 3.

Here's a little more information I know you will enjoy!

I hope that you do join us this weekend. In the meantime, head on over to our Aurora Wings Showcase blog. You will see what the other designers have created. I know they would love a visit to their personal blogs.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AW Showcase Designer

AJ’s Design Artz

New Release at Aurora Wings

Mitzi, owner and creator of Aurora Wings, has been busy this past month. This new image is her second new release in the past few weeks. Meet Miyabi, a geisha apprentice. She was the inspiration behind my finished 6”x6” mixed-media piece. She was also a joy to color with my Copics too.

Copics and other coloring tools:

Skin: RV00, R22, 24, 27;

Ear and Nape of Neck: E000, 00, 21;

Hair: C1, 3, 5, 7, 9, Black 100;

Flowers in Hair: R22, B21, 64, 66;

Kimono: T1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10;

G40, 82, 94, 99;

YR21, 23, 24, 31,

B23, 34, 37, 41,

R20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 89;

Obi and Hair Ribbon:

R20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 89;

Background Flowers:

B23, 34, 37, 41,

R20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 89,

V20, 22, 25, 28,

B03, 21, 66, YR21, 23, 24, 31;

Spicas: Lipstick and Gold;

Wink of Stella: Gl. Blue and Gl. Gold;

White gel pen;

Memento Marker: Rhubarb Stalk.

The finished mini wall art…I may have to keep this one for myself. You can find Miyabi in two versions. The Miyabi Figure Only Version here and the Miyabi Full Version here.

Now I would like to take you on a journey of my creative process. DecoArt mediums have been my choice of products for several years now. I love how easy they are to create with and the delightful colors in the fluid acrylics receive top marks from me.

My DecoArt products used in today’s project are:

Americana Glazing Medium

DecoArt Media Line:

Matte Medium;

Black Gesso;

Fluid Acrylics in:

Primary Cyan,

Carbon Black,

Quinacridone Burnt Orange;

Shimmer Mister-White.

Other supplies:

Assorted paper, die cuts, doiles, and acrylic flowers;

Designer paper;

Metal butterflies.

The above photo shows my first step of painting the black gesso on the 6”x6” stretched canvas. Now comes the fun of adding all the die cuts, strips of designer papers, and paper flowers for the background texture. All of these layers were adhered to the canvas with matte medium.

My next steps were adding all my glazing layers (see above). Each of these layers was carefully wiped with baby wipes. You do not want to remove all the glaze but you do want each layer to fully dry between layers. I added some matte medium to the flowers so I could do this same glazing technique on the flowers. The matte medium adds a coating to surfaces. This helps with making everything non-absorbent. NOTE: The glazing colors were accomplished with a 1:1 ration of fluid acrylic and glazing medium.

I have shot my finished piece at an angle. I hope you can see the dimension. The main image has been fussy cut and adhered with adhesive squares to raise it away from the canvas.

I hope that you head over to the AuroraWings Showcase blog and check out the talent of the other Showcase Designers. I feel honored to be working alongside these wonderful artists. Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.