A while back, I created a mixed media art girl in my Moleskine Journal using Jane Davenport's face stencil.
Mixed media art is another one of my passions;
when I'm not after getting the perfect photograph, my creative fix is satisfied with drawing and playing with paint!
Sadly though, creating with paint and pencils is something I don't do enough.
I really did enjoy creating her and loved how she turned out;
I had a lot of fun created her!
I used a soft pencil to sketch her out.
Prismacolor Premiere pencil crayons and some acrylic paints for her face and hair.
Daler Rowney Sytem 3; water based acrylic colours for more color in her hair and the background.
For splashes of colors; Daler Rowney Pearlescent liquid Acrylics.
Dylusions ink sprays for drips, drips, and more drips!
A Prismacolor premier fine line marker for fine outlining, and a black Sharpie China marker for smudging and creating shadows.
And of course, the well used, white Gelly roll pen for eyes, highlights and swirls.
Above is the original a picture of my mixed media girl
in my art journal; unedited.
Some time had past since I created her, and then the photographer in me thought what if I took a quick picture of her
and
edited it my Lightroom photo editing program and Photoshop Elements.
Editing and manipulating mixed media art with a little photo editing 'fun' would be a happy discover of endless versions of her original look in my art journal.
YAY!
This is what I created...
Dark and moody, soft blues and greens.
This black and white grainy effect is one of my most loved edits.
A warmer 'Instagram' tone, and skewed the perspective a little.
An enhanced vibrant punch of color!
Some of the photo edits above were created with the VSCO film 03 Lightroom presets. VSCO film presets are a collection of wonderfully, beautiful designed film presets that emulate certain camera-film looks that are created with a specific camera in mind; all of which work in Lightroom.
With many film preset collections to choose from,
I have been lucky enough to purchase one set;
the VSCO film preset 03!
Cropping, different angles or perspectives were skewed in some of the final edits done in Photoshop Elements.
Here are a few more samples edits; I couldn't stop.
I loved digitally editing my mixed media girl,
and now I look forward to creating more art to give some extra creative editing to in Lightroom and Photoshop Elements!
Happy creating!
