Mepxy Max 2nd Edition

MEPXY MAX 2ND EDITION

BY Ash Chain

Created with Canson Drawing 220 paper and Mepxy Markers

Hello again everyone! Ready for another Mepxy Max session I hope. Today I used the Mepxy brush markers and Canson 220 drawing paper (my favourite). This time instead of a step by step picture tutorial, I did a time-lapse so you can see the whole stage of colouring. I drew a Picathartes and peonies flowers. I'm a massive David Attenborough fan so my inspiration is from him for this picture. I hope you like it.

I start with my line drawing which is done with two ordinary art liners (of your choice) I prefer to used 0.8 and 0.2 liners. Then the best part, the colour, I always start with my darker colour first. so you can see for the leaves I've used a darker green first then gone in with the lighter green while the darker green ink is still gentling into the paper. this helps blend the darker green and the lighter green out together. I find this process works best on Canson 220 drawing paper.

If you would find the darker areas you went over with the lighter marker aren't as dark as you would like, repeat the process as you can see I did on the inside of the peony. Be careful not to over saturate the area though. After all, paper can only take so much ink. You can see I do the same darkening process in the Picathartes wings as well. Also, blending may not be for everyone. You may like a hard contrasting line which is totally fine and cool. I just like to blend when doing flowers and birds as it make them look softer.

If you guys have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!

Colours I used were:

G28, G07, L24, L09, R20, R32, R00, W00, Y15, Y38, N27, N05, CG01, CG03, CG04, CG05, CG06, CG07, CG08 and a white gel liner for highlights in the eye.

How to create a zen doodle plate border design with Pebeo Porcelain 150 markers

How to Create a Zen Doodle border plate design

Check out How to Create a Zen Doodle Plate by Peta Thompson on Snapguide.
Pebeo porcelaine 150 marker zendoodle tutorial on our youtube channel

Bee-utiful Summer Glasses

'Bee'-utiful Summer Glasses

By Natalie Wyatt 

 

Made with "Pebeo Porcelaine 150 Ceramic Paint and Markers"

 

Dean's Summer Dance.

 

So Summer is well under-way! And living here in Melbourne, we will probably be experiencing it on and off all year with our lovely non-committal weather tendencies...

So! I made some really easy and fun Bee glasses! I've had a few functions since I made them and they're quite fun for all ages getting them out and watching people gravitate toward them. Plus you could very easily change the concept and make butterflies, caterpillars, ladybugs or anything else you wanted.

 What you will need:

• 1 x Wales Old Fashion Glass (Or any other preference)*
• Sun Yellow Vitrea 160 Paint (Glossy)
• White Vitrea 160 Paint (Glossy)
• Black Vitrea 160 Marker (Glossy)
• 1 x Small Paintbrush (I used Princeton Art & Brush Co. Golden Taklon Synthetic Hair #4 Round)
• A cup/glass filled with water (To rise your brush)
• Scrap paper to cover work-bench.
• Tissues to blot the wet paint-brushes.

 

Firstly, make sure your glass has been cleaned thoroughly in hot water and your hands are clean as-well.

You start by drawing a foot-ball shaped oval with the marker and adding a flick to one side.

The marker needs to be shaken before use and if your paint runs out as you are drawing, just press the tip a few times on scrap paper so the marker tip floods with paint.

Then, you can add a small line at the front which will be the head area.

 Now, using your marker again, create two stripes in the body of the bee. I've made my line thicker at the top to create that perspective of the stripes.

You can now add the two little wings on-top. 

I made one wing larger than the other for aesthetic purposes. 

Before you start the next step allow time for the marker to dry, otherwise you will find the black marker paint running with the yellow paint.

Even waiting 10-15 minutes so the paint can develop a thick skin is enough time.

Now you can use your Princeton brush and Vitrea 160 Sun Yellow paint and fill in the stripes on the Bee's body.

Oh isn't he cute.

(They look brilliant in sunlight!)

Now you can clean your brush and using the White Vitrea 160 Paint start to fill in the wings.

You'll want a fairly decent amount of paint on the wings to get that brilliant white colour.

This next step you can use the same paint from before, but this time only very lightly paint the head of the bee with a thin white layer of paint.

Allow the white layer to dry and then repeat with the yellow paint.

This creates a soft yellow colour.

Make sure you allow that time to dry in between to achieve this effect.

This next step is incredibly difficult but I have no fear that you can persevere and rise to the challenge.

*deep breath*

For this step I want you to use your black marker again and place one black dot on the head for the eye...

Oh thank goodness you did it!

Good job, there will be dancing in the streets today in your honour!

For the last step, take your marker again and draw a trail of lines around the glass as the path for the bee. You can do it in any direction or fashion!

And you're done!

Well... nearly, now all you have to do is wait 24 hours for the paint to dry and then bake it at 160 degrees for 40 minutes.

I generally put the glasses on a tray when baking them.

To avoid accidently cracking your glass, leave your glasses in the oven to cool down gradually so they aren't shocked by the sudden temperature change when they are done.

These glasses were bought from Kmart, however Spotlight stocks Princeton Brushes and the Vitrea Paints/Markers and have a great range of glasses as-well. 

 

 

Please send us photos of your designs!

Thanks for bearing with my humour.

Or lack of it.

Not sure which.

Blame my Dad.

Natalie Wyatt

Natalie's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/nataliebethart?pnref=lhc

Fabric Paint with Felicity

 

Hello, Felicity here today.
I have had a little play the last few weeks with some fabric paint from Crafty Crausders. I haven't had much experience with this product, but what I will say its I had a lot fun and cant wait to use them again.
  I grabbed some Calico fabric, my favourite fabric paint colours and my Gelli plate. (Parma Violet, Blanc white, light green, oriental blue, Bengal pink, Garnet red, bleuet cornflower, butter cup orange)  

  I then kept layering my colours and pattern on the gelli plate until I was happy. This is how my piece of fabric turned out.

  I then thought that it would look so cute as tags.  

  I made quiet few colourful pieces and even decided to cut petals out and pop them in my art journal.

  I used the documented life project prompt again. Art Journal: Cover up good stuff Journal Prompt; Going undercover

 

  If you can get your hands on some fabric I would love to see what you do with it.   Products: Pebo fabric paint: Parma Violet, Blanc white, light green, oriental blue, Bengal pink, Garnet red, bleuet cornflower, butter cup orange   Happy Friday! Felicity XO

To the Galaxy and BEYOND!

Currently trending right now are Galaxies, they are absolutely everywhere from home wares to art to fashion, the bright and beautiful galaxies are showing up in all sorts of places, including our blog!

Today we are going to take a Black cotton T-shirt and turn it into a walking galaxy this technique should work on just about any fabric surface! I will be attempting to make my own scarf later on this week.


Today we are working with fabric paints from Pebeo Setacolor in the opaque range.
Other Supplies used in this project
Black Cotton Tshirt/top
Pebeo Setacolor Fabric Paint in opaque I used all the colours featured in this image.
Household bleach
Paint Brush
Paper plates - to put your paint on
Spray Bottle
Sea Sponge
Foam Brush
Iron (to set the paint before washing)




If you are using a brand new item of clothing, throw it in the wash and wash it before using these paints, as the sizing and whatever else that is added to new clothes can become a resist for the paints.
(I washed my item after the bleaching process)

First I wanted to create a speckled effect to use as a spring board, I didn't want to go straight in with paint as I knew it would become to uniform looking and all my research on galaxy images they aren't uniform they are whimsical and delicate at the same time.
I grabbed my spray bottle and added some bleach and a little water together and tested the spray on the inside of my shower door to make sure I got a soft mist instead of heavy drops, once I was happy with the spray I then put my shirt onto a paint table that I'm not precious about

These images show how the bleach is reacting on the black top.

I put the paint onto paper plates. Each plate held a different colour, I also added white to each colour to soften it.









I then Grabbed my sea sponge and loaded it up with paint, you might want to dab off the excess paint to make it not so over powering all over, you want it to be a random effect as galaxies are just that random and beautiful.
I went in with the pink first and built up other colours.











I also used other tools to build up colour, I used a foam brush and did some dry brushing to diffuse the colour in places that I didn't want huge amounts of colour but more subtle look.

This is a close up of the soft shading of dry brushing with the foam applicator, it was soft enough that the bleach specs could still be seen through. I like the light washes it created.

Build up as much or as little colour as you'd like, this part is personal preference, I suggest getting a few images of galaxies you admire and just try recreating them loosely onto the fabric. 


There is no right or wrong with galaxies! I did go in with black and break up those big blocks of colour down in the right hand corner as I felt they looked too deliberate.

Once I was happy with the colour distribution I then went in with the tip of my paintbrush (the handle end) and made little bright white stars in various places, some little clusters and some just on their own to make the look organic. I had to restrain myself at this stage from covering it in little white dots cause I loved them!


Once you are happy with how your garment looks, you then iron it to heat set the paints so its good for washing! I just used an old towel over my top and cranked the heat setting to high one I knew no paint would transfer I removed the towel and then just ironed the top as normal. Ive also washed this time before the below image was taken and nothing has moved!

I hope you take the time to make your own galaxy print! I will be doing a scarf next! 

Enjoy creating other worlds on your clothing! I certainly did!

Bye for now
Courtney

Believe ~ Canson Art Book, Schmincke & Mepxy Art Journal Page

Hello there, glad you could join me today, I hope you enjoy this little tutorial on how I have created this art journal page using the Canson Art Book 180 & Schmincke - Acrylic inks & Aquarell & Mepxy Brush Markers. Can I just say, my fave latest products to use! These are so yummy to work with!!! So many ideas are flowing right now!

             

1. To start draw a light pencil outline of the face you want to use.  























2. Then use the Schmincke Aquarell Maskierstift to go over your pencil outlines. Let dry before adding your colours. I Love how the masking fluid comes in the easy to use applicator!

              

3. Use different stamps to stamp and a permanent black ink around the hair overlapping them as you go.


















4. Drip the Schmincke Acrylic Ink over the hair area, I have used a little of the Primary Blue Cyan and mostly Primary Magenta & Yellow.
         

5. Spritz the ink with water so that it blends and runs, then I have used a baby wipe or paper towel to dab off the excess and to dab more colour on around the edges. If too much ink went onto her face I used a baby wipe to wipe it off.
*** Note*** I would add the blue first next time and let that dry before adding the magenta and yellow. I think this would give it an even more vibrant colour variations.

 
 
 






























 6. Once the ink is dry you can rub off the Aquarell Masking Fluid. The easiest way I found for removing it was by rubbing over it with a paper towel. It came off easily.

     


 




























7. Now you can colour in your face with the Mepxy Markers. I am still learning how to use these, but I am quickly falling in love with them.              
 























I finished off some of the finer details with a pencil. So happy with how she turned out!!! 


              
 Materials Used:
Canson ~ Art Book 180 A4 96gsm
Schmincke ~ Finest Acrylic Ink -Primary Magenta, Yellow & Blue Cyan|
                   ~ Aquarell 731 Maskierstift Masking Fluid |
Mepxy ~ Brush Markers - N25, N03, N25, N01, W13, W04, R00, R02, N51, 00, G02, B12, C02,120  
Other: Stamps | Black Ink - Archival Brilliance Graphite Black

Cheers 
Michelle x