Lynda Monk Samples

Left = scanner/Right = camera

I wanted to show how different the images of my Lynda Monk samples come out when I use the camera and the scanner.  Neither of them give the correct colour, but I guess the camera is nearer to the truth.

Left = camera/Right = scanner

What a waste

Scrap of fabric which was used as waste when painting the tissue paper

Thursday saw me playing around with the Lynda Monk book again and I have now tried using tissue paper on muslin which gives a lovely soft piece of fabric. (see the gold piece below)  I also managed to find my Indigo Treasure Gold (it was where it should have been, of course, but hidden under something else!!) and the blue piece below is the result of that.  I am afraid the scanner makes the colours incorrect because of the metallic finish and I should really have photographed the pieces.

Tissue Paper on Muslin

Lynda Monk Samples updated

This is the third sample now it has dried.  The dark blob in the left hand corner is where the liquid accumulated.  Again the scanner has made the piece much more purple than it actually is.

I may do something else with it now and have got some Quink Ink out and some oil pastels.

Still cannot find the dark blue Treasure Gold!

Lynda Monk Samples updated

Had another go at this sample.  Just sprayed it again, but more liberally this time.  Quite pleased with it, but it is a bit light coloured.  The cauliflower splodge is where there was a big blob which took a long time to dry out.

Like this sample much better.  It is still quite light coloured but a nice effect I think.

I am still waiting for the purple sample to dry.  It takes ages.

Lynda Monk Samples

This is the third sample I did and it is actually not this lurid purple.  It must be something to do with the scanner picking up the reflection from the metallic paint.  The base is Lumiere Purple Violet the the spray is Crafty Notions Creative Colour Spray -Shake 'n' Spray 'Lustre Aubergine'.  I have got to say I did not find it as easy to use as the Cosmic Spray and it came out rather blobby and very wet.  Now it is dry it looks much better.

Lynda Monk Samples

This is a piece of pelmet vilene.  bondaweb was added and then pieces of scrumpled tissue paper were ironed on using baking parchment to protect the surfaces of the ironing board and iron base.

It was then painted with Lumiere 'Super Copper'.  Once this dried I rubbed the surface with Renaissance Treasure Gold.

Next step was to get a cotton wool ball (I had no cotton wool pads) soaked in White Spirit and lightly wet the surface and move the wax around.  Whilst this was still damp I sprayed it with a Cosmic Shimmer Mica Shimmer Mist - colour was 'Ocean Sunlight' and left it to dry.

I am now going to give it another coat of spray.

The sample on the right was Lumiere Metallic Gold and then everything else was the same as the sample above.

On my next sample I want to try using a dark blue Treasure Gold I have instead of the gold one, but at the moment I cannot find it.  Not surprising if you saw the amount of packing boxes that are still lying around the house!

I have also done a purple sample but it went really blobby and has not dried yet so I cannot scan it.

Just for Annie

Had a frantic phone call from Annie to ask if I had tried the White Spirit Technique from Lynda Monk's new book as she could not get it to work.  The above picture is a sample Lynda gave me at Knit & Stitch in Harrogate using this technique so hopefully this will help.  I will try it out myself when I get chance and then will post the result for all to see!