Disappearing Act: GPP Street Team 55

Over at Michelle Ward's GPP Street Team, the September challenge is to meld two or three colors on a page, then apply stamp or stencil using the same colors, to see just how neat-o it is when some of those colors and images seem to disappear (!) into the landscape.

I 'El Oh Vee EE' love this challenge.  Don't take it from me; go over to the link I've provided and see what Michelle, herself, has done with this.  It will knock whatever you have on your feet totally OFF !  She's unbelievable.  In fact, now that I think about it, I don't believe her.

Now.  Here, in rapid succession, are the steps I took and the successes and failures.  (Most of the failures are in photography, as you will see.)

First, I wanted to start with one of the colors I'd invented for Michelle's Challenge for August.  So I put down Summer Barbeque, comprised of some red and yellow, melded it together, and then tried making a lovely foam stamp image disappear.  I think it came out pretty well!  Er, disappeared pretty well!  Oh, you know...

Next, I used a snowflake stamp.

Then I decided to try a combo of black and grey with a different stamp.  However the stamp I chose didn't really translate well, probably because of the wetness of my paint in the nooks and crannies.  

But, then I chose another simple foam stamp and was satisfied with the result.  (Read Michelle's post to see what great supplies she used!  I'm trying those next.)

But, wait!  Time for stenciling!

I wasn't really up for spray painting today, as it's about 100 degrees outside right now, so I took a couple of die-cut forms and painted through them.  

These are the blue and green I used for my invented color Mellifluidity, in the last Challenge.

As you can see, the paper I used as my surface is not my usual 140 lb watercolor paper, so when I pulled the die-cut sun off, it brought the paper with it.  But I just kept putting down the sun, painting over boo-boos, and came up with a pretty good page.

If that weren't enough to make everyone's day, I decided to get out some more shapes and try to add some yellow to the blue and green:

It wasn't totally successful, but I can still work with it.  I think you can see how I used the flower as a mask and a stencil and got some good texture out of this bit. I can cut it down to make card or a nice collage addition.

I liked how my butterfly sticker turned out after painting over it a few times.  I can use this as a stencil again or just put it on a collage.

This is the first painting I've done in awhile.  Thanks so much, Michelle, for giving me another tool to add to my art belt!  I really love how the colors and images dissolve and disappear.