June's Art Exploration color theme is the color pearl!

June's Art Exploration color theme is the color pearl! First, of all I want to mention that my grandmother's name was Pearl and my aunt's name is Garnet. I think we had a theme going here. 

So what color is pearl?  Kind of a hard one to describe I would say? Is it really a color or is it just that reflection or smooth and creamy shine that it gives off?

Here's what white stands for - Purity, Truth, Dreamer, Innocence, Simplicity, Cleanliness, Faith, Honesty, Peace etc.... and according to Wiki Pedia "the color pearl is a pale tint of off white. It is a representation of the average color of a pearl. The first recorded use of a pearl as a color name in English was in 1604. The color used in interior design when an off-white tint is desired. 

Now you may ask, how do I use that with watercolors?

Today I explored Winsor newton's Iridescent Medium, and it really made a shiny impact with my watercolors. Just a touch of this goes a long way and it really does give a lovely pearly look to a painting. You can use it mixed with the watercolors to create shine with any color or use it on top of a watercolor wash.

You can see after the watercolor has dried, I added the medium on top of the color wash.

So I decided to create some more jewelry pieces, and since we are giving it some shine it inspired me to create some mermaid earrings this week. You may remember my recent live stream on youtube and blog post about my leaf earrings? I'm using the same process to create these fun mermaid earrings. I used a little black sharpie to create some scales. 

I added the UV resin on each side and did find that since they are longer and not as wide they did curl a bit more, but I was okay with that. Reminds me of a little mermaid fin.

Drilled a small hole near the top and added a jump ring and hook, fun quick and easy! You can see the shine a bit better in the Video, so make sure to check that out. 

So many options with Pearl. Make sure to check out  Lisa Hedrick and Jessica Sanders video's this week, they will show you a few other ways to use the color pearl this month. 

We are all about exploring art, and would love to have you join us in the Art Exploration Facebook group, it's FREE and we are covering a new color each month for the year of 2020.  

Alcohol Ink and Resin Jewelry - Violet Flower Bracelet

I had a request for a commission pair of earrings from a client. This was a gift and the person loves flowers, especially anything purple, and they really wanted a violet or pansy.
I video taped most of my process not on the earrings but on the single bracelet. You can watch it on my Youtube Channel. I'll be posting a link to the video below.

 

I am always up for the challenge and once I got started it was fun to expand on the original plan.

It took a few tries to get the shape down with the resin and get a feel for how the inks would move with and without heat. I worked with Snow Cap Alcohol Ink to start for the base. It's a mixative and I added it to the Clear Art Resin to tint it.

I found these lovely little Adjustable Bracelets online and they had just arrived, so I made a few of these. I'll be posting a few more as the first 2 batches have sold. You will be able to find them in my etsy shop soon. 

I also found these cute little charms that I'm thinking on adding to my next batch of bracelet!
They have all kind of little options. This pack of 100 had butterflies, lots of sea themed charms like mermaids, shells, suns, elephants, owls, keys and more.




















I also wanted to share the great little starter Jewelry Kit that has a lot of what I needed to start making simple jewelry pieces.

And if you want to know a bit more about Resin Jewelry you may like to take a look at my Lifetime Access, go at your own pace: Full Online Jewelry Resin Course - I have a  SPECIAL YOUTUBE Coupon 75% OFF on UDemy just for you!  You can also watch a few Free Previews before signing up.

Watch the Video Here!

Watch this easy Alcohol Ink and other mixed media tutorial on HOW TO CREATE these sweet Violet Bracelets using open bezels and Art Resin.   Really hope you enjoyed the Video - Please hit that subscribe and like button to see more. You can also find more items links under the comment section on the youtube comments page.

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