There's a surprising amount of interesting art tools in household objects. One of my top favorites is jar lids. I have a plastic gelato container with all kinds of lids inside. They are perfect to trace, even though I have a circle master. Lids give you more patterns and variety. I can even trace the top and bottom of the gelato container. But with my lids I can roll them in paint, or dip them in paint. I can throw them away if I muck them up or add to my collection anytime I find an interesting top.
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| my lid collection |
For my art journal page I quickly spread some turquoise and some marine paint on my gesso covered page. Then I scraped the paint with an old gift card (which is another great tool) to make the layer thin so I could see some of the white of the page. Also I wanted the page smooth for tracing.
I traced three nesting lids with a Stabilo All Pencil and then retraced with Scribble Sticks that I dipped in water. That's where my drips came from. Add a spray of water should you want more drips, keeping in mind the black pencil is water soluble as well. I added an alchol ink heart in the center and some tiny writing.
I challenge you to collect household objects for art tools. How about jar lids?
The line of dots that draws in your eye were made with white and pink paint pens, and a black Sharpie ball point pen.
Here are a few more jar lid circles art journal pages:
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| Free hand paper circles with lids dipped in paint |
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| Tracing all the lids |
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| Making the circles organic by free hand painting over the trace marks |
I challenge you to collect household objects for art tools. How about jar lids?
Blessings,
Carolyn
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