Art Impressions Challenge- Spritz, Splatter and Paint #407

 

Greetings friends. I was inspired to participate in the latest challenge by Art Impressions called Spritz, Splatter and Paint (#407). I am all about getting a little covered in paint. 

For my card, I wanted to try a night sky because I just got some new white gouache paint and heard that it splatters really well. Gouache is in between a watercolor and acrylic paint. It definitely has a bit more opacity than plain watercolor.

To create my background, I sponged white cardstock with blue, purple and green Distress Oxide ink. I then covered most of the area with Lack Soot Distress Oxide ink. I left some of the underlying colors to peek through and give the impression of a sky with an aurora. To finish the sky, I mixed the white gouache paint with a little water and then splattered it onto the sky using a toothbrush.

For the foreground, I used a traffic light from the Art Impressions Road Trip stamp set. The set comes with different sentiments that fit the sign, but I chose "stamps this way" because I have the image in my head of stampers getting together and thinking it was a good idea to travel a secluded road at night because, well....stamps!

I freehand cut my hills out of grey paper and painted the road with black and white Posca paint pens. I created the moon using a circle punch, cream cardstock and a little Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink.

Here is a close up of the sky:

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you want to join the challenge, you can find all the information here: