I found a rubber stamp at Paper Source one day and purchased it. Why? Just cause it was cool.
I finally found a use for it the other day, and I stamped up some pieces of white cardboard we had lying around:
First you mix up some acrylic paint and thin it out with water- to about milk consistency. Alternatively, you can use ink- either liquid or from a stamp pad. If you are using paint or liquid ink, coat a roller with it and then coat your rubber stamp.
Stamp away!
I had Fen draw any sort of portrait she wanted to at first. Then I had her paint general portrait shapes with watercolor and go back into them later with Sharpie for the facial details.
For the last portrait, I had her choose an animal she wanted to paint a portrait of, and she chose a duck. Quack.
Finally, she decided to add her own little detail in the form of a speech bubble.
This was a fun, quick project, and one that is suitable for use with a bunch of different media. I think it would be fun to try small potato prints inside the frame prints- cut loosely to portrait shapes. Or you could even use the acrylic medium transfer technique.
More frame stamps:
I love the duck because it looks like he’s shaking his fist at me.
I think the duck must have some anger issues.
Oh, I just love this project!!!!!!!!!! (that is ten)
That’s a whole lotta exclamation points- thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone else would just see an oval but you see a frame for mini portraits. That is why you are so talented Artchoo! Love your blog and your wonderful ideas! You can make beautiful art out of anything!
Awesome project. I love the portrait on the bottom left. I think I identify with the frazzled hair.
I will never look at rubber stamps the same way again. I only saw an oval until you opened my eyes!
Aw geez. You are so sweet! Thank you.
Ha! Me too today.
Wahoo! Rubber stamp revolution. I’m loving rubber stamps lately. If I didn’t already have too much yarn stashed away, I would focus my sights on collecting rubber stamps.
Love this one…reminds me of the old portraits my gramma had of my mom on her wall. xo
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That must have looked cool! It would be fun to have a grouping of these paintings on the wall…