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:
Carrie - Cannibalistic Nerd
07/02/2012 at 9:25 amI love the duck because it looks like he’s shaking his fist at me.
Jeanette Nyberg
07/02/2012 at 9:29 amI think the duck must have some anger issues.
Ann
07/02/2012 at 11:55 amOh, I just love this project!!!!!!!!!! (that is ten)
Jeanette Nyberg
07/02/2012 at 10:44 pmThat’s a whole lotta exclamation points- thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PragmaticMom
07/03/2012 at 8:03 amAnyone 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!
Krista
07/03/2012 at 6:52 pmAwesome project. I love the portrait on the bottom left. I think I identify with the frazzled hair.
twisterfish
07/04/2012 at 10:43 pmI will never look at rubber stamps the same way again. I only saw an oval until you opened my eyes!
Jeanette Nyberg
07/05/2012 at 11:11 amAw geez. You are so sweet! Thank you.
Jeanette Nyberg
07/05/2012 at 11:14 amHa! Me too today.
Jeanette Nyberg
07/05/2012 at 11:16 amWahoo! 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.
Erika
07/12/2012 at 8:20 amLove this one…reminds me of the old portraits my gramma had of my mom on her wall. xo
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Jeanette Nyberg
07/12/2012 at 4:15 pmThat must have looked cool! It would be fun to have a grouping of these paintings on the wall…