I got this idea from Dina Wakely who is a well known mixed media artist and teacher. For this page I used a homemade mask.
To make a mask, look for a picture of a person (or anything else you like) from a magazine or from a printout. Then take packing tape and cover both sides of the image. Cut it out and you have a waterproof mask.
A mask is the opposite of a stencil. When using a stencil you paint or spray inside a shape while a mask is the shape itself and you spray around it. (masks are the inside part of cut out stencils). To make the mask for the page above I cut a model out of a fashion magazine,.
- I used a 2 page spread in a large dylusional journal I was using
- I placed the woman 4 different times in a row across the spread.
- I sprayed one, wiped off the mask and then sprayed another few colors of ink over the mask each time I put it down.
- Once the ink was dry I was able to add stuff to the empty spaces that I had masked off.
- On the first one I stamped some images and then colored in parts of it. The second I collaged bits of fabric to give an illusion of a dress. The third one was random writing and the fourth one was a bit different.
- I had noticed that the masks were full of ink after I sprayed so I turned over the mask onto the last empty spot on the page, getting a bunch of the green onto the page before spraying a bit over it. I then made circles with my favorite white pen.
- I then outlined some and did some other random things around the page.
I got so excited with this method of making my own masks that I started making a bunch more and below are some of the people masks I created. Make sure when you choose images for this that the arms and legs are not close to the body otherwise you won't see the outlines.
Pinnable image below
