Friendship Heals Everything
Hi everyone, Welcome back to the Blog!! It’s Shari Carroll here to show you a couple quick techniques you can do with some Faber-Castell products.
I created a background using my Gelatos and Faber-Castell Glaze. The glaze acts as a resist to the Mango Gelato painted over top. The contrast is amazing!
If you look closely, you can see the brush marks of Gesso on my bird. The gesso helps the Artist Big Brush pens to become very blendable. These pens are India ink and very different from Copics or waterbase markers. While wet, you can blend using your finger. Once dry, they become permanent.
I’ve shot a video on how I created my background and colored the bird. You can view it below or on our YouTube channel.
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Thanks for stopping by, I hope I’ve given you some inspiration with Faber-Castell products. Enjoy!
Love the colours, they go perfectly with the funky little bird!
SOOOOOOO Cute!
Great background…fun card.
gorgeous way of using the gelatos and big brush pens! Gorgeous card!
those birds are so wondy but so cute.
darling card.
thanks for sharing.
Haha..that bird cracks me up!!!
I love the bird and the colors
Fantastic card, I love the vibrant colors.
Such a great bird stamp set!
Gorgeous card. Love the colours.
Great card and colors! ;-)
Thanks for the video and gelatos/gesso technique!
Fabulous background….I just love color combo..Thank you Shari for tips and inspirations!!
love the background color
Love everything about this card…thanks for sharing all of the great techniques!
those birds are just amazing :)
Love your style Shari Carroll!
Such a cute card and bird stamp! Thanks for sharing the how-tos :)
Love that bird and that background looks fantastic!
This was great! Thanks for the lesson. I didn’t know about the glaze so I definitely need to get some to mix with my gelatos. It is difficult to get out the lumps with only water.
great colors!
LOVE the bird and the background is soooo awesome!~kim
The bird is just the cutest thing. Fun colors. I already follow by email.
This card is a hoot!
Cute card, I love those birdies…
Love the great background. I use Gelatos all the time.
I really like your colors on your card. That little bird is so darn cute.
Love all the contrasting colours and thanks for showing how to use the glaze! You made a great card, full of inspiration!
What a wow card! I love the background and the bird. And another reminder that I really want that stamp set. ;)
Very cool technique on that background .
What a cute card!! I love the vibrant colors and adorable bird.
Great card with an encouraging message!
Love the brush marks! Thanks for showing how these products work. I follow the blog by email.
Love the use of Gelatos – everything looks so vibrant!
Awesome card. Great colors. Thanks for the video, can’t wait to try this technique. Michelle t
Wonderful and the card
is so cut! Love the bird.
Carla from Utah
I love those birds!
Love the background technique. And I am crazy for the birds!
Shari, I love the background texture and resist that various mediums make. Your background is a lovely little abstract canvas. (I would have been tempted to skip the card and frame the background.)
Very cool techniques with these products.
Such a lovely background, great color palette!!!
Love the card and the sentiment is awesome and so true!
What a beautiful card! I just love the colors. Love that bird, it’s just adorable.Thank you for showing us the technique.
I love that background! So vibrant.
Oh this is so gorggeous!
I’m seeing these birds everywhere now:) They are the most unique I’ve ever seen.
Really interesting technique you use for the background. Thanks for sharing.
Oh what fun! Shari, you always “wow” me with your colors and techniques. I have to try this…thanks :)
Love this! Those birds are awesome and love your background!!! FUN
Love those crazy birds. Your video was very informative. Great technique. Thanks for sharing.