Lots to Tell!

Hi everyone,
I have a few things to post today as it's been a week since my last entry and there has been lot's happening this week.
First up is to let you know I will be at the Craft Barn on the first weekend of September. 
The Saturday will be a FREE demo day of which details are listed below and will also be holding a day workshop on the Sunday, unfortunately the workshop is now fully booked but I am hoping to do more in the near future.
Also the fantastic Wishing well over at the Craft Barn Blog are having an Andy Skinner week on the run up to the weekend..I feel so honoured!! 
The very talented design team will be providing step by step tutorials on the blog throughout the week so please check it out.

SATURDAY 3^rd SEPTEMBER - ANDY SKINNER DAY AT THE CRAFTBARN
From watercolouring to alcohol inks
Andy Skinner, Carol Cockbain and Lina McDermott will be showing you loads of ideas using Andy’s stamps combined with lots of other goodies in our free demo day at The Craft Barn.

Ok next up is the news that I have received in the post this week, the first sets of my new Christmas Stamps…Yes I know it's only July but I am absolutely thrilled with them.
I have spent a long time designing these sets, most of the stamps on two of the sets can be used all year round and not just for Christmas which was my main aim. The third set has more of a traditional…slightly retro Christmas feel to it.
I will be posting samples of them on here in the next few days.

Finally I just wanted to share my latest mixed media painting with you which is inspired by Gary Reef.
It is my first attempt on a 24cm x 17cm piece of Plexi Glass, adding layers on both the reverse and the front mean's the painting has great depth, although it is very hard to show this in a photograph.
Media used on this project is Stazon Ink, Acrylic paint, alcohol Ink, isopropanol and gold leaf.
I have a new video camera…yea!!! so I may do a little video of it enabling you to see the depth of the different layers.

Bye for now,

Andy

Catch up

Hi all,
Just thought I would catch up and share with you what I have been up to this week so far. On Monday I held a ceramic aboriginal decorating workshop at Country Love Crafts.
Now, I normally keep my glazed pottery pieces away from this blog and have them on my website, but i am thinking of doing something like this on cardstock or an altered box?

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I also managed to finish the mixed media painting I started which I will now put up for sale on my Folksy shop, I am really happy with the way it turned out.



This afternoon I worked on a bisque bauble trying to come up with a simple design for children, using Americana acrylic paint, round sponge dabbers and a product from Decoart called Triple Thick brilliant gloss glaze, this stuff is amazing, one coat and your item will look as if it is kiln glazed. We are expecting a delivery of this acrylic spray from the states in three weeks, I will let you know which suppliers are stocking it then.



I have also taken the plunge with the guitar, (Sacrilege)…..I had a little play on it for 10 minutes and then gave it a hug before removing the scratch plate which amazingly came off without causing any damage, so its now ready to be completely steampunked! I will keep you all updated with its progress!


Finally I made a small video as a little surprise for Lindsay Mason as a way of thanking her for all her support over the past few months. Its only short but highlights some of her most recent and fabulous designs.

Bye for now,
Andy

Sally in Stitches!

Hi everyone,
I've not blogged for a few days as I have been so busy preparing samples for the Craft Hobby and Stitch Show,  both for my new stamps and for Decoart.
I finally finished Sally this afternoon!!! I have taken a few pictures before she gets bubble wrapped and taken away. Hopefully you will be able to see the scale of her in the second picture as I have placed an Americana paint bottle next to her tail.
I have used as many Decoart paints and mediums as possible on this project, I hope you like her!


Tomorrow is the final day to get everything packed before travelling up to the NEC.  I will be blogging each day while at the show and hope to see some of you there!
I will be on the Decoart Stand  B17 apart from when running workshops.

Andy

I Have No Idea

Where this came from and what its all about I have no idea!
It started out as an image transfer on a tile that went horribly wrong so rather than bin it I started doodling with different media and went along with it for the ride!
Mediums used include gesso, plaster, paper, enamelling, silicone, Distress ink, Versa magic ink, Stazon, Alcohol ink, Americana acrylic, paper, glass stains and Triple thick…Am I boring you yet!

The photo is not the best and the white dots you can see are Triple Thick acrylic glaze applied to look like rain drops when it catches the light.
Not sure what to do with it now though!

 

Have a good day,
Andy

Free craft projects available at http://www.andyskinner.org

 

Triple Thick Accents

No time for a tutorial today as I am off to visit my two daughters for shopping and lunch but before I go I just wanted to share with you some 4” x 4” tiles and a star Christmas decoration accented and sealed with Decoart Triple Thick brush on gloss glaze.
It works very much like Glossy Accents and stays put where you place it and dries quickly.

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Image transfer, Versamagic and Triple Thick

Image Transfer, Distress Inks and accented with Triple Thick.

Image Transfer, Lindsey Mason Stamp with stazon and glazed with Triple Thick...See I can do cutesy!!

I have a feeling that when I return home my pockets will be empty!!
Have a great day,
Andy