This a print using black gesso on a real feather, on a square teabag that didn't stain too well. The blob became a bird, of sorts, which I played with gold leaf on. I forgot how tedius gold leafing can be!
I used water color and inktense pencils, black gel pen, white gesso, and my imagination on this regular stained teabag.
This is a regular stained teabag, which I dropped paynes grey acrylic-ink onto and let it do its thing, then I used inktense pencils on the background and metallic gel pens for the hearts and halos.
A barely stained square teabag, which I painted some robin's egg acrylic on, then stamped on it with iridescent red gold ink on a wooden fabric stamp. The swirl is a stamp that I had made with a hot glue gun. It was handy, so I glued it on with gel medium, then finger painted it with blue and metallic gold paint.
This stained square teabag has the background "painted" with a red inktense pencil and water. The elephant is a wooden fabric stamp with gold metallic acrylic ink rubbed on it, and I "borrowed" the title of Ronnie Dunn's album "Peace. Love, and Understanding", written in a black Pitt marker.
And this one is a barely stained teabag, on which I used my imagination, inktense pencils, plus my water brush, and black and gold gel pens.
I learned with the batch of teabags after these that I didn't leave these to soak long enough. I also learned that microwaving a cup of hot water doesn't stain the bags very well either. With the next batch, I put them in boiling water on the stove for several minutes, left them in the tea for a good while, then put them on paper towels to dry, turning them a few times, for a few days, until they were good and dry, before emptying them.
But it's all good! As long as I'm learning, I'm not failing! I'm just enjoying the process and feeding my soul!
