I decided yesterday that I would catch up with some of the Wanderlust 2016 class activities, and watched Birgit Koopsen’s class as she demonstrated her signature style. This is my response to the fifth journal prompt from the beginning of March (‘what I see in the mirror’) using her techniques, albeit in a slightly different order! And it’s probably more of a reminder of what I should be seeing in the mirror rather than what I do… Anyhow, I wanted the background to show through the white layer (given I’d spent so long working on it!), so used I used thinned gesso for its translucency. I think the colours certainly zing against the white mask.

Used in this layout:

• DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics:
  • Primary Yellow
  • Quinacridone Violet
  • Dioxazine Purple
  • Cobalt Teal Hue
  • Titanium White
• Stencils:
  • DecoArt Personally Yours – Between The Lines layering designs
  • DecoArt Americana – Pixelated
  • DecoArt Americana – Short Circuit
  • The Crafters Workshop – Microbial
  • Dutch Doobadoo – Faded Dots
• Stamps:
  • Stampendous – Marks (by Nathalie Kalbach)
• Woodware Mask-It
• DecoArt Media Gesso: White
• DecoArt Media Matte Medium
• Posca Pen 1M: White
• Faber Castell Pitt Brush Pen: Cold Grey III