Lizzy Wurmann: My way of living

Flag Album Tutorial

I'm posting the two parts together in only one blog post, I hope you like it!

VIDEOS

 

 

The perfect Corner Video Tutorial

There are many tutorials out there on how to make a hard cover book but it took me a long time to make "the perfect corner" so I did this one focusing on this particular topic. With this technique you can make albums, books, journals and much more. For the cover you can use several materials such as fabric, leather, paper, etc.

Hope this helps!!

 

 

 

 

Collaged Folder

I'm sure all of us need many boxes, drawers and other stuff to keep organized tons of materials we have been collecting over the years. For me, folders are super necessary to organize my painted papers and all the bits and pieces I save to make collages.

I painted the manila folder (jacket) with various reds and oranges, then I glued the collage sheets I did separately .

Front

Back

Mixed Media Jumbo Tags

I love making tags because of the small space you work on (even these are really big). I ended up with two totally different styles as you can see and of course the colorful one is my favorite.

 

 

Paint your Dreams Journal Page

I was inspired by Christy Sobolewski to make this journal page out of collaged manila tags, (#tagology). It was a lot of fun because I love collages and making several at once in a small surface is so much easier.

 

Black And White Collage

This is a collage I did thinking of my daughter Daniela, hope she likes it.

I guess I should have said Black and White with a touch of gold....

 

Thinking Out of the Box

Sometimes while creating I find myself thinking out of the box and this time I was going to make a wonky town but that huge tree came to my mind and I finally did like a forest town, totally unexpected!!

I have to confess I'm not sure I like it but I spent so much time with the butterflies, doodling, stamping, etc. that I decided to post it.

Every paper I used is a Gelli print.

Watercolor Study #1

I decided to start making studies on watercolor, collages and mixed media in general so I can try every material I have.

For this study I used Kuretake Gansai watercolors.

 

 

Pastel Based Collage

For this collage I started the background with Pan Pastels and a stencil. After I have completed it, I started to journal everywhere what really came to my mind (I rarely journal). Later on I decided to collage and paint over those phrases, I wouldn't be ashamed if something is legible right now, I wrote about the piece and how I felt doing it but I really don't  like my handwriting.

The paper I used as in almost all my collages are mainly Gelli prints and this time I used mostly magazines to print on.

 

Mixed Media Study

I did these journal pages after watching an online class by Mary Beth Shaw.