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Description
A tutorial taking you through the basics of the masking tape technique for collaged backgrounds.

This tutorial focuses on getting a grungy vintage effect, but you can use other colours to get completely different finishes - lots of glazes in reds and umbers will give you a Moroccan leather feel; or you can go for pastels, silvers and pearlescent acrylic inks for a whole 'nother look.

The colours can be as intense or as washed out as you like - more layers of colour will give deeper effects, using babywipes to wipe off almost all the paint in each layer will create a much more muted palette.

You can also use glaze medium to thin the paint before you apply it - don't use water (and don't use watercolour paint) because that makes the tape soggy and causes it to lift off the background card.

You can also vary the effect by the way you apply the tape - you can go for a very regular (up-and-down or side-to-side, or regimentally crosshatched) finish, or go really chaotic and messy, tearing ends rather than cutting them, and layering at random angles.

You will need to finish off the back of the card by covering the tag-ends of the tape with a white sticky- label, or glue on a covering of decorative paper.

Have fun!

Description
A tutorial taking you through the basics of the masking tape technique for collaged backgrounds.

This tutorial focuses on getting a grungy vintage effect, but you can use other colours to get completely different finishes - lots of glazes in reds and umbers will give you a Moroccan leather feel; or you can go for pastels, silvers and pearlescent acrylic inks for a whole 'nother look.

The colours can be as intense or as washed out as you like - more layers of colour will give deeper effects, using babywipes to wipe off almost all the paint in each layer will create a much more muted palette.

You can also use glaze medium to thin the paint before you apply it - don't use water (and don't use watercolour paint) because that makes the tape soggy and causes it to lift off the background card.

You can also vary the effect by the way you apply the tape - you can go for a very regular (up-and-down or side-to-side, or regimentally crosshatched) finish, or go really chaotic and messy, tearing ends rather than cutting them, and layering at random angles.

You will need to finish off the back of the card by covering the tag-ends of the tape with a white sticky- label, or glue on a covering of decorative paper.

Have fun!