I like to try new painting surfaces, and wanted to experiment on Terraskin Stone Paper. You can buy that paper in sketchbooks or in individual sheets, at first view, it looks quite similar to yupo paper, although a bit heavier.
TerraSkin is a combination of mineral powder (>75%) and a small quantity (<25%) of non-toxic resin combined to create an environmentally friendly paper.
If you are working on a large individual sheet, start by cutting the paper to a size a bit bigger than what you want you final painting to be. That way you will have a bit of extra space on the sides.
Then you can start working on an abstract background.
I used regular fluid acrylics and pinata alcohol based inks.
The inks are forming beautiful textures on the paper.
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Leave everything to dry before going to the next stages.
Then you can start looking for shapes and outlining them.
Painting the negative space with white acrylic
If you want to you can add multiple layers of semi transparent paint and patterns to add complexity to your design.
Some of the layers can be acrylic diluted in water
You can also use white art sharpie markers to add designs
Originally from France, I have been living in North Vancouver, Canada for the past 20 years.
My work has been collected and exhibited extensively in Canada and internationally. I am also part of the Art Rentals and sales program of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Many of my paintings have been published in Art books and magazines (Artist Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine, Acrylic Magazine, International Artist Magazine). I wrote 2 art instruction books with North Light/F+W Books.
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I am an active member in the community, as a co-founder of the North Shore Art crawl, a co-founder of a weekly life drawing group, a board member of the North Vancouver Arts Council, and have been invited as a juror for public art, art grants and juried exhibitions. You can read more about my collaborations here.
Stone paper are perfect for such art. Thanks for this blog I now have few good ideas for what I can do on my stone paper notebooks.
Jeanette Weaver
Sandrine you are amazing thank you so much for things I have learned from you I only wish I lived near you to go to your studio. The people that attend look wonderful and their work. You have so much in the way of ideas and technique I try so many.
Is there a difference between your online course on Painting Flowers from the Imagination and the one from Artists TV Network?
Also, are those techniques covered in your 16 week on line course? I’m not quite sure what the 16 week course covers as far as in depth instructions. I am a visual learner, so seeing steps also then opens my imagination.
Hello Eileen,
the 26 weeks class is assignment based. It won’t give you a lot more instructions than what you can already find on my blog but it will give you an instruction as what to do each week with links to resources and examples of inspiring artists. For example the first week is “draw or paint something in black and white”. You also get to fill out a form with a picture of your painting or drawing so I can give you feed back and ideas.
Thank you Sandrine. I love your style and the feel of flow I experience when I look at your work.
Thank you for your generosity.
Maureen
Does the terra skin buckle when wet, and if so, do you have to premount it?. Does it rip easily or not? Does it absorb staining pigments like yupo will? Where do you order yours?
Thanks!
Terra skin doesn’t buckle at all when wet because it is water resistant. It is also a very strong paper, not easy at all to rip.
I think staining pigments will stain it, exactly like they do on yupo paper.
I bought mine at the local art supplies store here in North Vancouver: Opus Supplies (http://opusartsupplies.com/) but you should be able to find it in most art supplies stores.
Marci
Wonderful. I was wondering how to try it out. As always thanks for inspiration!
Comments (11)
Martina Kovalevska
Stone paper are perfect for such art. Thanks for this blog I now have few good ideas for what I can do on my stone paper notebooks.
Jeanette Weaver
Sandrine you are amazing thank you so much for things I have learned from you I only wish I lived near you to go to your studio. The people that attend look wonderful and their work. You have so much in the way of ideas and technique I try so many.
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Jeanette for your very nice comment 🙂
Eileen
Dear Sandrine,
Is there a difference between your online course on Painting Flowers from the Imagination and the one from Artists TV Network?
Also, are those techniques covered in your 16 week on line course? I’m not quite sure what the 16 week course covers as far as in depth instructions. I am a visual learner, so seeing steps also then opens my imagination.
Thank you.
Warmly,
Eileen
Sandrine Pelissier
Hello Eileen,
the 26 weeks class is assignment based. It won’t give you a lot more instructions than what you can already find on my blog but it will give you an instruction as what to do each week with links to resources and examples of inspiring artists. For example the first week is “draw or paint something in black and white”. You also get to fill out a form with a picture of your painting or drawing so I can give you feed back and ideas.
You can read more about the class here: https://paintingdemos.com/new-online-class-26-weeks-of-inspiration-and-training/
Eileen
Thank you Sandrine. I love your style and the feel of flow I experience when I look at your work.
Thank you for your generosity.
Maureen
Does the terra skin buckle when wet, and if so, do you have to premount it?. Does it rip easily or not? Does it absorb staining pigments like yupo will? Where do you order yours?
Thanks!
Sandrine Pelissier
Terra skin doesn’t buckle at all when wet because it is water resistant. It is also a very strong paper, not easy at all to rip.
I think staining pigments will stain it, exactly like they do on yupo paper.
I bought mine at the local art supplies store here in North Vancouver: Opus Supplies (http://opusartsupplies.com/) but you should be able to find it in most art supplies stores.
Marci
Wonderful. I was wondering how to try it out. As always thanks for inspiration!
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Marci!!
Sonia
Thanks again for your useful information, Sandrine.