Chapter 9:
Decorative  papers:

My choice of  the  color scheme is blue, green, turkise, magenta and silver white. All the colors are in different ranges from light to dark tones.

Color symbolism:
The color blue is the coolest and most calming of all the colors. It represents the water and the sky. In Christianity the color blue becomes the symbol of the Virgin Mary. I like a deep blue as it is a enjoyable color.

The color red/ magenta represents universal harmony and emotional balance. It is my second complementary color in my color scheme. In the meaning of colors, magenta represents universal love at its highest level. The color magenta is a color of cheerfulness, happiness, contentment and appreciation for what you have acquired and achieved.

The color white contains an equal balance of all the colors of the spectrum, representing both the positive and negative aspects of all colors.
The color silver has a feminine energy, it is related to the moom and the ebb and flow of the tides. It is the color of illumination and reflection and modern hi-tech.

Picture 73:
My used stemps for making the next papers.

Picture 74:
A range of blue papers.
1: the basic is made of water color and than stemped with acrylic dark blue and silver
2: a sheet tracing paper was rubbed over cartridge  with oil paint stick and than a wash blue of diluded acrylic paint
3: acrylic paint was applied with a sponge and than I used a brayer with silver acrylic paint to make a  pattern.
4: rubbing with a candle by using my stemp and than blue wash with Brusho paint
5: the same technic as No 4 only using Procion
6: painted Bonda web was applied to a sheet of paper
7: the first layer was painted with Procion and Brusho, stemped with bleach
8: it was painted with Brusho, stemped with acrylic
9: a light wash of water color paint and than was salt applied
10: tissue paper was used. The linol stemp was rubbed by oil paint sticks. After drying a color wash was applied
12: different blue Procion colors and a little bit red was painted and than I applied salt.
13: two colors of Brusho were applied
14: crumpled brown paper was put in a bath of blue Procion for a short time, after drying it was ironed.
15: On a plastic bubble wrap was glued a layer of painted tissue paper.

Picture 75:
 -First row from left to right:
Procion color with salt
Brusho
water color paint with salt
the first layer was done by candle wax and than blue ink
-Second row
a thick layer of different green and blue colors was applied on a sheet of paper, a brayer was rolled over to get the bubbles
different water colors were applied with a brush
the first layer was done by drawing spirals with neo color 2. A layer of silver was layed over, at last I used a brayer for making the bubbles
I made marks with a candle wax, sprayed water on my paper and than blue and light green Brusho was applied

Picture 76:
I have made marks with masking paint and than I painted with brush after drying I removed the masking paint
water paper was sprayed with magenta paints and than was applied a layer of salt
making marks with candle wax and it than was painted by Procion
the wavy lines were made by oil paint sticks and than painted with Brusho
the first layer was water color paint and than stemped with a round sponge acrylic paints in red, blue and silver
oil paint sticks were rubbed over cartridge paper

Picture 77, 78 and 79 are examples to my black and white papers. These are exercises for   the developments of my designs. These are my warm-ups to get an idea of the harmony with the different forms.

Design into full color:

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