 Hey guys, how are you? All right, so this is just a little bonus video I don't know right now when I'm gonna air it or or not and That noise that you hear is my grand dog Lily Because she knows I'm talking and I'm in the art room and I'm not downstairs with her and she doesn't like the art room because the floor is too hard so Yeah, anyways We are here I'm gonna make a paper clip, but I'm gonna do it a little differently So I've taken some of the wooden shapes that I use for bases and I've put a coating of gesso on them all I did five of them. I don't know how many of these I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do one for you all on camera, but Let's kind of stuck a little bit. That's okay So we're gonna pick one in a minute. I am by I trade a painter that's how I started my creative journey was actually sewing and doing needlework and painting so Mix media kind of came along later. I love paint So I'm gonna actually have I've had this idea for a while to create a little mini Paintings on some of these and then making them into paper clips, which I think would be really cute So we're gonna do that. We're gonna use our my color inspiration Journal which I've been working on if you've been following me on social media you've seen this and I collect magazine images that I'm inspired by Color and cop and or composition Maybe a single image maybe a group of images and then I create a color story to go with them and put notes and Randomly stamp this down here, which is funny. I've been asked about that a lot. I stamp Using all of the paints that I've swatched here With this piece of cardboard I Just want to see what the marks look like and what it would be like when they're sort of blended messily together And I do that on every page Like and I guess like me you guys think it's like one of your favorite parts of the journal, which I don't disagree with you So anyway, that's what that is And we'll be talking about that more in a different video because I have one more page that I'm gonna do in the back Here sneak peek and I'm gonna do it on camera But anyway, so we're gonna take inspiration from one of these color stories in here to create a little painting I just want to show you how that you would use a journal like this And I think I'm gonna try to do one that's kind of this is like more of my normal color palette This is not you'll notice. There's no yellow in here. There's no like bright pink or neons It'd be more of a challenge. I'm kind of wanting to be challenged a little bit. I Love that color story With a color I think I'm gonna go with this one So I'm gonna pull these colors out of my bins or colors that are close to it And we're gonna create a little painting on one of these wood shapes that I've just sewed I'm gonna fast forward through that process. It might have nothing to do with this It might be something completely different But I'm gonna use these two pages of color and composition to create a painting on one of the paper clips So let's see where I where I go with that Shall we and I'll also fix the lighting because you see that reflection. That's the overhead light I'm gonna turn on the LED lights so we don't have that on there because that's annoying. All right, I'll be back Okay, so that's done and the extra paint is drying on some scrap newsprint paper That's a newsprint pad from Muji the Japanese department store You get them in their stationery department. They look like this. It's really fat. I've been using it up anyway Really handy in the art room So we're gonna let this dry and then we're going to turn this into a paper clip Slash little tiny piece of art. All right, I'll be back. Okay guys So it's dry. How cute is that? Because it's a painting and it's on a what's gonna be a paper clip. It's probably gonna get Some wear and tear So you need to make sure That you give it some kind of a clear coat. Now you should do this with your paintings anyway It'll help protect the paint and give your artwork some longevity Whether it's watercolor or acrylic You do the clear protective coat in different ways for the different mediums, but you should do one So I'm gonna do one in this one that being said I don't necessarily want it shiny I kind of like the matte finish that's on it. So I'm gonna use deco art Dura clear matte varnish. I Have been putting words on All of my paper clips. I do think I want to put a word on this one So let's see what words I have I'm thinking the I was thinking these big chest stickers. They actually might be too big. Hang on Have loads of words because they're really my thing and I figured out early on I really like having words on my artwork So I've got This little folder. Let's see if we find something Smaller do this something out here might work These are some old Teresa Collins stickers Let me find something. So as I turn the camera off. I found one. I like this one down here at the bottom It says blessed life Don't know why I like that one for this, but I do I Am gonna give it a little bit of a trim So it's on there, but it's not on there. You know what I mean? I really should be doing this with my reading glasses on I'm sure it's crooked, but that's okay. I'll put it down here at the bottom Perfecto and then we're gonna give it a coat of the Dura clear matte varnish and we're gonna let it dry Once that's a dry Then we're gonna attach the paperclip to the back and I'm just gonna I think I'm gonna just leave the back Plain I may take one of these scraps of painting paper From where I wipe the brushes off and use that on the back and then attach the clip I don't know at the moment, but let's put the clear coat on and then let's let that dry And we'll take it from there when we're done Okay, so the clear coat is all dry It looks like this on the back Um, I kind of want to cover the back with a piece of paper. So even though there's gonna be this white Strip on it. So Let's just do that I need my tacky glue. Let's put a Healthy-ish amount of tacky glue on the back and I'm gonna use this scrap piece of paper That I was smearing paint on I'm gonna give it a little wiggle to spread the paint out And I need a pair of scissors. Oh, there's a pair right there. Well, that's okay. So that looks better. I do Kind of do that and flick up the edges Make sure I've got glue everywhere Okay Then it's time to put this on the back now usually I glue this down and Then I use binder clips to hold the this piece of Tyvek on here while it dries But I'm worried about doing that even though this is dry having the binder clip leave a sorry I'm off camera having the binder clip leave sort of a mark on the front side, which I don't want But I do think I have a different solution So I'm gonna turn my paper clip with pieces my piece of Tyvek tucked in it upside down This is the part you want facing out so you can oops Actually use it as a paper clip So we want to glue this side down with the big part of the paper clip and then put some on the sides Center it on the back of the piece of wood Right side up. Usually this is when I would do that the binder clip but We're gonna give this a trim While it's still wet if the clip is a little crooked strain it Then I think what I'm gonna do is I think I'm gonna take up a couple of my small weights Make sure the table is clean and then just weigh it down when I shove Scissors under there so the bulk of the weight of the weight is on the Tyvek There we go, and we're gonna just leave it like prop like that and let it dry I'll be back. So it's not quite dry all the way, but you get the idea. Oh, let me fix the lighting hang on So, you know some days I'm really glad that I thought to check the camera You know, I thought it was on and I was talking to y'all and it wasn't on so you know anyway It's not quite dry all the way on the back But it's dry enough. So this is our finished paper clip Really cool. And yes, it still does work as a paper clip. This is a piece of just craft card stock So it's perfect for putting on a journal page on a journal cover maybe putting on a Ribbon or a string and getting a collection of them and hanging it on the wall of your creative space Sharing and trading with friends. They're really they're unique little pieces of art in their own right Although this is the first time I've painted on one. I don't think it's going to be the last time because that was a lot of fun and it was a lot of fun using the color inspiration book to pick the colors and Inspiration from this page in the journal to create this little work of art Which is what this journal is all about Anyway, I'm going to link Lollipalooza's paper clip art Facebook group in the description below Also, my link tree list of links is in the description below So if you want to follow me on social media and see what other paper clips I'm making This is the first time I've painted one, but it's not the first time I've made one I've been making them for almost two months now. So If you want to see what I've been up to You can click on that link tree list of links and all my social medias there along with a lot of different places You can support the free content here on Facebook and over in the fee I hear on Facebook here on YouTube and over on Facebook and the art groups and Facebook by Joining my patreon or shopping in the Amazon affiliate store or buying something in the Etsy shop There's lots of different ways you can do that. So think about Doing that and check out that link tree list of links if nothing else you can find me on Instagram and Twitter and follow me over there Yeah, and that's it I want you all to go out and have some fun Create something interesting and unique maybe a fun little work of art like this paper clip and Don't forget to like share and subscribe and go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later I'm gonna go back to making paper clips. Bye guys