Monday, February 29, 2016





a friend was intimidated and asked if there was an easy way 

to start painting on a tea bag.   here's what i suggested.

trace an image you like on white tissue paper.  i used

a mechanical pencil.






cut out the outline and glue it to the tea bag 

using matt medium.  this works on a larger 

canvas or journal page as well. 






 fill in as you would a coloring book.  here i used

paynes gray watercolor.  you can

embellish as much or little as you want.








i picked up an unused leather 

wedding album at a swap.






with square pages with gold detailing.






a perfect home or little painted tea bags, don't you think?



i am posting very late with the paint party friday party
thanks, guys for letting me come along this week.
























8 comments:

  1. Nice tutorial...but do you look at the lines on the bag and create intuitively, or do you always use the tissue paper method? I assumed you did it intuitively...

    Hugs Giggles

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    1. Hello Giggles, You are right. I normally paint intuitively. I died this method because a friend was nervous about painting on the small tea bag and wanted to know if there was a technique that would help her ease into it.
      xo Irene

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  2. Perfect! Beautiful progression Irene.

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    1. Thank you for visiting and your kind comment, Jacki!

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  3. Lovely! And the little book and frame is perfect. Love this idea. xo

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