Carving a Rubber Stamp

One of the things I have used in my art quite successfully is using rubber stamps.  To keep my work original I have carved many of my own stamps.  This also avoids copyright infringement if the stamp or stamp brand is "for personal use only" and you are making items to sell.  

Here is a video that I did years ago.  My tools are a Speedball Carving set  that I bought locally at a craft store.

Sharpie Marker, black, available many places. 

Mastercarve black by Staedtler (discontinued)  You can use a Speedball SpeedyCarve block or another brand of block or a cheap rubber eraser.  

Carving a Rubber Stamp

I hope you enjoy the video and maybe try carving your own stamp.

FYI This video is listed on the Tutorial Page of my blog.  Pages are on the left hand menu. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Friday Face Off

For the first Friday Face Off of the year,  I am sharing a couple of AI creations and the start of what I hope will be my entry for the portrait challenge. 

First up is one that I like BUT it is a "failure" as an AI self portrait.  

I don't think it looks very much like me.  It is however a very interesting portrait. 

Next up is another portrait I created on Night Cafe.  I am not sure if I have ever shared this one.

I am sharing her today because she will be the basis for my entry into the Portrait Challenge. 

I have used a print out of this one to create a tracing onto watercolor paper.  

I did make some artistic changes in the tracing. 

I will likely make more changes once I start painting .

If you look closely,  you may notice that many of the angles have become curves. 

This tracing is a bit faint because I used the printout with the oil pastel tracing trick that 

Nicole shared on this post.  This happens to be the third use of the same print. In a few places 

I did have to add a bit more pastel to get a line.  For the most part it worked well. 

I am planning to paint this is acrylics, simply because it is easier to correct mistakes. Ha ha. 

Have a Happy and Creative New Year

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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