How to Create a Grunge Background for Any Style of Art - Book of Backgrounds 2016, Number 41

Does the idea of creating a grunge background make you feel a little like a rebel? For me, the idea of being able to create a grunge background that is raw, textured and industrial looking really turns my crank. I love it because it's so random, yet planned. Rarely can I replicate the look because it's created out of a feeling. When I create a project like this on camera, the look is different than a grunge background created off camera. On camera, I"m focused on technique and not the feeling...except now. The background I created here has got to be one of my favourites because it can be used for so many different things. Here is a very small list of what you can use this grunge background for: -for a painted portrait of people or even animals -as a base for artist trading cards (atcs), postcards or art mini's -backing for mixed media art -a formal background for stenciled or handpainted quotes or inspiration messages ------------------------------------ Technique: Impressions and Scoring ------------------------------------ Subscribe to my channel so you don't miss anything! https://goo.gl/NF5Vj3 ------------------------------------ Geared towards beginners and I talk throughout the process to make it easy to understand. If you have any questions, please comment or go to ArtPlace.ca and send me a private message. ------------------------------------ Want a free roadmap to the Book of Backgrounds 2016 series? Includes written and video lessons that take you through the entire process, you’ll learn how to paint a background with visual texture and a painting to go along with it. you can get it free here: http://artplace.ca/bob-roadmap/ ------------------------------------ What exactly is a “Book of Backgrounds”? I started this series in 2012 as a fun way to create a bunch of backgrounds when I was going through a “bleh” faze. By creating backgrounds in advance, as I flipped through the book, a background would jump out at me, allowing me to be excited and creatively inspired to create something on it. The original name of the entire project is the “Bob and Doug” series. BOB being “book of backgrounds” DOUG was coined from my readers as “doing your unusual genre”. If you’re a Canadian, you know who “Bob and Doug” are…and I thought it would be something totally unrelated, but memorable. ------------------------------------ How Does the BOB Project Work? In the “Book of Background” series, all the backgrounds are created first. When you are done painting all the backgrounds, then you start creating the artwork based on the background that inspires you. ------------------------------------ Ready to make this? ------------------------------------ Subscribe to my channel so you don't miss anything! https://goo.gl/NF5Vj3 ------------------------------------ Side Note: My videos are geared towards beginners and intermediates. I talk throughout the process to make it easy for you to understand. I avoid speeding up the videos and mistakes are not edited out so you can see how to fix it if it happens to you. In doing this, the videos are a little bit longer. If you have any questions, please comment below or go to ArtPlace.ca and send me a private message. ------------------------------------ Let's Connect -Website & Blog: http://ArtPlace.ca -Premium Art Lessons: http://Studio.ArtPlace.ca -Facebook:   / artplacestudio   -Instagram:   / giselegrenier   -Pinterest:   / giselegrenier   -Google+: https://plus.google.com/+GiseleGrenier -Twitter:   / giselegrenier   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ This this easy project: "Easy Abstract Art for Beginners Using Texture"    • Easy Abstract Art for Beginners Using Texture   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~