Find Out Fridays - Birgit Koopsen

Birgit loves to get her hands dirty and experiment with all kinds of media, combining contrasting colors and working with stamps, stencils, inks, acrylic paints and markers.

She began with scrapbooking and later fell in love with mixed media, art journaling, and eventually mono printing and layered collage canvas art. Today she teaches and demonstrates in her home studio as well as in workshops around the world.

She has taught online classes and works as a freelancer for magazines and manufacturers. Birgit has collaborated with and designed for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3LTM, WOW! Embossing Powder, Prima Marketing Inc, and Tattered Angels. Currently she is a designer for the French magazine Histoire de Pages and the UK magazine Craft Stamper. She is a member of the Gelli Arts Creative Team and has a product line with Carabelle Studio.

Birgit is married and a mother of three and lives in a little village in the north of the Netherlands.

Find me on Social Media here:

www.birgitkoopsen.nl

IG: birgitkoopsen

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Birgit.Koopsen

I’m a Creative JumpStart teacher: Bit.ly/CJS17Birgit

Find my stamps on the Carabelle Studio website

 Supplies used:

• Golden Fluid Acrylic – Manganese Blue Hue
• Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bombay Ink – White
• Crafter’s Toolbox - Brayer
• Lyra - Graphite stick
• Paints:
  • Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylics: Prussian Blue Hue, Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Turquiose, Vermillion, Primary Yellow, Cadmium Red Hue, Primary Magenta.
  • Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics – Titanium White
  • Liquitex Acrylic Artist Color – Fluorescent Pink
  • Talens Amsterdam Acrylics – Olive Green Light
  • Tissue paper – 65 gr.
  • Liquitex Matte Medium
  • Gelli® Arts – Gelli Plate 8”x10”
• Stamps:
  • Carabelle Studio:
  • Mixed Media Strips by Birgit Koopsen
  • I heart Washi Tape by Birgit Koopsen
  • Circles and Dots by Birgit Koopsen
  • Et ronds et ronds… by Azoline
  • Ecrit a la Plume by Ana Bondu
  • Etiquettes Grunge by Ana Bondu
  • Manuscrit a la Plume by Ana Bondu
  • Une Plume Sur Mon Carnet
  • Texture avec des Chiffres
• Stencils:
  • Carabelle Studio:
  • Des Ronds aves des Ronds
  • Cercles
  • Ronds Quadrillés
• Texture Plates
• Carabelle Studio:
  • Pierres qui Roulent
  • Croquis
  • Pétales
• Aladine iZink – Caviar
• Stazon – Jet Black

Comments

[Ellie Knol]

Gorgeous collaging Birgit!

[renee logan]

lost the video, but will sure try it again tomorrow, early......Love these inspiring techniques and your style ...wow... thanks so much for sharing your art...thanks Donna and Bill for bring so many different artists....thank you..

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What type of tissue paper are you using? Regular tissue paper would disintegrate with ink and paint. Where do you source it from? Love your work! Lovely!
Deb

[Shalmali patkar]

Simply beautiful, bold and bright!!!

[Hazel]

Wow! Paul Basquiat is my sons fave artist! I have learned so much from this video you would not believe. Great gelli plate ideas. Thankyou for such wonderful inspiration!

[Florence Turnour]

So great Birgit! Your colors and methods continue to inspire me.

[Rosie]

Thank you so much for showing, I'm overhelmed

[Marleen Meerendonk]

As always colorful and gorgeous <3

[renee logan]

up bright and early to watch your video...lovely..so many wonderful tips and treats...i made many gel prints yesterday...again thanks for sharing your art and your techniques...

[Jody]

Where can I purchase the 65 gsm tissue paper in the U.K.?

[Daniela Rogall]

Wonderful collage Birgit

[Holly {ha! designs}]

I was riveted to the screen! Great video and SOOOO enjoyed your process! Thank you!

[Birgit Koopsen]

Thank you Ellie!

[Birgit Koopsen]

Thank you Renee! And it is my pleasure! Good to read in your other comment that you've been gelli printing already! :)

[Birgit Koopsen]

Hi Deb,
It is regular tissue paper that I used. Very thin, like the paper you find in shoe boxes. It is very important that you use a minimum of paint, a really thin layer on your plate. That way it will not bleed through and you get perfect prints. You have to experiment a bit to see what paper works best for you. As long as it doesn't rip when lifting it up from the plate it is ok.
I buy it from a Dutch online store but it is not a specific brand. I saw some on Amazon, it was called gift wrapping tissue paper I think. 18gsm. I never used it but I think that should do the job.
Good luck.

[Birgit Koopsen]

Thank you Shalmali!

[Birgit Koopsen]

Thank you Hazel!!

[Birgit Koopsen]

Thank you Florence!!

[Birgit Koopsen]

My pleasure, happy you liked it!

[Birgit Koopsen]

Dank je wel Marleen x

[Birgit Koopsen]

Hi Deb,
It is regular tissue paper that I used. Very thin, like the paper you find in shoe boxes. You have to experiment a bit to see what paper works best for you. As long as it doesn't rip when lifting it up from the plate it is ok.
I buy it from a Dutch online store but it is not a specific brand. I'm not sure where the 65gm came from. I just checked and it says 14gsm now. Maybe the 65 was just the total weight of the sheets. I saw some on Amazon, it was called gift wrapping tissue paper I think. 18gsm. I never used it but I think that should do the job.
Good luck.

[Birgit Koopsen]

Thank you Daniela!!

[Birgit Koopsen]

Ahwww, thank you Holly! :)

[alice k.]

It was a revelation to see you work the collage. That tissue paper blends in so well. What is it? Just regular gift wrapping tissue? Or something special?

[Henriette Geurkink]

Hallo Brigit, wat voor een vloeipapier gebruik je hier.