This is
all new to me! My first challenge entry for the
ARTastic Challenge Blog, and my first ever attempt at a mixed media canvas. The inspiration for the
April Challenge on the ARTastic Challenge Blog is a piece of work by
Roy de Maistre called Frozen Music.
Isn't it glorious?!! The criteria was to use swirls on my submission. Other than that, it could be a scrapbooking layout (paper or digi), or mixed media. The very talented DT at ARTastic provided some positively divine inspiration for this challenge. I must say, it was Lizzy's work that inspired me the most this time around... I decided to create something for my daughter's bedroom that she could hang up. She loves rainbows, and the colour palette in this inspiration picture is perfect for that!
I pencilled in my swirls first, and then inked them in. Then I put modelling paste in alternate segments of the swirls, plumping it up to give it texture. Once the modelling paste was dry, I went over it with Silks Acrylic Glaze in 'Solar Gold' to give these raised peaks some shine. I also stencilled some swirls in Silks at each of the corners.
Then, knowing that the Silks Acrylic Glaze resists Twinkling H2Os, I set about adding a rainbow of colour around the entire canvas with my H2Os. Again, when it was dry, I mod-podged some tissue paper with butterflies stamped on (stamped with StazOn). I also stamped directly onto the canvas with StazOn "BE FREE". Once dry, I put dimensional magic on the butterfly dots and across the "BE FREE".
As a final touch, I stamped out a sentiment from a Kazazz stamp set called 'Happy Butterflies' on white cardstock, trimmed down each stanza of the sentiment and mod-podged it onto the canvas.
It was interesting for me to learn what mixed media goes with which (and what clearly doesn't, lol). I had much fun preparing this canvas - thanks to the ARTastic Challenge Blog for providing such awesome inspiration!
Deb.xx
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This is such a bright and happy canvas you have created......it's beautiful. I'm sure your daughter loves it. Thanks for joining in with us at ARTastic.
ReplyDeleteWell done on on your first canvas, it looks fantastic. So nice and bright with great inspiration quotes. Thanks for joining in with our challenge at ARTastic and for the wonderful comments about the challenge. Look forward to seeing you in other challenges to come :-)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Deb - love your bright happy colours. You have done a great job. Thanks for sharing with us on ARTastic.
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!!!!!! I love what you have done with your canvas... isn't it fun experimenting... you never know how things will react with each other. Great piece of artwork... love the colours and textures you have created. Thank you for joing in at ARTastic. I look forward to seeing more of your artwork. Cheers, Di
ReplyDeleteWell, all I can say is you ROCKED this one....glad to provide some inspiration... man! You took it to the next level, for sure:) LOOOOVE how you've played with the different mediums...it's such fun, eh? I reckon this will be the first of many MM creations!!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at ARTastic:):)
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely canvas. The colours are beautiful and I love the textures. So glad you played along with our challenge at ARTastic Deb. :)
ReplyDeleteThis canvas is lovely. The colors are magnificent. Soooo glad to see a canvas in the challenge! j.
ReplyDeleteGreat canvas! love the colours - so vibrant. thanks for joining us at ARTastic :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome and supercool... What a fab piece of artwork. Thank you for playing with us at ARTastic :)
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