Peacock - Flying Unicorns May Kit of the Month - Coffee and Muse -ZVA Creative

Welcome to my pairing of Flying Unicorns Coffee and Muse Kit and ZVBA Creative pearls.

I love peacocks and the regal feeling they evoke.  I decided that peacocks and pearls are a great combo so I set out to try my hand at creating a peacock image out of mists, water and my paint brush.
 
Here is what I did:
Step 1. Painted my entire black piece of cardstock with clear gesso and let dry.   This acts as a little resist or water barrier for my paper.    Then I do not have to fear that my mists  will soak into my paper.

Step 2.  I drew a faint outline of my peacock image so that I had a general idea of where I was going to add mists.

Step 3.  I selected my first mist, sprayed it onto my non-stick craft mat -  NOT directly onto my paper.  I used my paintbrush and dabbed that into the mist puddle.  Then I dabbed onto my page.  Dab dab dab.

Step 4.  I blotted the newly painted area with a paper towel to soak up the excess.  blot blot blot.

Step 5.  Next I sprayed a little water onto the blotted area - a little bit.  And once again blotted up the excess water.  The water spray leaves a  fascinating mist line.

Step 6.  Continue with the next color - same process.

The most important part of this was to make sure I have the clear gesso down first and totally dry.

NEXT STEP - embellishing:
I added the ZVA Creative pearls to this piece to help represent the feathers and his head piece.

ZVA Creative CRS-06CA-110 - white pearl Flourish

ZVA Creative CRB-06CA-111- white pearl Flourish

Thanks for looking.

Using the Coffee and Muse kit in conjunction with:

Lindy's Starburst:  Cattail Copper Brown

Lindy's Starburst: Creme Brulee Creme

Lindy's Starburst:  Edelweiss Moss Green

Lindy's Starburst: Delphinium Turquois

ZVA Creative CRS-06CA-110 - white pearl Flourish

ZVA Creative CRB-06CA-111- white pearl Flourish

Tim Holtz Peacock, Scattered Straw Inks

Prima Divine Collection En Lair 950439 and Ballad 950408

Clearsnap Donna Salazar Peaches 

Prima Mask 564766

Shimmerz Coloringz -Mon Shair

Prima Tatiana Victorian 566364