Flying Unicorn has released it's March Kit of the Month
Welcome to the Mixed Art! Our new add on kit will always come with a canvas and a variety mediums, mists, tools that compliment that main kit.
Oh where to start with this project. It was fun. It was messy. It was painty and inky. I used a lot of paper towels on this piece. I also want to mention that the magnificent lighthouse and the chipboard words are from FabScraps -their new Beachcomber collection.
So How did I do this? Part 1 - The background
Step 1. I first coated the canvas with blue water color paint. Then used a paper towel to dab some off in places.
Step 2. I sprayed 13Arts Ayeeda mists in Navy and Turquoise around the page and dabbed off in places with my paper towel.
Step 3. I misted 13Arts Ayeeda yellow on the page in places. Hmmmm Of course you knew that blue and yellow make green....but I've gotta tell ya, that was totally unexpected on this canvas. Ohhhhhh NOoooo I didnt want green. So I misted the whole thing with water to lighten up. I dabbed dry with a paper towel to remove excess paint and mist ...and green. The beauty of watercolor paints and mists - a little spritz of water and all is right again.
back to the beginning.
Step 6. add more blue water color paint. Then used a paper towel to dab some off in places.
Step 7. add more 13Arts Ayeeda mists in Navy and Turquoise around the page and dabbed off in places with my paper towel.
Step 8. Add 13Arts Ayeeda yellow only on the edges of the canvas.
So How did I do this? Part 2 - The Sea and Land from Paper Towels
Once I got to background finished, I had the most gorgeous paper towels ever. Ohhh they were gorgeous with the blues and the hints of Yellow mist mixed to make some green. I couldn't part with them so I decided to use them on the bottom of the page as water and landscape.
Step 1. I bunched up the paper towel and blasted quickly with my heat gun to dry and stiffen it.
Step 2. I painted gloss gel medium along the bottom of the canvas quite generously so that my paper towel would stick to it. Then I ripped strips of toweling and bunched them onto the canvas. I folded the excess paper towel around the canvas bottom edge and sides.
Step 3. I gently covered the top of the paper towel with more gel medium - dabbing so as not to flatten the paper towel.
Step 4.I used a paint brush and added more mist and paint to the land and sea where it needed more drama.
Step 5. I sprayed a matte varnish to the top of my paper towel land and sea. When you touch it. it is stiff and does not look like toweling.
Step 6. Added some Stickles in Platinum very very thinly here and there in the sea and the land.
This fabulous chipboard piece is indeed fabulous...FabScraps fabulous. From the new Beachcomber collection.
Step 1. I painted with gesso.
Step 2. I ran a foam brush dipped in sand colored paint along the top of the chipboard. Then I wiped off with paper towel just to soften and make look more weathered.
Step 3. I ran a little blue water color paint over the chipboard and wiped off.
Step 4. I gently inked the chipboard with Tim Holtz Pumice and Tea dye distress ink.
Step 5. I topped with Stickles in Platinum and rubbed the stickles on the chipboard with my finger to spread around and make sparkle - though the photo doesn't really show the stickles. Pity really. hehehe
The additional texture on my canvas was created using Flying Unicorns white mesh
( the little squares), a new Prima Mask, and small pieces of everyday cheesecloth.
The white mesh is fun and adds just s hint of texture without overpowering your art piece and
becoming the focal point.
Grab the Mixed Art! - the new add on kit to the March kit of the month.
Instructions
1.
Background Canvas Preparation:
2.
Paint 6x12 canvas with
blue watercolor paint. Dampen a paper
towel and blot off in places.
3.
Spray turquoise mist
and blot off again with paper towel.
Repeat with yellow mist, and navy mist.
If the colors appear to dark for you, spray with water and blot off –
repeat as often as necessary.
4.
Sea, sky and Landscape Preparation:
5.
Your paper towel from the background preparation
should be nicely covered in ink. Scrunch
the paper towel and blast with heat gun to dry out and stiffen.
6.
Decide where your sea
and land will be on the canvas and coat that section generously with gel
medium. Rip pieces of paper towel and
stick to the gel medium creating the sea and land.
7.
If you want to add
more color to the land and sea, then add more ink to a paint brush and paint
directly on to the paper towel.
8.
When your colors are
satisfactory, gently dab gel medium over
the top of the paper towel to harden. When dry, coat with a matte sealant or
protective spray.
9.
For the sky, you can
create cloud-like effects several ways.
I used a stencil with small dots and applied molding paste for cloud
effects. You can also use a stamp dabbed
in gesso. You can use a sponge dabbed in
gesso. You can paint bubble wrap and dab
onto the canvas.
10.
Add mesh as desired to
the page and add a little gesso or molding
paste over it – gently with only a dab
11.
Chipboard Preparation
12.
Cover the FabScraps
Beachcomber Light house chipboard DC64015 with FabScraps Beachcomber Collection
Jounal Die cuts MC64001A.
13.
Glue lighthouse to
canvas.
14.
Cover FabScraps
Beachcomber collection – Relax and Unwind Chipboard DC64006 with gessot.
15.
Dab some sand or tan colored acrylic paint on the chipboard
words here and there. Wipe off.
16.
Do the same with the
navy or turquoise paint by dabbing on and wiping off
17.
Rub pumice and tea
colored ink on the edges of the chipboard
18.
Rub platinum glitter
glue on the chipboard. Glue to canvas.
19.
Finishing Embellishing Touches:
20.
Add shells, beads,
trims, netting and embellishments as desired.
Supplies:
Flying Unicorns Kit of the Month Mixed Art!
Loew/Cornell Simply Art Watercolor paint
FabScraps Beachcomber Collection - Relax and Unwind Chipboard DC64 006
FabScraps Beachcomber Collection - Light House Chipboard DC64 015
FabScraps Beachcomber Collection - Beachcomber Journal Pages MC64001A
13Arts Ayeeda Pearl Mist Navy Blue
13Arts Ayeeda Mist Turquoise Light
13Arts Ayeeda Mist Chalk Yellow
13Arts Ayeeda Mist -Chalk White
13Arts Ayeeda white gesso
Gloss Gel medium
gold flecked fibers
paper towels
Flying Unicorns white mesh
jewelry beads with an iridescent coating
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Pumice - Tea Dye
Viva Stone Art - sand
Prima Mask 572242
Stickles Platinum
Shells
cheesecloth
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