Friday, February 20, 2015

Mixed Media Canvas-Imagine If DT Project

I seem to be on a roll with canvases this month.  My project for Imagine If this week is a small mixed media canvas using some of Jo's chipboard pieces and paint products supplied by Imagine If.

Here is the finished project.



To begin I glued a sheet of Imagine If chipboard alphabet letters to a plain canvas.






  I then painted the whole thing with white gesso. 





 I then added pieces of Imagine If Chicken wire over the top of the letters.



I added three of the chipboard circle frames to the top of the canvas and then added bits and pieces and metal embellishments.





Once the glue had dried I painted everything with white gesso.



Once the gesso was dry I used various spray paints to add colour to the canvas.
Mr Hueys Desert spray and Mr Hueys Audrey spray and Dylusions Melted Chocolate spray


I then highlighted several areas with Perfect Pearls, painted the words and the butterfly with Viva Inka Gold Cobalt Blue and Viva Inka Gold Ice Blue.

I then coloured three hearts from the  Set of Hearts with perfect pearls and put them through an embossing folder,  I edge them with Vintage Photo Ink and drybrushed them with the Viva Inka Gold Ice Blue.  I then attached the hearts to the canvas to finish the project. 


I hope this project inspires you to use chipboard in different ways and I look forward to your comments and questions.

With the pink hearts on the project I have entered this project in the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge -Think Pink,




8 comments:

  1. Wow Ngaere!!! This is stunning!!!! I so love the colour pallet and how you've built it up from letters... You're inspirational

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  2. Wow, this is an amazing creation! I love the colors and all the texture and layers. Thanks so much for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  3. WOW!! I LOVE how you made this - starting with the first layer to the last! And I just LOVE how you gesso'ed the embellishments and colored them with sprays and paints! Adore! Thank you so much for playing with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  4. Gorgeous! Love all of the layering with the embellishments! Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  5. What a beautiful make! I love how you put this together! Stunning elements, beautifully layered and such a great technique! A fantastic canvas!! Thanks so much for adding it to our challenge at Mixed Media Monthly!

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  6. this is really really beautiful. thank you for sharing photos of your process. Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  7. Wow I was looking for inspiration for my art Journal and I just got quite a few ideas from your beautiful art here I love it it's stunning

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