Hey Friends,
Today I am here to share a step by step tutorial of a beautiful mixed media canvas. I hope u all like it. It was inspired from a canvas I had seen long ago n I always wanted to try it out.
First take a 8 x 8 canvas. I primed it with camel gesso. Let it dry completely. Then I chose the elements I wanted do use on the canvas. I played with the elements till I was happy with the arrangement. Then i just took a picture of the arrangement so that while placing it again I can refer to the picture. I added zigzag texture with stencil using texture paste. Let it dry thoroughly.
After the texture is completely dry I started pacing the elements on to the canvas. I used mdf clock dial big and small, mdf flourish, resin face, art stones, alcohol ink spray, mulberry paper flowers, some paper string for my compilation.
Once everything was placed n stuck I brushed every element with a coat of gesso. I didn't bother too much with the blue flowers as I was planning to color my canvas in turquoise. After the gesso application the canvas will look like this.
Let the whole compilation dry thoroughly. You can speed up the drying process using heat tool.
then I started spraying the whole canvas with turquoise alcohol splash. Diluted the intensity of the color by spraying water where I wanted it light. After I was happy with the way my canvas looked I dried it with heat tool. Lastly I dry brushed gesso over the flowers, textures, art stones to bring out the textures.
This is how your mixed media canvas will look after its done.
I hope you all like this and find it inspiring just the way I was inspired....
Thanks for stopping by !!!
Love & Hugs
Bela
