The Greatest Prayer is Patience -Buddha - Mixed Media Canvas with Instant Image Transfer Tutorial

Hello All,
This is Bela Shah for Itsy Bitsy blog today !!!

This is my Design Team blog post for them and I hope you all are as excited as me for something different and amazing ... This post is about Little Birdie's Instant Image Transfer in which you get immediate results without waiting for a whole day of suspense how your project will look like .

So without further ado lets hop on to the step by step pictorial for this amazing project I have created.... I hope you all love this project just as much as I do.


I do lots of different crafts like decoupage, flower making, altered arts , calligraphy, paintings etc.... however now a days I am high on mixed media as its very versatile and can be merged with any other kind of art.... also it triggers your imagination till the last point. I absolutely love the surprise element of it so i thought why not merge the image transfer with mixed media.

I selected a beautiful and artistic image of Buddha for my project. I took a laser print on a normal paper . Applied a generous quantity of the instant image transfer gel onto my canvas sized . After that I stuck the image face down on to the canvas and pressed it gently n firmly to see it stuck properly on to the canvas ... also this step help spread out the gel evenly and also removes any trapped air bubbles . also the heat of the hand and the friction produces heat which helps the image get transferred onto the canvas thoroughly. Once I was satisfied with the adhering part I sprayed some water to moisten the canvas and started peeling the paper. first layer of the paper comes of super easily .

After that step comes the most important part.... And just as the title says the greatest prayer is patience .... this is a project which needs loads of patience..... I guess the title is apt for this project ... wink wink.... so slowly n steadily with gentle hands start rubbing the paper in circular motion .. it will peel the paper away.

Try and remove all the peeled paper from the canvas every time you start rubbing again... I know its little messy and time consuming but truth me its worth every effort. These are the pictures of the different stages of peeling off the layers of paper.

Once all the peeling of paper is done and you are satisfied with the way image looks we are ready for our step no 2. the perfect way to know that the transfer process is complete when you see a proper image without any white haze. if you see a white haze after drying that means there's a still a layer of the paper that needs to be peeled.

After this image was totally dried and no moisture was left i painted the white border with black gesso . it gave a proper definition to my project. Also after applying gesso and drying it properly i applied a coat of Deco Magic glue to seal my Image transfer.

I wanted to create a beautiful Home Decor piece with my image transfer canvas. so i took a left over mdf wood piece . Primed the whole piece with black gesso.

I chose a beautiful and my favorite stencil and added texture on the whole panel with grainy texture paste. once it was dried I sprayed bright colored splashes which matched the colors of Buddha image .

I added a backing to the buddha canvas to elevate it and give it a dimension and adhered it on to my mdf. My mixed Media with Instant image transfer Home Decor piece was ready ....

I feel this project is perfect for home decor . I hope this post creatively inspires you all...


Love & Hugs
Bela

The Small Pieces Make The Big Picture - Art Journal Page

Hello Friends,
This is Bela Shah and today I am here with an art journal page which I m in love with.....
This journal page was all about expressing  and I played with little dark tones which I usually don't do in my projects....

So here I started using distress oxides in cracked pistachio, fossilized amber, spiced marmalade n peacock feathers..... I started putting colors here and there n made a page which was super colorful, bright and with all my favorite colors.... once this was dried i started stenciling the feathers with the same set of colors on my background.... I absolutely love the way oxides layer on each other and its magical.... once I was happy with the placement of the feathers i outlined them with a permanent marker... it gave amazing definition to my page.

I stenciled again with the same set of colors on to the blank spaces to add little more interest to my page . then i added water splatters to the feathers and the oxidization made the feather look different from the rest of the background....

with this I was totally satisfied with the way my page looked at this point.... Then only thing left to complete the page was the sentiment... i chose these two from the set that I had and i thought these fit perfectly to my theme....

                                        

I am super happy with the way this page has turned out.... I hope you all love it as much as I do....

Thank you so much for stopping by... Dont forget to leave a comment...I really love reading your thoughts... 

Love & Hugs

Bela

Altered Sun Glasses & Case

Hello Friends,
This is Bela Shah and once again i m here with you all to share my favorite type of art that is Altered Art. I don't know why but there's an immense satisfaction to alter a piece of junk or waste  or a broken thing and give it a beautiful new look . The whole transformation process so so amazing that it has become my passion to alter anything I can get my hands on.... 

So this time its a broken sun glasses ... then i thought why not do the case too!!!!
I am in love with the way the colors pop and enhance the creation and gives a totally new look to the case and glasses.

For this first I applied black Gesso to the case and let it dry. Added texture with stencils using mixed media paste from Little Birdie Crafts and again dried it . then i started adhering the metal embellishments. I wanted to make it little girly that is  why I added flowers n leaves in my stash. some art stones from Prima. once i was happy with the composition then again covered everything in black gesso... after that i dry brushed white gesso as i wanted few highlights on my embellishments. I used finnabiars Opal magic paints to color my art work. sprayed few lindys sprays too. dry brished everything with gold to give it good highlight n neutral look...

After the sun glasses case was done it looked so beautiful that now i can use this as a clutch too !!! How cool is that !!!

For the sun Glasses I used few flowers small steampunk gears, art stones covering everything in black gesso and putting same colors and sprays which i used on case so that they compliment each other .....

I hope you like my this Mixed Media Altered Art as much as i loved creating it...Hope it inspires you to create something from a total waste to something very beautiful and unique.
thanks you for stopping by. Don't forget to leave love in form of comment. I really look forward to reading them and know your thoughts.

Love & Hugs
Bela