The
November Project Add-On from Swirlydoos is all about a peeled paint technique:
basically, using petroleum jelly as a resist while painting in layers. The kit
itself contains a 12 x 12 canvas, a set of 3D paper letters from DoCraft, 4
bottles of acrylic craft paint and some matte gel medium, as well as a 9 x 12
wood palette and a 2-inch bristle brush for a second project.
I
played with a few ideas in my head and in the end, decided to use the B side of
Kaisercraft's Barber Shoppe's Comb pattern paper from the Market Street kit as
inspiration.
To
begin, I gave all of the letters a base coat of matte gel, which I allowed to
dry. Next came a good coat of Plaid Satin Acrylic in Real Brown.
Here's
where the inspiration came in: Using a
toothpick, I applied the petroleum jelly in up and down streaks to mimic the
wood grain pattern of my paper. I let that set for a few hours and went over it
all with a very light coat of DecoArt Acrylic in Calypso Blue and left it to
dry overnight.
With
a dry paper towel, I rubbed all of the surfaces that contained the jelly to
expose the brown undercoat, then with a baby wipe to make sure the letters were
free of grease.
And
now for the finishing coat: I diluted the Plaid Matte Acrylic in Titanium White
with water to make a very thin paint and very lightly went over my letters with
a fan brush, rubbing most of the paint off here and there in small spots.
Although
the canvas is pretreated, I wanted to give it a base coat to show through the
strips of paper as well as around the sides. I used the Real Brown acrylic
paint, pouring on small amounts here and there, misting it with water as I
spread it around as only a thin layer of paint was necessary.
The
pattern paper was cut into strips along the lines of the design and distressed
and inked, then adhered to the canvas.
For
my final steps, I glued on the letters, then a strip of cheesecloth and a pretty 49 and Market vine
from the November Flower Add-On and a few butterflies that I created from
scraps with a Martha Stewart punch.
This
was the first of two projects from this kit; with the holidays here, I've put
my palette and brush on the top of my "to do" pile...
Swirly
DT Coordinator Kim Heard has come up with a two part video demonstrating the
peeled paint technique. Here's a link to the Swirlydoos blog post that gives
you all the info http://swirlydoos.blogspot.com/2016/12/love-canvas-tutorial-with-kim.html
This is really fabulous Peggy! Love, love, love the way you painted the letters!
ReplyDeleteHad to stop in and read how the petroleum jelly was applied to your project for the peeled paint look. I haven't tried various paints and mixed media in my projects but I really liked how this canvas looked and wanted to learn abit about how you did it. This turned out wonderful!! Love the colors and how you cut the wood grain paper and then re-applied it to the canvas. Nice work! Hugs ~~ Mary Longberry sb.com Abbygirl
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