When I opened my
September Très Jolie package and saw the Mixed Media kit, with a canvas board,
several packages of metals from Prima and an assortment of mediums (including
rust reagent), I knew that I wanted to roll up my sleeves and dig in
immediately.
This is what I
came up with.
Lots and lots of
layers here: layers of texture, layers of color and layers of details…
I started by
applying crackle paste through the stencil that came in the kit to cover my canvas
board with a random pattern of clocks and gears and other textures.
Once the paste
had dried, I took out the Lindy’s Squirts. I had never used these before, so this
was pretty experimental.
I placed a few
drops of the Hockey Puck Black to the top of the page, misted it with water and
put the canvas in an upright position to allow the ink to run down the page as
I dried it with my heat tool. I repeated this step several times, turning the
canvas upside down and sideways occasionally to cover the board. (I know that
this ink is titled “Hockey Puck Black”, but like all Lindy’s inks, this is
two-toned. I really like the green hue that comes out as the ink is diluted.)
Next, I applied the Beaver Tail Brown in the
same way. This resulted in shades ranging from flat brown to a rust hue.
The misting left
some of the canvas with a water color effect which I left as is to create a few
contrasting bright spots.
Kim packed three
packages of Prima Mechanicals in this kit and I used most of the contents to
create my center, adhering each piece with gel medium. This gave me a little
bit of time to rearrange the pieces while leaving a very heavy bond – so important
when using metal embellishments.
I painted all of
the metals with the Red Bronze paint. While this was drying, I mixed a small
bit of the Hockey Puck Black Squirt with the Snow Cap paint and used it to
highlight some of the edges. Once this was dried, I used gel medium to trim my
arrangement with some of the Microspheres. I put this aside to set.
And now for the
magic! I painted small bits of gel medium here and there and sprinkled them
with Rust Effect Powder. Once this was dry, I applied the Rust Reagent to each
spot, turning the canvas upright so some of this would run down the surface.
This was allowed to dry overnight for the reagent to take effect.
Meanwhile, I
remembered that I had some large Tim Holtz quotes stashed away. I selected a
few that I thought would match my piece. I covered them with Metallic Wax in
Bronze Age and then highlighted them with the Firebird Wax.
Before attaching
the quote pieces, I used a fan brush to lightly dry brush areas of the canvas
with the Snow Cap paint.
And that’s it!
An experiment that turned out well; I just love when that happens…
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*****Supplies*****
***Très Jolie
Mixed Media Kit***
Royal &
Langnickel – Essentials – 9 x 12 Artist Canvas Painting Board #CNVB-912
Prima –
Mechanicals – Flowers – Metal Embellishments – Roses #960339
Prima –
Mechanicals – Vintage Trinkets – Metal Embellishments – Washers One #960346
Prima –
Mechanicals – Vintage Trinkets – Metal Embellishments – Flowers #960407
13 @rts – Mixed
Media Stencil – His and Hers Remastered – Mechanical
Lindy’s Stamp
Gang – Starburst Squirt – Beaver Tail Brown
Lindy’s Stamp
Gang – Starburst Squirt – Hockey Puck Black
13 @rts –
Acrylic Paint – Snow Cap
13 @rts – Ayeeda
Paint – Metallic – Red Bronze
13 @rts – Ayeeda
Powder 3D – Microspheres XS – Old Gold
13 @rts – Ayeeda
Powder – Rust Effect Powder – Rusty Bronze
13 @rts – Rust
Reagent
***Other
Embellishments***
Advantus – Tim Holtz
– Idea-Ology – Quote Chips #TH93563
***Other Mediums***
Prima – Finnabair
– Art Extravagance – Texture Paste – White Crackle #961503
Prima –
Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Metallic Wax – Bronze Age #964023
Prima –
Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Metallic Wax – Firebird #966720
Liquitex – Matte
Gel Medium
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