Sunday, July 8, 2012

The finished canvasses

The canvasses are finally complete.


      I painted the background with an Americana black acrylic paint and the wall paint from Sico called "Faubourg". I painted with the wall color and mixed in the black  going diagonally on the canvasses.  Then the trees are sculpted with "Liquitex" ceramic stucco from Michaels.  When they were dry I painted them with metallic acrylic paint in the bronze and added shades of black.  I made the butterflies and the birds, using the technique of burnt paper bag with Aleene's tacky glue. The technique can be found here: http://www.cool2craft.com/burnt-brown-bag-butterfly-box-by-ecoheidi-borchers/ .



 Then I added  color by using the mini-metallic rub-ons from my stash.  I added gems and antennas.
      The flowers were white and the leaves were green before I painted and distressed them. Here are the before and after pictures:


.     I used Memento Tuxedo Black re-inker and the wall paint "Faubourg" diluted with water in a spray bottle to paint the flowers.  I dry brushed the leaves with black paint then used the distress ink black soot to distress the edges. Then I sprayed my home made glimmer mist in silver to had the metallic look. 
      Next are some pics of the final product.




Till we talk again!
Paulette
     


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