Canvas

 

I stencilled black modelling paste onto a canvas board.

Whilst it was drying, I laid out a few of the resin mould pieces.

I coloured the canvas board with metallic paints.

I gave all the pieces a coat of black powertex.

I'm not sure if you can see any difference on this photo, but I went over the raised areas with oxynite treasure gold, which is like a metallic brown colour.

Next I added waxes to the powertexed mould pieces.

I felt I needed something to tie everything in, so I used some gold coloured gilding flakes on the cogs.

This photo was taken out of the sun.

Close up of the chain, cog frame and skull.

Close up of flower on frame.

Altered Photo Frame

 

I decorated an old photo frame with fibre paste and tar gel, once dry I painted with black pearl acrylic paint.  For the inside I embossed a couple of pieces of silver foil tape, covered in black gesso and wiped back.

I used gilding paste and metalic flakes on the embellishments and I coloured the skull with liquid acrylics.  The words are T!m Holtz chipboard quotes.

3d Flex & Powerwax

 

I created a mix of 3d flex and powertex and created a heavy paste, spread it across the mdf shape and let it dry.

Once dry I used pigments and powerwax to colour the paste. Once I was happy I covered the whole piece in a layer of powerwax, let it dry and then gave it a buff with a clean cloth.

I then used my gilding paste to create a pattern.  Once I'd left it to dry for about an hour I then used gold foil to cover the paste and finally I went around the edge in gold pen.

Flower Tag

I covered a large mdf tag with a mix of cotton scrim and black powertex, I then powertexed a piece of fabric mesh over the top of it.  Cut a couple of polystyrene balls in half and added some rusty hardware.

Then I used green pigments and coloured the background. I used violet and red interference pigments on the balls.

I added gilding paste to the hardware and left it to dry for about an hour.

I placed purple metallic foil over the gilding paste and then added rusty nails to the balls.

Added a piece of ribbon and went outside and hung it from a tree to take some photos.

It's quite 3 dimensional.

I love the colours.

And finally a close up.

Experiment of colour and textures

 

I made a paste of ivory powertex and kitchen roll.  I spread it on an mdf substrate and created other shapes.

Once dry I painted it with watercolour paints. I used black gesso to outline the edges.

I dotted gilding paste randomly onto the piece.  I waited for about an hour for it to dry.

Once it was semi dry I used metallic foil where I had applied the paste.

Close up of some of the metallic foil.

Was just having a bit of a play to see if the foiling worked and how the paste would come out.