Street Art

Street Art

Hi There!

Hope your week went well

and here is Hazel Harler to

set the tone for the weekend

Lots to take in with this canvas

to grab a cuppa, sit back and.......

" I used the lovely Paperartsy/Tracy Scott Gothic Blooms

 on my canvas

I used a brayer to lightly colour my 10" x 8" canvas board

 with Fresco Finish paints

The canvas was stencelled with modelling paste 

and Crafters Workshop stencils

 I again coloured the background with Fresco Finish paints, 

 sprayed water on and let it run down the canvas

then stamped and stencilled some acrylic paint.

The Seth Apter images were stamped onto tissue paper

 The flowers were stamped onto pink patterned paper and cut out

 I cut out the Seth Apter images and glued them to the canvas.

More colour was added with Gelatos

 I glued the flowers to the canvas with matte medium, 

I also covered the whole of the canvas with matte medium.

This is the finished canvas. 

By painting a layer of matte medium over the canvas 

I could add colour and shading with my indian ink markers. 

The matte medium allows the ink to be spread with the fingers,

 it also makes it easier to remove ink with baby wipes.

Here is a close up

 I think this technique might work with other permanent markers 

- I'll have to experiment."

 Supplies.

10" x 8" canvas board.
Fresco Finish Paints.
Modelling paste.
Crafters Workshop stencils.
Acrylic paint.
Seth Apter stamps.
Paperartsy/Tracy Scott stamps.
Tissue paper.
Pattterned paper.
Gelatos.
Matte medium.
Faber-Castel pitt pens.

Thank you Hazel - 

a really beautiful canvas

There's a lot of work here

but if taken step by step

 well worth doing

in colours to match your decor

I love a piece of artwork that

stands out in a room - it brings

a whole new ambience

Yes, I'll leave it there..........

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buildings

Hi There!!

Here's Hazel Harmer with 

a gorgeous Canvas, set to

make us all feel happy and

smiley

"My canvas is nothing like what it was going to be like, 

it was going to be a snowy winters night - 

all shimmery and glittery, 

but our boiler packed up in the

 middle of November and wasn't fixed 

until December 23rd. 

The first week we had no hot water either and because 

we'd been so cold I decided my canvas had to be summery!

 used the Carabelle Studio house stamp.

 stamped the houses and coloured them with felt tips.

I used a Memory Box stencil and modelling paste 

to stencil the sun in the corner of the canvas.

I gave the canvas a coat of gesso and 

when it had dried I used a sponge to colour 

the sky and greenery with Fresco Finish paint

The sun was coloured with yellow and orange acrylic paint.

These are some of the embellishments I used, 

I coloured some of the dried flowers green and left some white, 

I die cut some leaves but didn't use them. 

I cut the strip of paper because I liked the scalloped edge 

and thought it would make a good fence.

I glued the dried flowers to the canvas and 

attached the houses with a dimentional double sided tape 

then I drew pathways from the doors. 

I used a white pen to turn the strip of paper into a fence. 

The fences are attached to the canvas with a thicker 

double sided tape than I used for the houses. 

The birds were stamped with Stampers Anonymous stamp, 

I had to go over the birds with a black marker as they didn't 

stamp very well on the canvas.

I added a heart shaped balloon and wrote "Home is where the heart is".

Because I used a deep canvas it meant that 

I could carry my design round the edges."

Supplies:

A deep 6 inch square canvas.
Carabelle Studio stamp.
Black Archival ink.
Felt tip pens.
Memory Box stencil
Modelling paste.
Fresco Finish paint.
Stampers Anonymous bird stamp.
Black marker.
White pen.

Thank you Hazel - I'm so glad you didn't

go the winter night route - maybe you 

could give us that one for the next heatwave?

A really super, smiley, proper like canvas

for a winter's day - what a brilliant idea!

'till tomorrow

Mickie xx