Wednesday 3 February 2016

ITS BEEN A WHILE....

 
 
"Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gates to eternity"
                                                                                                  Kahlil Gibran
 


Gosh I didn't realise that it had been quite so long. Doesn't time fly and all that.
 
Thought  I'd post a few pics from a class I taught last summer. The design and technique was inspired by a Gabrielle Pollacco You Tube video I'd seen. This is the finished canvas framed. I'ts a pity that you can't see more of the beautiful lustre in the picture. I'm not the worlds best at taking them 





 
Apply Grunge Paste through stencils onto a gessoed canvas
 
 
 
When dry cover canvas with another layer of gesso
 

 
Embellish canvas with gessoed die cut shapes and findings
 


Spray canvas with mica mists. I used a variety of different makes including some I had mixed myself. Don't be afraid to use some darker mists to create shadow and contrast.




Pick out some areas on your canvas that you wish to highlight and give them another coat of gesso. I then used a combination of acrylic paint, Treasure Gold and the mica sprays, ( this time applied using a brush ), over the highlighted areas

 
 

 
 

 
The ladies and gents who came along had a great inky, painty day, helped along with homemade cream scones and chocolate biccies. Below are just some of the finished canvases
 


 
 
Thanks for stopping by
 
Big hugs
Karen

 

 
 

6 comments:

  1. The class was great fun. Can't wait for the next one. Great to see you blogging(is that a real word?) again.

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  2. That was a fantastic class, I had such a great day!

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  3. Gorgeous. I'd love to do a class like this of you do one again. 😃

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  4. Nice to hear from you again Karen.Hope you are doing well. Loved doing that class. Do you have any plans for something else? Janette xx

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  5. Hope so Janette. Got so many ideas, I just need to pick one and go for it, but you know what I'm like, lol xx

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