Hello everyone, lovely to see you. Can you imagine we have had a third day of sunshine here in Scotland? It's wonderful, because honestly I had nearly forgotten what a blue sky looks like.
Today I want to share a little canvas with you:
I am still on a mission to use my stamps more. Depending a little bit on your definition, this is definitely a mixed media piece.....
It's a little 6 x 6" canvas, not very deep and I started by covering it with all sorts of different acrylic paints, some Fresco paints ( I don't have many colours of those) and some Golden fluid acrylics. Though they have different qualities, I found they mix actually quite well. All the stamping (stamps from the Graphic 45 A ladies Diary set) was done on tissue paper and then coloured with mainly Distress Markers.
For the lady I coloured her face and arms on the
back of the tissue paper with paint first, this to stop the colours on the actual canvas coming through the tissue paper once I adhered it. I used Golden Acrylic Glazing liquid for this. That was a first for me, I usually use gel medium, but I found it worked really well!
The boot was done in a similar way. I find colouring with Distress Markers works best for me when I scribble them onto my craft sheet and then pick up the colour with a refillable water brush, I can never blend them properly any other way, but like that they work great. Once my images were adhered to the canvas I coloured further to blend them in with a right mix of paints and Distress Inks. I then stamped the text stamp using Fresco Snowflake in some places right over the canvas to tie everything together still a bit more.
I gave the lady a crown from Grungeboard, coloured with Golden Gold fluid acrylic and Peacock Feather DI and added a heart and the word art, also grungeboard pieces I have had for ages, after I coloured them with more paint and over stamped them with the text stamp.
Finally I added a flower and a pen nib and rubbed some Treasure Gold around the edges.
Hope you like my little canvas.... Thank you so much for visiting and see you next time!
So wonderful and fairytale like, love the background, colors and all fabulous elements.
ReplyDeleteYour projects are always so beautiful! And this canvas is another beauty!! Love it!!
ReplyDeleteHello Astrid
ReplyDeleteI do like your mixed media canvas, it has a wonderful composition, and using the White snowflake paint, certainly enhances the canvas beautifully.
Smiles:)
Sue
What a pretty canvas Astrid. I love it and the colours are so vivid and beautiful. If you get a moment you may like to pop over and see what I've done with last week's freebie. I'm so pleased with how it turned out. Enjoy the glorious sunshine we are getting at the moment. Hugs Rita xx
ReplyDeletewow, that's wonderful. great.
ReplyDeletemany greetings
margit
This is so pretty!!!! I never thought to color with paints on the back of tissue...great idea....thank you so much for sharing your technique...love it...
ReplyDeletesuch a wonderful Mix-Media Project - I dont see every day!
ReplyDeleteThis is so unique, fantastic.
Wonderful Colours and aragement! Fabulous!
Just love it!
XOXO
SanDee
I think this has to be my favourite canvas ... I love all the colours and the stamping ... must have taken some work stamping on tissue first ... but a beautiful result!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful. Love it! Love the name. Love the colors. Love all the stamps you used. Thanks for sharing your techniques. Your Mixed Media work is inspiring!
ReplyDeleteIt is so very beautiful, dear Astrid!
ReplyDeleteThe colour tones are gorgeous, with the little nature/rose adds from the flower and your heart art-and the white text, Love you can see the text through the tissue dress - and her sweet golden crown, gorgeous canvas.
How lucky you are seing the sun 3 dayes in a row, here it still snows !
Sending you hugs.
Dorthe
Your Canvas is wonderfull, great work of ART , I really love it!!
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Maria
This is really lovely!
ReplyDeleteTraumhaft schön, Astrid.
ReplyDeleteDie Karte ist sensationell und hat eine große Ausstrahlung auf mich.
Ich bin begeistert.
Herzlichst Sophie xx
Danke für deine lieben Kommentare bei meinen etwas witzig-niedlichen Karten :-) Ich weiß es sehr zu schätzen.
Bah humbug - just wrote huge long comment, including how much nicer the world is when the sun is shining, and Blogger stole it all!
ReplyDeleteSo, I'm glancing out at the dwindling sunlight to repeat, approximately:
What a dreamily romantic canvas - love the colours and text drifting across it, and the G45 images are so beautifully blended into the look. I love it!
Alison xx
You are so talented Astrid! This is a beautiful piece with so many interesting elements!
ReplyDeleteWow Astrid this is absolutely stunning. I love your use of colours and embelishment. You are so talented. Thank you for sharing this beautiful project.
ReplyDeleteMichelle E xx
Your canvas is lovely Astrid - funnily enough, I was going to get that set of stamps last week and didn't! Wish I had now when I see how good they look. Ah, well - perhaps next time, I won't hesitate.
ReplyDeleteStunning canvas Astrid. I love the way you have blended the paints and the script. The stamped images on tissue paper are superb. Is it a particular type of tissue paper?
ReplyDeleteGreat tip for the DM's too.
TFS
Annie x
I'm a brand new follower and I love your art! Lots of inspiration here! Thanks so much for sharing your ralent!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Cathy-Lynn
This job is very beautiful, great canvas,, all details fantastic.
ReplyDeletekiss from Spain
Enchanting collage!
ReplyDeleteStunning!!
ReplyDeleteJust a perfect project in every way!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fading in of colours - which, by the way are gorgeous! As for the stamping - it looks fantastic with the background!
ReplyDeleteWAUW gorgeous canvas here Asttrid and such stunning colors.I really love this.
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning!! Enjoy that sun!
ReplyDeleteSo here you go again producing another of my very favourite projects - you seem able to blend media seamlessly and with such care and attention to detail. Love the colours and your beautiful lady. Hugs, Jenny x
ReplyDeleteVery nice work! Interesting blog!
ReplyDeleteKisses from Greece
I love the colors and the white writing on this -- she really has a sense of royalty about her doesn't she. I imagine she is from England and is on vacation in France. I think she might be meeting a secret lover. Hmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteSandy
Beautiful artwork Astrid. Love the colours you've used and the text stamping really enhances it well. A truly magical piece. ox Marg
ReplyDeleteBeautiful use of multiple stamps :D
ReplyDeleteIncredible Astrid, such a lot of beautiful stamping in there. I also cannot blend as you mentioned, and do it the same as you do... and I must admit, your images look so beautiful colour wise. Really like the way you stamped wording in white and black. What do you use for the white?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous stamping! Love that you are using them up! Love this image...love her crown! Fabulous canvas!!!
ReplyDeleteLove what you have made Astrid and she is so adorable one of my fave stamps.
ReplyDeleteHugs Shirley x x
Preciosas todas tus cosas . No quería pasar sin dejar un saludo, creo que tu blog, encierra magia ;) . Me encanto encontrarte.....Buenas noches.
ReplyDeleteIts a gorgeous canvas, so subtile ;o)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous canvas, adore the colours and the elegant figure. xx
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