This week I worked on an art piece. Something I have been wanting to try and practice a few techniques on. I decided to go with a small 5" x 7" canvas board. I used a new product, Liquitex matte medium. It went on a lot easier and nicer than the heavy gel, but I noticed bleeding right away.
The end result for my transfer was a bit more faded than the usual, but I did use plain copy paper and a design from one of my photos, that I put through an art filter. So, it wasn't that bold to begin with and gave me the effect I wanted as a background image. Once I cleaned off the paper, most of the red went away, so I was happy with that, as well.
This is how it looked, I did enhance the buildings with colored pencils.
I decided to further enhance some details by painting over the buildings and some of the surf. Then I started playing with things I had in my beach finds. First was the driftwood log, then I found a rock that looked like a body with an arm and some shapes and rocks that I liked and it became a little scene of me at the beach. I used wool for the hat and gloves, small pieces of glass and a shell. It was fun to do and when done, I added glass gel beads to the sand and under the boats. The boats are also my photos, I printed them out and cut out the boats.
I also finished my rug, I decided to stop since I was running out of the dark blue and truthfully, it is hard on my arm and slow going. It is 36" x 26" and I decided to put it at the top of the stairs. I gives a nice pop of color in a dark area and Bean can lie on it when he is waiting for us to get home.
This was done with precut wool, that someone had given me. It is a bit thinner than I usually work with, so the next one I will do in thicker coat weights.
And of course we went beach hunting last weekend. I am trying to keep from over doing it and making sure I get some straight walking in, great exercise and gives my back a rest. We found some nice pieces on Saturday.
And Sunday we got a bit more. I will definitely be making more mixed media art and using some of the fun pieces I find, as well as the glass. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
8 comments:
Your rug is beautiful!!
Happy Friday Debbie! What a fun piece!! I love the mixed media...especially the little you! And the rug turned out absolutely amazing...I love the various patterns the colors make....almost like an optical illusion. Great finds once again. Since I have no beach to comb for treasures (and since everything here is once again covered in snow thanks. To yesterday’s storm), I decided I will treasure hunt for heart rocks and driftwood among the photos of your finds... ;-). Hey, a girl’s gotta do, what a girl’s gotta do! ~Robin~
I love your mixed media and the rug is super. I want to make one for Nikko who also sleeps at the top of the stairs, waiting for me to come home. (but I might need something lighter to go with all that white hair)...
Just wonderful you are so creative!
Cathy
The braided rug turned out very nicely. Am sure Bean enjoys laying on it and the scent of his mom's hands who made it.
what a fun art piece... you are so clever with your different ideas. The rug is great... love the colours..
Hugz
What a fun finish!
I love your little beach scene with all the details it turned out really special. I hope you do more of them. The rug is just right for the place you have it.
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