Shine Brightly - Mixed Media canvas - Pascale B

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new canvas. 

Photo: ArtHouseWhimsy

First I primed the canvas with white gesso, then added a design with the Fosiilised Stencil and modeling paste. When the modeling paste was completely dry, I covered the whole canvas with clear and white crackle paste, I was careful to remove all excess of the crackle pastes to allow the design to show. I let it dry naturally to allow the crackle to appear.

I painted the canvas with coral and Prussian blue liquid acrylic paints when the pastes were dry. 

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso. For the Floral Corners, I decided to use only copper, Firebird, and honey waxes.

I painted the Wildflowers #3 with the same colors of liquid acrylic paints I used for the background. For the Tea Leaves and the Mini Foliage #5, I used a combination of liquid acrylic paints and waxes.

I colored the flowers with diluted coral paint and distressed the edges with brown Distress ink.  

To finish, I added some gold and copper glitters. 

Dusty Atty products:

• Fossilised Stencil – Dusty Attic
• Floral Corners – Dusty Attic
• Wildflower #3 – Dusty Attic
• Mini Foliage #5 – Dusty Attic
• Tea Leaves Small – Dusty Attic

Other products:

• Flowers - 49 and Market (Ivory Royal Posies);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Luminous Glitter Set);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Prussian Blue, Coral, Burnt Sienna);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Rich Copper, Honey, Firebird);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Clear Crackle Paste, White Crackle Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, Modeling Paste, 3D Gloss Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Beauty - Pascale B - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm on Dusty Attic blog with a new mixed media panel, inspired by the February color combo. I must confess that I stick to the purple and the light blue. 

Here is the colorful February color combo. 

I glued some collage sheets on the canvas board. Next, I added a design with paper paste and a stencil.  Finally, I added white crackle paste. When everything was dry, I painted the background with different acrylic paints to match the colors of the photo I have chose. 

I primed all the chipboard with white gesso. I covered the ATC Frame #5 with the Sterling Foundry wax. Then I added Denim Blue wax to give it a blue tone, then Soot Antiquing wax to aged it.

I sprayed the Floral Corner with Open Arms Amethyst, then covered it with UTEE. The ink make like bead of color under neath. I sprayed again the ink, then heat the UTEE one more time. The result is a marble effect. 

I painted the branch with a mix of Aubergine Impasto and Burnt Sienna liquid acrylic paint. For the Tea Leaves, I used Aubergine and Titanium White, then Old Silver wax. 

I select a few Nature's Bounty flowers that I colored with the Open Arms Amethyst. I want them to be darker as they were in the shadow side of the photo. I used the White Pearl wax to add some light and dark brown liquid acrylic to add shadow.

To finish, I added glitter.

Dusty Attic products:

Floral Corners DA0848

ATC Frame #5 DA1523

Small Tea Leaves DA2599

Branch #4 Small DA1184

Other products:

• Spray inks - Lindy's Gang (Open Arms Amethyst);
• Embossing Powders - Ranger (UTEE);
• Foundry Wax - Ranger (Sterling);
• Stencil - Stencil Girls;
• Floser - 49 and Market (Salt Nature's Bounty);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Winter Glitter Set);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair (Prussian Blue, Ultramarine, Violet, Ink Black, Burnt Sienna, Titanium White);
• Art Alchemy Impasto - Finnabair (Linen, Aubergine);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair (Denim Blue, Soot, Old Silver, Withe Pearl);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Paper Paste, White Crackle);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Wonderful - Julia Ost - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello dear friends! 

Today I have my May mood board inspiration for you! 

To enter the challenge just add your own take in the comments section of the Dusty FANattics Facebook page (so easy to enter) this is for your chance to win one of two amazing chipboard packs.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949690068580466

I liked those colors a lot and decided to create a bright flowery layout

I used texture paste, bunch of paper layers to create volume as well as fretwork chipboard from оDusty Attic. Whenever I work with it I am always fascinated by its versatile application and today I covered it with light embossing powder to match the color tone of the whole composition. I used the note sign, frames and branches and I think all of it look great together. I added some flowers I made myself and enhanced the work with small details as I love to do.

I hope you enjoy my work!

Here I used: 

Floral Corners

Floral Fantasy

Frame Medley

Mini Captions #10

Cherrs, 

Julia Ost