Showing posts with label Gesso. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gesso. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Dr. Seuss Canvas


This is the second canvas I've made for my great-niece and great-nephew.  Love Dr. Seuss quotes!!

As I make more canvas art I hope I will start to feel free enough to start experimenting with mixed media art.  It is had to let go and risk it, but as I have found, you can just add more paint and cover up what you do not like.

I used gesso, a variety of acrylic paints, white card stock edged with Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire Distress Stain, and covered with Mod Podge.  The Mod Podge is water-based and allows the distress stain to tint the card stock a bit.  The Mod Podge I used was the glossy finish...I have a gallon of it!?!  When I do another canvas I would cover it with the Matte finish.  The font I used, "For The One Hundredth Time",  is free and available for download at kevinandamanda.com.  It is such a fun font to use!

Thursday, January 17, 2013

You're Braver Than You Believe...

Here is my first canvas project.  It is pretty simple--gesso, acrylic paints, Mod Podge, and Close to My Heart Cricut® Art Philosophy letters...tried painting them, but my hand is definitely not steady enough.  The canvas is 18" x 24".  I made this for my Great-Nephew and Great-Niece for their playroom. I'm in the process of making another one for them with a Dr. Seuss quote.