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Thursday 29 March 2018

Unlock Your Destiny



Hello there, welcome to my blog  :)  I have another piece of mixed media art to share with you today, a canvas featuring the fabulous Andy Skinner Illusionary Artists stamps.  I have used stamps from the Gothic Grunge and Spook sets and also from Andy's Steampunk set; Pebeo Dyna acrylic paints, black gesso, Pebeo gilding waxes, white embossing powder, Versamark ink, black Softform paste, black sand texture paste; acetate, wooden cogs, a stencil,clay and metal embellishments from my stash.  
  


I began by taking a white canvas board and arranging the various elements and stamps  that I wanted to use for this project on it.  I moved them about until I was happy with the composition then I took a photo so that I would remember where everything went.  I added some white texture paste through a brickwork stencil and let it dry.  




I took a couple of architectral images and spread black Softform paste over them, then left them overnight to dry completely.  When dry I just peeled the paste off the stamps and all the detail of the stamps had been captured in 3D. 

 


Meanwhile I had been busy whilst waiting for the paste to dry, I attached all the embellishments to the canvas and painted everything with black gesso.   I added the metal bird when the paint was dry.  








I wanted to add some stamped images too, one of which was a clock from the Steampunk stamp set.   I decided to stamp all the images that I was going to use onto acetate, and heat emboss them in white.  I wanted some texture behind the clockface and to have it in 3D from the canvas, so I drew around the stamped and embossed image which I had already cut out, onto a piece of cardboard.  I cut the circle out and peeled some of the top layer of card from it.  I then painted it in black gesso and attached it to the canvass.  




I wanted to add some rough, almost rusty texture to the cogs and the clock, so I added a little black sand texture paste to them and left it to dry. 



 Once all the paint and texture pastes were dry it was time to add some colour.  Using the dry brush technique I added some  Red Blue Dyna paint to the stencilled wall and the die cut wall.




I used metallic copper paint on the cogs, clock and tree, and gold on the single clay face and the padlock. I also added a little gold paint to the texture paste wall.  If there was any colour where I didn't want it I just painted black gesso over it.



The next step was to add silver gilding wax to create some highlights to the different textures.   







I also added silver gilding wax to the Softform paste embellishments which really brought all the lovely details of the stamps out.  I then attached them to the canvas.



On a piece of Kraft card I stamped the Ouija board image and embossed it in white EP.  I tore the edges of the card and blended Vintage Photo DI onto them.  I then attached it to the canvas, and added the rest of the stamped images on acetate.  









And here is the finished canvas.  I have had so much fun creating this, doing all the techniques, making the embellishments, and playing with colours.  I love mixed media and it is a while since I created something like this.  I have loved playing with Andy's stamps too of course!  I like to try and find different ways to use all my stamps, and these images  have lots of detail and interest which have enabled me to adapt them to create this lovely mixed media piece.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you've enjoyed this post and that you'll come back again soon  :) 

4 comments:

  1. Love this, it is creepy and very, very cool. Love Andy's stamps too :) xxx

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    1. Hi Alison, thank you very much for your comment :) I'm glad you like it xxx

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  2. Oooooer Penny, this is a fantastic piece of work, the details are amazing. So much to look at, and such wonderful textures, I just love the little face mask, Kate x

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    1. Hi Kate, thank you so much, I'm glad you like it! I had a lot of fun creating it :) xx

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