Good morning all,
Martina here! Enjoying the sun? I know it’s a bit hot, but it is lovely to see
bright skies every now and again. Not so great in my craft room though, it feels
like an oven and when the heat gun goes on I really do melt! This week I would like
to share with you a step-by-step guide showing how I created one of the
canvases for the Imagination One Day Special on Hochanda last weekend.................
To start with I
wanted to add some dimension to the corners, so I reached for my
StructurePaste and used it through the
Art Deco Corners stencil. Once
this was dry, I reached for my
Mixed Media Sprays in Fuchsia and Purple and
spritzed directly onto the canvas. With a wet paint brush I dragged the colour
across horizontally to create a divide and to blend the tones..............
One the canvas was
dry, I wanted to create a ‘showbiz’ backdrop. I had no idea how to do this, so
at this point there was a lot of playing! Taking a wet paint brush, I striped
upwards from my horizon line to the edge of the canvas. After each stroke, I
immediately blotted with a tea towel to ‘bleach’ the colour away. I repeated
this several times until I was happy with the effect................
The ‘lights’ looked a
bit pale for the effect I wanted, so I decided to add some
Pearl Starlight Wax
to each stripe making a shimmery finish...........
I was getting there
with my background, but I still wanted it to ‘pop’ a little more, so this time
I used some
Black Starlight Wax and watered it down to make a grey tone. Using
a fine paintbrush I added a light stripe to the edge of each ray on the left-hand
side.
In the bottom purple
area of my canvas I wanted to create a floor. To do this I used the repeating
pattern on the Art Deco Fan stencil and some more
Pearl Starlight Wax.
To make my Structure
Paste corners stand out, I replaced the stencil and stippled some Black
Starlight Wax through it using a
domed stencil brush.
Now my background was
sorted, I needed to add my main features. I apologise here, as I think I got so
involved I appear not to have taken many photos! I chose a font from my PC (I
think it was called Broadway?) and typed my chosen sentiment, resizing to fit.
Once I had thought about my positioning, I planned where I wanted my Deco
ladies to sit. I masked the bench section from the
Isobel stencil and used
Black Starlight Wax to add it in. I then extended the bench by moving the
stencil along slightly and repeating the process. Next, I changed the masking
tape to mask the bench on both the Isobel and
Sally stencils. Using the NEW
Golden Delicious and
Vineyard Sparkle Medium colours I added the ladies to the canvas and set
aside to dry. The finishing touches were some gems from my stash.
There we have it: a
complete experiment, but I think it turned out ok in the end!
The other samples I created for the ODS programmes can be seen in our
Imagination Crafts will be back on Hochanda this coming Friday, June 2 at 8am, 12pm and 4pm GMT with our new design team member, MJ.
Thank you for reading
and I look forward to seeing you again soon.
Love,
Martina
xxx
