Mixed Media Canvas featuring ColourArte

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Good Morning Crafty Peeps!  I am so excited to be here with you today to share a Mixed Media Canvas that is FULL of shimmery ColourArte goodness.

Here is our project.  It is super easy and FUN to create.

Supply List:

ColourArte Products

Kiwi Primary Elements Artist Pigments

Olive Vine Primary Elements Artist Pigments

Majestic Blue Primary Elements Artist Pigments

Sour Lemon Radiant Rain

Ice Radiant Rain

Peach Fuzz Radiant Rain

Additional Products:

5x7 Flat Canvas Panel

Palate Knife

Background Stencil (any kind)

Paper Clay and Molds (you may use any decorative elements that can be painted)

Clear Gesso

White Gesso

Crackled Texture Paste

Water Spray Bottle (mini mister will also work)

Rosette Ribbon

Flowers

Heat Tool

Beacon 3 in 1 wet adhesive

Bind and Resist Powder

Clear Acrylic Glaze

Non stick craft mat

small round paintbrush

Directions:  Following each step, dry the canvas with your Heat Tool.

1.  Apply THIN layer of Clear Gesso to 5x7 canvas using your palate knife..  Does not have to be neat or perfect. 

2. Using your palate knife, apply White Gesso very randomly across your canvas using a scraping motion.  Not looking to cover the entire canvas, just bits and part of it. 

3.  Place Stencil on the canvas and use your palate knife to fill in random areas with Crackled Texture Paste.  Allow to dry completely before you continue on.

4.  Sour Lemon Radiant Rain - Spray in random areas on the canvas.  Spray water so that it runs and drips down the canvas.  Leave plenty of white space as you can add more layers later.

5.  Peach Fuzz Radiant Rain - Repeat step #4.  Let the color run over parts of the Sour Lemon.  The colors/mica blend nicely.  

Canvas should look something like this:

6.  Arrange your Flowers, Ribbon and decorative elements into a pleasing arrangement.  

Glue everything down with waterproof adhesive.

7.  I made my decorative elements out of paper clay and a mold in had in my stash.  I covered them with White Gesso.  Look for fun items in your stash and be sure to prime with white gesso.

Canvas should look something like this:

Now comes the FUN Part!

   We are going to PAINT with our  Primary Elements Artist Pigment

and Radiant Rain Sprays!  

Yes we can paint with powders and sprays!

8.  Make Paint with Primary Elements Artist Pigments

Using your palate knife,  make three small and separate piles of each powder.

I mixed them on my non stick craft mat.

Mix each powder with clear acrylic glaze.

Watch the magic happen....you have three beautiful shimmery paints to play with.

Kiwi Primary Elements Artist Pigments

Majestic Blue Primary Elements Artist Pigments

Olive Vine Primary Elements Artist Pigments

I painted my decorative elements (butterflies and a frame) with the three paints.  Layer your colors and make your elements shimmer.

9.  Make MORE paint.  This time we will follow step #8, with one exception....

Instead of mixing the powders with glaze, we will mix with a powder binder and leave it dry.

The binder is important because that is how the powders stick to your surface.

10.  Using your paintbrush, take the powder and drop small piles of pigment in random places.

I placed the pigments in my rose ribbon, on the background, etc.   

Spray water in the areas where you dropped the dry pigment and let it drip and blend.

The idea is to bring the colors from the decorative elements into the background to balance the colors throughout the piece.

11.  Now we will "paint" with our Radiant Rain Sprays

Sour Lemon Radiant Rain

Peach Fuzz Radiant Rain

Shake your sprays to mix the mica and pigment.

Grab your small round paint brush and dip it in the bottle and paint some of the decorative elements so that the background colors balance throughout the piece as well.

Canvas should look something like this:

We can see that by combining the background and foreground colors help to create peace and harmony in our piece.

Final Step:  Spray the entire canvas with Ice Radiant Rain!  The spray adds just the right touch of shimmery goodness to your art! 

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope that you will try some or all of these fun techniques and beautiful  ColourArte products.