Butterfly Acrylic Page by Melina Dahl
11:00On a previous post I showed you how I made the cover of the MDF/Acrylic book, and now it´s time for the first acrylic page. I never worked on an acrylic surface before, so this was a “learning by doing moment” for me.
I started by stamping on the backside of the page with
StazOn ink. In this stage you really need to think and plan your stamping,
stenciling and layers. You are going to see it from the front, so actually you
are doing the background at the last. Think backwards and you´ll be fine!
When my stamped images were dry I started coloring
with the new shimmer and metallic paints. Soon I learned that they wouldn´t
stick to the acrylic surface. So, I took clear gesso and used a brayer to get a
thin coat on the surface. Once dry the paints had something to hold on to, and
the coloring went perfect.
Once the butterfly and circles was colored I added a
coat of white gesso to the back of them, so the next layer wouldn´t shine
through. These shimmer and metallic paints are not permanent when dry, but by
carefully dabbing the gesso on the backside the paint didn´t move that much.
In the next step I used different stencils to start
building the background. Once dry I took my brayer again and carefully went
over the whole surface with blue shimmer paint. This way the previous layer
didn´t move. When that layer was dry I went over with a few coats of white
gesso, also with a brayer.
At last I stamped my quote on the front of the page
and also added a few splashes of white gesso.
Done! It´s so much fun to try something new :)
I used:
StazOn - Timber Brown
That’s Crafty! Shimmer
& Metallic Paints - Turquoise, Pink, Green, Blue, Charcoal, Yellow, Light Gold
Rubber Dance Butterfly Trio Stamp Set (large butterfly)
That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencils - TC024, TC011
10 comments
Melina I so enjoyed reading your how, to,thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe acrylic page has become wonderful, and I love, love your butterfly in the middle of all the blue beauty. Also so lovely color combinations.
Dorthe <3 xx
Absolutely stunning piece of art, welcome to the wonderful world of acrylic too :)
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Donna xx
Absolutely beautiful acrylic page Melina, so much lovely detail and colour too.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate those tips on the shimmer paint too so many thanks for them.
Fliss xx
Looks like you've enjoyed making this, looks super
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Amanda x
Love the way you have created this Melina, beautiful choice of colours and so much detail within your acrylic page. Good to know you managed to solve your problem with the paint too, a great tip. Thank you for sharing you stunning make..
ReplyDeleteHugs Tracey xx
Love this Melina. Butterfly looks fab too. x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous page, Melina! Thank you for the clear gesso tip - very helpful!
ReplyDeleteI am also new to acrylic and having to think "backwards", but it sure is fun! xx
Great tutorial Melina! I love your page!
ReplyDeleteAlison x
This is fabulous Melina - a really great layout and wonderful acylic work xx
ReplyDeleteFantastic page my dear!!! I love your style so much!
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