Hi
there, my project this week came about as I challenged myself to finally get
the hang of working with acrylic surfaces, which I have to admit have rather
scared me up to now. I think this one has helped break me in and will hopefully
encourage anyone else who’s a bit nervous to give it a go too.
Ingredients:
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Paints – Primary Magenta, Cobalt Teal Hue, Primary Cyan
StazOn Ink – Jet Black, Olive Green
Glass
Paints such as Pentart
Glitter Glue – lots!
Extras
– Paper Towel, Sequins
Recipe:
There
was a bit of serendipity involved in the creation of the back panel of my
acrylic stack as I first added dots of the acrylic paints and spread the
colours with a brayer. As there was a bit too much paint I blotted the panel
with a paper towel. When I pulled it off, I then discovered that the paint
covered paper towel looked rather more interesting than the panel due to the
texture and mottled look to the paint so I glued it over the top and then cut
off the excess. Serendipity definitely ruled here!
I
then stamped Marina on a piece of mixed media paper, having first measured to
see how much of her would fit on the panel and stamping her right on the edge
of the paper at the point that worked best. I coloured her with watercolour
pencils and then covered the body with sequins. I added details with glitter
glue in various shades to give the first touches of bling.
I
then worked on my acrylic panels, starting off with the seahorses which I stamped
on the front side of the 2 inner sections, making sure to place them so that
they appeared one behind the other. I then painted them on the reverse with
glass paints (at the second attempt as I confess that I forgot to remove the
backing and had to peel it off along with the paint and do it again!!!). When
the paint was dry, I gave the seahorses a coat of glitter glue.
I
stamped the seaweed on either side of the front of the top panel, adding some
in the middle a bit further down to leave a slight gap. I painted the seaweed
on the reverse with a slightly more hefty dose of green glitter glue than
intended but it does give some fab bling.
I
assembled the panel as you see, gluing Marina on at an angle and adding a
flower to her hair. I think she really does look as if she’s seahorse gazing.
Have
a great weekend and see you next week.
Fliss x
