Friday 19 August 2016

Adding Texture

I'm new to all this mixed media malarky and have an awful lot to learn but I thought for this weeks Polkadoodles make, I'd give it another go.

I bought myself an A4 canvas board from the £1shop and away I went. I'm not sure if you're supposed to plan these things or go with the flow? I ended up just looking round the house for things to add lol. The main thing was I had fun and I will definitely be doing it again.


The main focal point were the diasies which I coloured with my pencils on paper cut out and set to one side. I covered the board with iridescent gesso then added my acrylic paints, once that was dry I added more of the gesso thru a polkadot stencil (difficult to pic up in the picture I think) I used some background stamps, gemstones & die cuts to add lots of texture then stamped out my daisies on the board so I could see where to place them. I then adhered my coloured daisies on to my canvas,

In hindsight I think I should have gone for a smaller board as it was rather a large area to cover but thats how we grow isn't it?

Thanks so much for stopping by, please feel free to leave me a comment.

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11 comments:

  1. This is really beautiful Bev x

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  2. Absolutely stunning! Love this so much!

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  3. Go girl as your rocking this "let yourself go" crafting style. Love the canvas and can't wait to see more mixed media projects from you ... hint, hint x

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  4. Gorgeous Bev - loving your new phase of mixed media! x

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  5. stunning Bev, love the background textures xx

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  6. A beautiful canvas Bev, a fabulous background and you've used my favourite daisies.
    Pauline
    x

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  7. Fabulous project (DT)http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. Omg bev way to go you made a stunning canvas love the layout and elements x

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  9. Omg bev way to go you made a stunning canvas love the layout and elements x

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  10. So pretty Bev what a lovely canvas x

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