It has been a fun and productive afternoon! Jason and Bobbie are working on a project for Frankie's room and asked me to make some canvas backgrounds. I made a total of six this afternoon. All bright colors - pinks, purples, teals, lime greens, yellows, and a touch of orange. Fun, fun, fun!
And now my hand looks lovely. And this is after scrubbing and washing and even clorox wiping. Good times! Hahahaha!
I've been wanting to work on canvas for quite awhile now. While I was in Ontario, Cindy took me to a local store where I found some small canvases I brought home with me. This is one that I completed after I got home.
This was the first project I did with this new texture spray. Irresistible colored texture spray. I have to tell you that I am not a fan. Out of the four bottles I had, only the bottle of blue sprayed. I had to transfer the other three bottles worth of ink into some empty spray bottles I had here. Plus, I could not get two of the colors to mix well. The colors stayed kind of watered down and separated looking. But, this is what I used.
I was finally able to get some colors down, and sprinkled salt over the top.
Next came the saran wrap. Plastic wrap.
Patted down to the canvas and left to sit for 24 hours.
When I came back the next day, the salt had 'melted' but the colors were still wet. So I left the wrap off and let it sit for about a week. Seriously.
And this is what I ended up with. I was pleased with how it turned out, but it was a monumental pain to do. Nothing went smoothly and those irresistible inks were totally resistable! Actually, I did try them one other time and they worked even less stellar than they did this time. Thus, they have been tossed into the circular file that sits near my desk. Dump-A-rooed big time! Resist the irresistible!
It has been a slow week as far as postable artwork. I am working on art for another book. It's been a busy time for that kind of thing with a lot of new books coming out between now and Christmas.
In the middle of drawing, and tangling, and coloring, my Etsy store has finally gotten a little busy again. Thank you, Jesus, cause rent is coming due Sunday. Ugh, hahaha! Thanks to Etsy sales I had need to spray some color on a whole bunch of watercolor paper and make cool little ATCs. So, while I was doing that I pulled out these two 11" x 14"" canvases. First I used a mop brush and slopped a whole lot of water onto the canvas itself, then I sprayed some Dylusions Ink Sprays into the puddles. Let the colors run and mix, apply a little heat gun magic pushing colors and drips around, and voila! instant beautiful artwork for your wall! Going straight into the Etsy store. Have a great rest of your week!
