It's Wednesday, and that means a whole new challenge at the Gingersnap Creations blog! This week, we're having all kinds of fun with paint. Acrylic, crackle, gesso... pick your pigment and join in!
This is a piece I created for the At Home with Claudine Hellmuth online course I'm currently enrolled in (and behind in... I have some catching up to do!). As you probably know, Claudine has a really amazing collection of paints and paint-related accoutrements in her fabulous Studio line, and we've been learning a ton of cool ways to use them.
The background here is a sheet of Glitz Design paper, transferred onto an 8x8 canvas using Studio Gesso. The little circles are cut from dictionary pages and ink jet paper, and though it's basically impossible to tell from the photo, there are several fun little technique used on them— Tinted Paper, Faux Paste Paper, and Reverse Stamping, all utilizing Claudine's paints. Once those were glued down with Matte Multi Medium, I brushed a little more Gesso over the top for Extra Added Distressing. The little birds, flower and butterflies are all rub ons, also from Glitz Design.
This is just silly enough that I kind of like it. I think I'll hang it on my pale pink bedroom wall. Poor Scott really is living in Girlville!
So.. got paint? Run on over to Gingersnap Creations, check out the fab samples my awesome Design Team-mates have created and wow us with your mad painting skills! This challenge is open until September 5, so you have lots of time to play.
Have a wonderful day, everyone!
Linda
19 comments:
love it! so fun and whimsical! love the whitewash finish!
What a fun piece! Love all the details and colors! I know you will get caught up and make some awesome projects to boot!
Linda
This is just so tweetin cute! Love the long legged birds!
I love all things paint and will definitely participate in the challenge.
Rinda
Forgot to add how much I love your piece - it's so happy and the color palette is different than one I usually use.
rinda
I love this, Linda. That bird is great, I would never have thought it a rub on.
I love it Linda, but then you knew I would...lol A picture with a little story, with Mama Bird teaching her babies how to read and to watch out for those butterflies. Terrific. Annette x
Love those adorable birds and all the paint elements, the gesso works particularly well but I do love gessol. Great piece. Tracy Evans x
The birds are so cute, its a fantastic canvas.
Love it! It's so...so....CUTE! Love the background, and I certainly love the birdies! Girlville, I love it....thanks for the comment on the DT for USArtQuest, it's gonna be a good month, Scooter.....
This is SO adorable, Linda. :) I love those birdies and the butterflies. Everything about the piece is happy and cheerful. :) Theresa
I love it! those birds are adorable. I too am taking Claudine's class and thoroughly enjoying it.
I love this!!! I wish that I could see all the techniques. Love the little birdies!!!
xx
oh Linda sounds like a lot of fun techniques and products your playing with, What fab results! I can almost hear those birds chirping!
Such a sweet tweet treat! This is beautiful Linda!
oh linda! you posted at 11:11! time to make a wish! *smile*
SO fun! I love the "swirly" bird wings!
Wonderful.I love the colors and circles and birds!
Loving you circley background, a very pretty piece of art
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