Shielded by strength - Mixed media canavs for Dusty Attic

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic's blog with a new mixed-media canvas. 

Photo: @ArtHouseWhimsy

First, I covered the whole canvas with book pages with a gloss gel. Next, I added a design with the Geo Texture stencil and 3D Gloss Gel. When dry, I added a thin layer of white gesso. I kept it very light as I wanted to see the text and remove the gesso from the design with a baby wipe. I painted the background with black, Prussian blue, and umber liquid acrylic paints. 

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso. I chose the biggest Moon and colored it with liquid acrylic to match the shield of the photo. 

I used different shades of brown paints to color the Wildgrass #1, the Foliage #3 and #25, and the Fern Fronds.

I added a design to the Boho Skull with white heavy gesso and the Fossilised stencil. I painted the horns with black and burnt sienna paint and the skull with the same color with a hint of orange, but I diluted the colors with water. 

For the Feather Charm #4, I used brown, black, orange, and Carmin paints. 

To finish, I added some glitter.

Dusty Attic's products:

• Geo Textures Stencil #3 – Dusty Attic
• Fossilised Stencil – Dusty Attic
• Boho Skull – Dusty Attic
• Moons – Dusty Attic
• Feather Charms #4 – Dusty Attic
• Fern Fronds – Dusty Attic
• Foliage #3 – Dusty Attic
• Foliage #25 – Dusty Attic/
• Wildgrass #1 – Dusty Attic

Other products:

• Art Alchemy (Liquid Acrylic) - Finnabair Prima (Ink Black, Burnt Sienna, Ochre, Umber, Carmin, tiger Orange, Prussian Blue);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, Heavy Body Gel, 3D Gloss Gel, Soft Matte Gel).