Steampunk Gun - Alter toy for Finnabair

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm on Finnabair's blog for the monthly Brand Ambassador theme. This month we have to alter a toy. I chose a water gun. 

First, I covered the water gun with Soft Matte gel to have a first layer. Then, I primed the plastic water gun with Black Heavy Gesso twice. 

I selected some cogs from different moulds. I used Heavy Body Gel to glue them. I primed the cogs with Black Heavy Gesso. 

 

I colored the cogs and some parts of the water gun with Green and Blue Patina waxes. When they were dry, I rubbed some Aged Brass wax.

For other parts, I used Black Gold and Celestial waxes.

Finnabair products:

• Prima - Art Basics - Soft Matte Gel
• Prima - Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - Black
• Prima - Art Basics - Heavy Body Gel
• Prima - Finnabair Mould - Steampunk Hearts
• Prima - Finnabair Mould - Grungy Frames
• Prima - Finnabair Mould - Machine Parts
• Prima - Finnabair - Mechanicals - Hardware Accents
• Prima - Art Alchemy - Matte Wax - Patina Blue
• Prima - Art Alchemy - Matte Wax - Patina Green
• Prima - Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax - Aged Brass
• Prima - Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax - Celestial
• Prima - Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax - Black Gold

Mixed media book cover - Finnabair Brand Ambassador

Hello Sweeties,

Today I have a book cover to share with you. Have you ever observed how nature quickly takes over when you let it happen? Have you ever come across an old building, an abandoned car filled with plants and flowers. It’s what I try to reproduce here.

First, I added a design with graphite paste which I partially covered with white crackle paste. When dry, I painted with black gesso.

I used metallic flakes to cover the resin gears with the help of gilding glue and painted all the metallic elements with black gesso.

When I was happy with my composition, I brought back all the details with white gesso. Then I added the colors with liquid acrylic and metallic paints.

I used antiquing wax to tone down the metallic flakes and metallic waxes to highlight all the details.

To finish, I added Golden Dragon and Magic Potion Unicorn pastes.

I hope you will like the video:

Finnabair products:

• Stencil - Finnabair Prima (Machinery);
• Moulds - Finnabair Prima (Large Gears, Grungy Frames);
• Mechanicals - Finnabair Prima (Machine Parts, Rusty Knobs, Woodlands Leaves, Desert Flowers);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Steampunk Metallic Flakes);
• Art Alchemy Paints - Finnabair Prima (Liquid Acrylic: Deep Turquoise, Purple, Carmine; Metallic Paint: Midnight Sky, French Lavender);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Soot, Rich Copper, Aged Brass, White Gold, Old Silver);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Graphite, White Crackle, Unicorn: Golden Dragon, Magic Potion, Gilding Glue);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black & White Heavy Gesso, Heavy Body Gel).

The Dragonfly's Secret - Mixed media box for Dusty Attic

Hello Sweeties,

Today, I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new mixed media project: an altered cigar box.

First I primed the box with black gesso. I cut a piece of the "Underground Network", which will be the base of the composition. Next, I added some floral resin elements, I continued with "Jumbo Cogs" and "Cogs #1". I added some "Wildflower #6", "Foliage #13", and "Flowers Posies". I finished the composition with a resin dragonfly. 

When I was happy with my composition, I painted everything with black gesso. I made sure everything was perfectly dry and nothing was moving. I dry-brushed everything with Linen paint and dried it again.

I continued with liquid acrylic paints in crimson, purple, and nude. And I dried again before dry brushing Jade Impasto. I dried everything again. 

I continued with Lime Green and Carmin liquid acrylic paints and dried them again. As the background is black, even with very bright colors, the whole composition is still very dark.    

For the next step, I added some metallic accents with waxes. They will help to reveal all the details not only of the resin elements but of the chipboards as well.

To finish, I added some glitter and Golden Dragon paste. 

Dusty Attic products:

Underground Network Large DA2282	Jumbo Cogs DA2501	Cogs #1 DA0001
Wildflower #6 DA1710	Flower Posie #3 DA2634	Foliage #13 DA2231

Other products:

• Moulds - Prima (Herbology, Mechanical Insectica );
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Purple, Crimson, Nude, Carmin, Lime Green);
• Art Alchemy Impasto - Finnabair Prima (Linen, Jade);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Aged Brass, White Gold, White Pearl);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Golden Dragon Effect Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Altered brush for Dusty Attic DT

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with an altered paintbrush.

I primed the brush with black gesso after I have glued a piece of lace on the handle.

For once, I decided to start the composition from "bottom" to top and to paint the elements layer by layer with black gesso. The Dusty Attic chipboards are not too fragile, but you need to be careful nonetheless with elements like the Wildflower #3 or the Branches #4.

So, the second layer was the wings, the  Tropical Leaves #9, and the Layered Flourish. To know where I will place them, I checked with the biggest elements. In this case the ATC Frame #6.  Again, I primed all the chipboards with the black gesso. Next, I add the frame and the Fancy Accents #2. I finished the composition with the Tropical Leaves #9 and the flowers from the Boho Skull.

When everything was black, I colored all the elements with the Old Silver wax. I used the Electric Violet and Heather Hills waxes to color the flowers from the Wildflowers, the Old Denim for the Fancy Accents #2. For the wings, I used Violet liquid acrylic.

I covered the edges of the ATC frame with silver metallic flakes and the bird skull with gold metallic flakes. I painted the base of the frame and the inside of the eyes of the skull with the Sparkling Onyx Jewel paste. 

To finish the brush, I added a few flowers and glitters.

Material:

Dusty Attic products:

Wildflower #3 DA1143				Tropical Foliage #9 DA2537				Branch #4 small DA1184
ATC Frames #6 DA1524			Fancy Accents #2 DA1624			Layered Flourish DA1731			Boho Skull DA1733

Other products:

• Flowers - 49 and Market (Flowers Mini Serie 01 - Violet);
• Mould - Finnabair Prima (Wings and Bones, Birds and Bats);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Metallic Flakes: Sparkling);
• Waxes Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Electric Violet, Heather Hills, Old Denim, Old Silver, White Gold);
• Liquid Acrylic Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Violet);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Sparkling Onyx Jewel Paste, Gilding Glue);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Blue Brush - Lindy's Gang DT

Bonjour à toutes,

Aujourd'hui je suis sur le blog de Lindy's Gang avec un nouveau tutorial: un pinceau altéré.

Hello Sweeties

Today I'm up on Lindy's Gang blog with a new tutorial: an altered brush. 

Processus / Basic process:

1. Recouvrir le piinceau de gesso transparent, ainisque les éléments en résine;
   Prime the brush with clear gesso, as well as the resin leaves;
2. Recouvrir le cadre de gesso noir;
   Prime the frame with black gesso;
3. Peindre le cadre avec la poudre Silver Stormy, puis sécher;
   Paint the frame with silver Stormy, then dry
4. Peindre le cadre avec la squirt Banff Blue, puis sécher;
   Paint again the frame with Banff Blue squirt, then dry;
5. Accentuer les détails du cadre avec une cire argent;
   Highlight the details of the frame with silver wax.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Peindre les feuilles en résine avec Sea Grass Green et Ponderosa Pines Olive;
   Paint the resin leaves with Sea Grass Green and Ponderosa Pines Olive;
   
   
   
7. Peindre les fleurs bleu marine avec Stormy Silver;
   Paint the navy blue flowers with Silver Stormy;
8. Découper quelques branches dans du papier aquarelle;
   Die-cut some flowery branches in a watercolor paper;
9. Peindre les découpes avec les couleurs précédentes et pour finir vaporiser les avec l'encre Long John'S Silver;
   Paint the die-cut with all the previous colors and to finish spray them with Long John's Silver
10. Coller tous les éléments avec du gel très épais;
    Glue all the elements with a heavy body gel;
11. Colorer le pinceau;
    Color the brush;
12. Accentuer les détails du cadre, des fleurs et des feuilles en résine avec une cire orange;
    Highlight the frame, the flowers and the resin leaves with an orange wax;
13. Finir la composition avec des microbilles et des perles de rocaille.
    Finish the composition with microbeads and glass beads.

Quelques détails / Some close-ups;

Et voici la vidéo / And the step-by-step video:

Matériels / Materials:

Lindy's Gang products:

• Squirts - Banff Blue
• Magicals - Sea Grass Green, Ponderosa Pines Olive
• Magical Shakers - Stormy Silver
• Moon Shadow Mist - Long John's Silver

Other products:

• Flowers - 49 and Market (Navy Botanical Blends);
• Dies - Memory Box (Hney Blossom);
• Molds - Re-Design Prima (Leafy Blossoms);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Microbeads Set, Glass Beads: Plum);
• Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Waxes: Old Silver, Firebird);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Clear Gesso, Black Heavy Gesso, Heavy Body Gel, Gloss Soft Gel).