Take your time

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a steampunk canvas which I recently created.

I am actually calling this my "25 days of lockdown" canvas as it has been over three weeks since we were instructed to stay at home, only venturing out for essentials.

These are indeed very strange, sometimes stressful, times that we are living in 

and who would have thought that we would see something like this in our generation, 

especially seeing how far medicine has come since our grandparents 

endured something similar to this.  Hopefully it won't be long until this is all over 

and life can get back to "normal".  One thing that I am so very thankful for 

is modern technology and that we can keep in touch with family and friends 

on a daily basis, no matter where they are in the world.

I prepared this canvas by first stenciling onto it and then, once dry, 

covering everything with white gesso.

I then adhered all of my elements (cogs, gears, clock faces, wings, stones, etc) onto the canvas, 

using a very strong glue, and then, once dry and solid on the canvas, 

painted everything with white gesso.

Once the gesso was dry, I add some acrylic paints in browns and black, 

spraying with water to allow the colour to move on the canvas.

Once I was happy with the paint effect, I painted the tops of the embellishments 

with matte and metallic waxes to bring out the details.

I hope that you like this canvas.

Stay strong until next time!

💛