Fly high

Hello again creative friends.

I am happy to share another of my 

projects as Design Team member 

for 13arts ~ a mixed media canvas 

using elements from the AURORA 

collection as well as 13arts' 

mixed media products.

I prepared the background of my 

round wooden canvas by painting it with 

black gesso.

I then combined fine glass microbeads 

together with gel medium and 

applied this product to my canvas,

using a spatula.

Once the product was dry, 

I painted it all with black gesso, 

leaving it to dry completely before lightly 

dry brushing the texture with white gesso 

to make it stand out.

I painted my doily and flourish chipboard 

embellishments with Goldstone 

Color Glow combined with 

liquid acrylic medium.

Other chipboard embellishments were 

painted with a combination of 

Iolite and Alexandrite together with 

liquid acrylic medium and then,

once dry, lightly brushed with

the Goldstone Color Glow.

I also added gold glitter ink

to these chipboard elements.

The windows and shutter resin 

embellishments as well as the bricks,

were painted with white gesso, 

lightly dry brushed with black gesso 

and then lightly painted with 

the above two Color Glow combinations

(the Goldstone as well as the purple 

combination), drying between each layer.

Other resin embellishments were painted 

with the above combinations and then, 

once dry, lightly brushed with 

gold glitter ink.

I applied glue to the bottom of the 

glass domes and then, applied purple glitter 

to the glue before adhering them to my canvas.

I adhered all elements to my canvas, 

framing my composition with flowers, 

leaves and ephemera.

Once I has adhered everything 

to my canvas, I added some of the 

Color Glow colours around my composition, 

spraying with a bit of water 

to allow the colour to move.

I hope that this canvas has inspired you

to create your own with these wonderful 

mixed media products.