Sunday, August 26, 2012

Mixed Media Canvas

This is my first Mixed Media Canvas. So I thought I would post it to the Ponderings blog, working out of the journal. And the Artists in Blogland, Show & Tell post.
I have spent the last year, probably, watching videos, reading tutorials... trying to figure this out.
I had this old 14"x 18" canvas from years ago, so I decided to paint over my previous attempts to paint with acrylics. (I usually watercolor, so acrylics are very different for me!) 

 
 Can you see the difference in this 2nd pic and the first? I hated my one flower, so I decided to paste paper over it. The Eiffel Tower paper is from a gift bag that I love so much, I don't want to give it away. Instead I make copies of it, and reuse it again, and again.
  I cut out a shape of the leaves, well, I guess you would call it a mask. I placed it over a few of the leaves, and used an old Stampin Up word wheel, so that I could just stamp on the leaf. The one above is a partial phrase from Emily Dickinson.
 That center flower is my favorite because of the shading, and the bud just to the right of center. I used a med soft charcoal pencil to do the shadows, then smudged with my finger. Then I repainted some of the white highlights on the blooms.
I also used some bubble wrap for the bigger background dots.


This shows some washi tape, travel rub-ons, and white pen to do some lines of dots.

12 comments:

  1. Nobody would ever guess that this is your first mixed media canvas! Pretty!! LOVE the flowers!

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  2. It's fantastic Veronica and love all your cards too - very creative, thank you for the lovely comment on my blog !

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  3. fabulous, love all the elements you have added to the background.

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  4. you are so talented!! love watching this progress!! do more!

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  5. Stunning canvas! Love the soft colors you chose.

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  6. Wow, those flowers are looking like they are coming out of the canvas - I thought they were real flowers places on the canvas until I read about it! Well done, great canvas.

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  7. Wonderful effects you've created! Great piece :).
    Stay inspired!

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  8. Lovely Arts, I love flowers ^.^

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  9. wow, this is a stunner of a canvas and I can't believe it is your first one!

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  10. Well hello Veronica from Kentucky. I love the mountains of Kentucky. Well I must say you are a mixed media artist. Love your palette and everything Paris. Blessings Terri www.morningdewdrops.typepad.com

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  11. Amazing! I love the colors and of course I am big fan of the Eiffel Tower! You did a fantastic job with this!

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  12. Very cool! Now just to make one big enough for my wall. :) About 3' by 4' :) :) how much do you charge? This is awesome and I could never do it!

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thank you so much for your sweet comments!