POST GRUNGE- MIXED MEDIA DECADENCE WITH FINNABAIR

Class one - Steampunk cockapoo

Re-design by Prima, fibre image, dog and butterfly wings.

Stuck on a canvas with soft gel and then whilst edges are still wet, pull out the fibres and then paint over with a coat of soft gel.

Janet drying her canvas after coating it with soft gel.

Next steps, the wings.

The shop set up.

Everyone having a great morning.  Huge room, very spacious.

Cut the wings out and then cut around the dogs head / ears.  Draw round the wings.

Blending the background colours into the canvas with a kitchen sponge and impasto paints.

Then trying to remember where the wings go, paint those parts with white gesso.

Filling in the gaps where the wings don't quite fit with impasto paint.

Wings are stuck down and started to add embellishments.

Anna demoing adding the acrylic paint with the sponges to blend the background more.

And finally added the clear domes.

Our table adding the final touches.

This is my finished piece - I LOVE it

Class two - Resist Panel (Darker shade of Gold)

Cover a portion of the substrate with white gesso.  Use soft gel through a stencil to create a resist.

Everyone creating their resist.

Then chose the top paper to cover over the gesso and created a wash for the bottom with acrylic paints (black and burnt sienna).

 Started to build up the composition.

Glued everything down with heavy body gel and added a couple of thin coats of white gesso drying in between.

Our table of creativity.

And just to prove that I was actually there!!

Gave everything a good heavy coating of black gold wax and then touched up with honey.  Used black and brown mix of acrylic paint to add shadows (not very good at that bit).

I painted and waxed the main image in acid and lime green as a contrast.

I added green paint to small areas of the composition so it followed through.

Added some lime green splatters.

I added some of the black gold wax onto the skull and filled in the eye sockets.

When I got home I added the Tim Holtz words.

Had an absolutely fabulous day.

Four Finished Finnabair Pieces

 

Finished these off at home.

Finn Class - Day 2 - Altered Journal Covers (PM)

                         

This is what was in the kit for the last workshop of the weekend.

First step after getting the covers off was to add white crackle paste to both outside covers.

Next I used Dublin flakes to add metallic elements to the covers and the main feature, the steampunk moth.

Laid out the composition, stuck everything down with heavy body gel and dried thoroughly.  Coated with black gesso and wiped back.

And this is what I ended up with.  Metallic flakes still visible. We then used white gesso to dry brush both covers to allow the colours to come through.

I chose to decorate in shades of green, I used emerald and lime from Finns acrylic range.

The back cover has tape on for a bit of added texture.

This is the best photo I could get whilst still in the class!

We managed to finish around 5.30pm, so we went back to the pub, had something to eat and then I drove home. We dropped Jules off, then I dropped Janet off and I walked in the door at 12.30am.  Bailey was soooo pleased to see me and so was Martin x

Finn Class - Day 2 - Altered Canvas (AM)

After a little bit of a panic not being able to find the car keys, but then finding them in the safe place I'd chosen to put them, we wandered back over the bridge.

This time I remembered to take a few photos.

It's a lovely setting and there were lots of people taking their dogs for a walk on the green by the river.

Back in the classroom.  Today we were a bigger group of 15 as opposed to seven yesterday. The same seven, plus eight new people.

So here we are, all at the front again watching Anna demoing the first steps of the smaller than yesterday canvas.

We used tissue paper again to cover the canvas, a different pattern to yesterdays.

Everyone working away and having fun.

I added some textures to the canvas, including stencilling with 3d transparent gel, masking tape and some computer bits.

Next I started to build up the composition.  Thanks Jules for the Tim Holtz paper doll from the Halloween set!

I took this as nothing was stuck down, so I had to take it all off and rebuild it.

I chose to use purple shades of mica powders to colour the elements.  Mixed them with fluid acrylic and sprayed with water to make them flow and drip.

Placed it on the shelf behind me to take the photo.

And finally added my wicked lady, a spider and some splatters.

Close ups of the canvas.

This is the one that Janet made.

Close ups of the lovely colours and textures.

Jules and Vicki working on their canvases.

Vicki admiring hers with encouragement from a fellow crafter passing by.

After this class, we went out to get some lunch and came back ready for the last session of the weekend.