Hello again lovely readers!,
The creations keep a-coming this week, this time for my December feature on the
Mixed Media Place blog.
Although it is now
Winter I was inspired by the rich rust coloured falling leaves of
Autumn. I wanted warm rich colours and thick, heavy, tactile textures
evocative of autumnal earth. One of the things I like about that particular
time of year is the way leaves peacefully fall down onto the ground
below, almost feather like.
I covered the canvas with Heavy
Gesso which was extra thick as I'd left the lid off for a few days (bad
crafting trait!) so it was extra lumpy which makes for great ultra
texture.
Once the gesso was dry I painted over it with Copper
Crackle Paste then added glass glitter in areas to replicate grit in the
earth. I then blended paints and mica powders around the canvas adding
warmth with Prima pink chalk paint.
To soften the composition I
added mica flakes and scrunched up teared up book pages which I adhered
to the canvas with 3D Gel so the paper kept it's dimension.
For
the leaf, I die cut a piece of sheet copper then I hammered it for
create indents then I've covered it with alchohol ink and black Ecoline
ink to highlight and create veins on the leaf. Coiled copper wire was
also used to create 3D leaf veins.
I hope you enjoyed the journey into autmunal beauty.
Hugs,
