Hey Guy's :)
Someone has rightly said …. "good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us".
And that's so true isn't it :)…. crafting and art are therapeutic which almost always stir up unknown feelings from inside us.
Today, I am sharing A mixed media canvas which is very close to my heart…. as it signifies, that no matter what the world throw at us … how dark our world seems to be, we shall always have butterflies:)… And blooming flowers.
The butterflies always invoke a sense of hope and some sunshine in our lives.
This is a 18" x 12" canvas, which is layered with lots and lots of paints and sprays to give it depth.
The butterflies are hand painted with acrylic paints.
I started the background by adhering some pattern paper from my stash, and then painting it with Gesso…. I have then stenciled on some details and added my mdf embelishments.
The best bit about mixed media projects is that I get to do a lot of stenciling and experimenting with modeling paste, medium gels and various embellishments till I am satisfied with the result.
The whole canvas is then sprayed with layers and layers of color using my favorite Lindy's stamp gang sprays… I sprayed with my mists till I achieved the vibrance of colors that I liked.
For this project I have used: sweet violet poppy teal
Mission bells brown
Hydrangea Blue
Canna lily burnt orange
yellow rose of texas
After my canvas dried up completely .. I added my hand painted butterflies and the white roses with quilled green leaves :).
I finished off my canvas with a sentiment that says - "For butterflies shall never seize to fly". Coz that was the whole feeling behind my canvas :).
Lowed how it all got together so beautifully in the end.
Some close up pictures .. So that the texture at the back of my butterflies can be seen :)..
Submitting my canvas to the following challenges:
Lindys stamp gang Color challenge-
craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog: Challenge#15 : Their september challenge is all about pretty blooms :)
Hope you liked it :)…. I would lowe lowe lowe to get your comments :).
Someone has rightly said …. "good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us".
And that's so true isn't it :)…. crafting and art are therapeutic which almost always stir up unknown feelings from inside us.
Today, I am sharing A mixed media canvas which is very close to my heart…. as it signifies, that no matter what the world throw at us … how dark our world seems to be, we shall always have butterflies:)… And blooming flowers.
The butterflies always invoke a sense of hope and some sunshine in our lives.
This is a 18" x 12" canvas, which is layered with lots and lots of paints and sprays to give it depth.
The butterflies are hand painted with acrylic paints.
I started the background by adhering some pattern paper from my stash, and then painting it with Gesso…. I have then stenciled on some details and added my mdf embelishments.
The best bit about mixed media projects is that I get to do a lot of stenciling and experimenting with modeling paste, medium gels and various embellishments till I am satisfied with the result.
The whole canvas is then sprayed with layers and layers of color using my favorite Lindy's stamp gang sprays… I sprayed with my mists till I achieved the vibrance of colors that I liked.
For this project I have used: sweet violet poppy teal
Mission bells brown
Hydrangea Blue
Canna lily burnt orange
yellow rose of texas
After my canvas dried up completely .. I added my hand painted butterflies and the white roses with quilled green leaves :).
I finished off my canvas with a sentiment that says - "For butterflies shall never seize to fly". Coz that was the whole feeling behind my canvas :).
Lowed how it all got together so beautifully in the end.
Some close up pictures .. So that the texture at the back of my butterflies can be seen :)..
The final Canvas:)
Submitting my canvas to the following challenges:
Lindys stamp gang Color challenge-
I'm using the 1st, 3rd and 5th shades. With links mentioned above
craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog: Challenge#15 : Their september challenge is all about pretty blooms :)
Hope you liked it :)…. I would lowe lowe lowe to get your comments :).
