Did you hear
that Shimmerz Siren calling out to you? Yep, that was me, Joyce, calling out to
you to share some Sweet Magic Tea today.
I made this
canvas for my young niece to hang in her bedroom. She adores the color of pink and pink tea
too. Ok now, grab a cuppa tea, make
yourself comfortable, because I have a long post to share with you today.
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A
pink-a-licious 8 x 10 canvas background with pretty Shimmerz Paint colors of
neutrals, pink, and similar colors found in magazine collage work.
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A
faux encaustic look created with Pasteez, Salt of the Earth, dimensional paint
on the photograph of the child which rendered this cool milky transparency with
an ethereal effect. This faux encaustic
technique is so exciting, and I can’t wait for you to try it too.
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A
Magic Tea Bag
Canvas
Background:
1.
After
torn collage work was affixed to the canvas using various magazine and textured
papers, I mixed up a concoction of Shimmerz Paints Acritonez red and gesso to
achieve the desired pink color.
2.
I
randomly applied the pink paint softly around the edges of the torn pieces of
papers. Doing this melds the collage
papers together so that it almost appears as if all those torn pieces become
one.
3.
I
repeated the melding process randomly using, Aqua Huez, Cuppa Joe (no longer
available at the store), and Inklingz, Penny 4 Your Thoughts.
4.
Both
the pink and brown paints were randomly applied to the edge of the canvas along
with some Inklingz, Brass Knuckles.
5.
A
watered down gesso application was applied all over the canvas to unify the
patterns of the papers and paint applications.
6.
When
the watered down gesso was dried, I applied thick coats of gesso and white
crackle with a spatula to small areas on the canvas. After those products dried, I lighted sanded
the thick coats of gesso and white crackle to smooth the finish.
Faux
Encaustic:
The photo of
the child reveals an ethereal and milky transparency effect without using the
traditional encaustic technique of hot melted wax. I have to admit that I prefer the results
from Pasteez on a photo better than the real encaustic technique, because I can
control how much of the milky appearance I want by limiting the number of
applications of Pasteez without the hassle of melting the was…not to mention
the time and clean up entailed using hot melted wax. The faux encaustic technique was achieved by
using Shimmerz Pasteez Salt of the
Earth.
1.
Using an ink jet printer, print photo on
regular printer paper and let the ink dry thoroughly.
2.
Apply
a few thin coats of Shimmerz Pasteez on
top of the ink-jet printed photo. Let
each coat dry naturally before applying the next coat of product. Do not use a heat gun as it will render a
bumpy appearance.
3.
The
ink printed on regular printer paper does not bleed with this Shimmerz
product. How cool is that?! Think of the possibilities using this technique
on some vintage pictures in your art work too!
4.
After
the product dried, I cut and glued the photo on top of cardstock and placed it
on my canvas so that I could tuck in some layered embellishments.
Magic Tea:
1.
Remove
staple from tea bag and empty the contents of a tea bag (I have used Yogi tea
bags because they have some sweet affirmations printed on their tea tags). Note:
I have cut the tea bag down to my desired size to fit in with the scale
of the composition.
2.
Insert
some micro beads, glitter at the bottom of the tea bag and insert ethereal milky
image as instructed under Faux Encaustic above.
3.
Lightly
apply a mat gel medium over the tea bag with the inserted photo and micro
beads. This binds everything together.
Bottle of
Potion: Some Bed of Roses Spritz, clear glue, and beads were poured into the
potion bottle.
Tea Spoon:
Gesso a small plastic cocktail spoon, mix Acritonez Red and Tuttie Fruitti
Dimensional paint (to look like frosting in the bed of the spoon), add micro
beads for sprinkles.
I hope I have
inspired you to use Shimmerz Paint products outside of the norm and create your
own Sweet Magic.
Listen for my
Shimmerz Siren to bring you back here on April 15th!
