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Welcome to Stencil Mania month! Today I have for you a mixed media canvas using a floral stencil as my focal point.  I have provided a supply list with links to everything I have used at the end of this post.  8 x 10 canvas board decoupaged with pretty tissue.  Top coated with matte medium. Beginnings of DIY texture paste using baby powder, glue, water and white paint (it smells great!)   I have provided the recipe below.  DIY texture paste divided up in three shades of white and turquoise using Dixie Belle Chalk Paint in Pure Gulf... Adding turquoise and white to background...  The previous matte medium layer allows removal of paint layers if you desire. You can use a baby wipe to remove paint here or there. I have done that in a few spots to bring out the black pattern of the tissue background.    Using Stencil and DIY texture paste to create ombre flowers... Outlining flowers, leaves and stems in water solu...

Hello to everyone from Robin Horasanian Welcome to another March project highlighting the partnership between Altered Pages and USArt Quest this month.  Today I have a mixed media Steampunk canvas to share. These canvas art boards are already primed with gesso so they are ready whenever you are.  If you wish to tone down the canvas texture showing through your paint, you can add another layer or two of gesso before you begin.  I like the texture and actually wanted to add more.  I used Artist Cement to add random layers of swirls like I do when I frost cakes.  Then I sprinkled on a few Prills here and there and lightly pressed them into the paste. When that layer was completely dry, I coated the entire project in a layer of PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive) to seal it.  I made sure to get a pool of the PPA around each of the Prills to help hold them in place.   USArt Quest has their own line of acrylic paints and there is a rainb...

I love dragons.  I love the stories as well as the artwork that abounds around these winged wonders of old.  When I first found the Altered Pages website and saw the wonderful collage images that were available, DRAGON was one of my first searches.  I found this page and fell in love with this guy.  I've used him on another project last year.  He was featured on a gift box on that post. This time, he is much, MUCH bigger! But, I'm getting ahead of myself.  First I had to make the canvas to hold him.  For that, I chose an 8x10 canvas board and added layer after layer of Activa Rigid Wrap for texture.  It was very easy to apply!  And it's always fun to get in and work a project with your hands.  I stamped in a fine diamond shape while the plaster was still wet in a couple of places.  Because it was very wet from all of those layers, I set it off to the side to dry for about 24 hours.  Then I added a layer of ...