Today
I am working on a wood block with PanPastels.
This canvas with an attached notepad can be a colorful accessory on a desk or displayed by a phone for messages.
Here is a little bit about how the project was put together.....
Here is a little bit about how the project was put together.....
The
wood block was primed with gesso and covered with book text. Diarylide Yellow, Orange and Turquoise
PanPastels were added to the surface with Sofft Art Sponges. A fixative was sprayed over the pastels and then a gloss varnish was brushed across the block.
Modeling
paste was spread across a basket weave stencil along the left side. When the modeling paste was dry, a watered
down solution of olive green acrylic paint was brushed across the design. After a second drying period, Permanent Green
PanPastel highlights and swatches of white acrylic paint were added.
Flowers
punched from heavy white cardstock were colored using a Sofft Knife &
Covers in Skyblue, Turquoise, Orange and Violet Extra Dark PanPastels. Once again a fixative was sprayed over the PanPastels. The flowers
were accented with doodling and sealed with gloss varnish. Additional highlights were added with a Skyblue Stamper’s Big
Brush Pen.
Jumbo silver brads painted with Ultramarine StazOn made fun dimensional flower centers.
To increase the depth of color, the flowers were traced with a Phthalo Blue PITT Artist Pen with surrounding blends of Scarlet Red and May Green added with Stamper's Big Brush Pens.
To increase the depth of color, the flowers were traced with a Phthalo Blue PITT Artist Pen with surrounding blends of Scarlet Red and May Green added with Stamper's Big Brush Pens.
The thickness of a wood block offers great designing opportunities to wrap art around the edges.
I made my own note pad so I could customize the size to fit the project. TIP/HINT: Note pads attached with poster putty allows the pads to be easily replenished. If the note pad is not replaced, the putty can be removed and the canvas can be used as decorative piece of wall art or as a display base for a photograph.
Wishing you a colorful day,
Elizabeth
Supplies:
PanPastels(Colorfin): Diarylide Yellow (250.5), Orange (280.5), Violet Extra Dark
(470.1), Phthalo Blue (560.8), Turquoise (580.5), Permanent Green (640.5),
Sofft Art Sponges
Imagine
Crafts/Tsukineko: Ultramarine StazOn
Faber-Castell:
PITT Artist Pen (Phthalo Blue 110), Stamper’s Big Brush Pen (Scarlet Red 118, May
Green 170, Skyblue 146)
Making
Memories: Jumbo Brads (Silver)
Paper
Shapers: Retro Flower (PSPWP06)
Sakura:
Black Micron Pen
The
Crafters Workshop: Mini Basket Weave Stencil
Other:
Modeling Paste, Mod Podge, Fixative, Gesso, Gloss Varnish, Mat Gel, Acrylic Paint
(White, Olive Green, Permanent Red)
For questions and/or comments, please feel free to e-mail me at: elizabeth.a.allan@gmail.com
For questions and/or comments, please feel free to e-mail me at: elizabeth.a.allan@gmail.com