Hello Creative Friends!
Welcome to INSPIRE!
Today I want to share with you
my latest DT project for Rita Barakat Designs.
A colorful canvas, inspired by one of my favorite songs, by a favorite recording Plumb.
The song "Beautifully Broken" instills hope in knowing that
no matter how beat up, broken we become in life, God see's as BEAUTIFUL.
Once I had used remnants of designed paper using
Plaid Mod Podge Matte, I applied a thin layer of white gesso over the surface.
I wanted to be certain I got the exact lines of the stamp face, so I first stamped on white paper, cut out the design, and traced around it directly on the canvas.
Once I had traced the design, I used my finger to add
flesh-tone acrylic paint to the face and neck.
I then used archival ink in black to stamp the face unto the painted face after it had dried.
To color the face, I used Faber-Castell PITT Brush Markers.
Rita's "Reflections" Technique Junkie Stamp was absolutely perfect to catch a likeness of the recording artist.
However, I decided to add a wild mane of hair, but I did keep to the original face design of the stamp.
I also used the same stamping ink, and a floral silhouette design stamp from my stash, across the bottom of edge, in keeping with the floral paper design in the background.
Followed by adding "drips" of color using
Aladine Izink inks, for pops of vivid color.
I used butterfly and honeycomb stencils,
using Aladine 3D Texture Paste in Pearl, applied with a spatula, to add a bit of texture throughout the design.
To finish, I stamped butterfly images, and stamped the title
"BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN" and added to the design using Beacon Mixed Media Glue.
And there you have it, a simply made canvas, as a gentle reminder that regardless of who we are, where we have been, and the scars we may bare, we are still beautiful.
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Beautiful job, I've never worked with Gesso, I will have to give it a try, fantastic work,hugs, Lori m
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