November 01, 2015

Beach Paradise Mixed Media Canvas

I’m planning on painting a large three-part canvas for my bathroom. To test out the paints I bought and to help me know what proportions of colours I’d need to mix, I painted this much smaller canvas board.

mixed media beach full

For the background I spread an uneven layer of texture paste not covering it all up as I like the canvas texture. Then I went over that with a great stencil from Red Lead Paper Works and more embossing paste. Next I painted it with acrylic paints, first the sand (a mix of unbleached titanium white and metallic gold), then the sky and finally the sea. The metallic-ness of the gold got a bit lost in the mix so I dry brushed the sand with the gold paint.

mixed media beach close up

It wasn’t enough gold for me so I went over it with gold Gilder’s Paste and that turned out much more shimmery. The gold sat up on top of the lettering and looked so pretty! So now I had my trial for my larger canvas. I remembered to write down my approximate paint mixes then decided to embellish it as it turned out so well. I will put it up downstairs during the summer months. I’ve added air dry clay shells, Prima flowers, sequins and shell beads, buttons, ribbon, real fish net, rhinestones, die cuts, twine, wood veneer, a coin, brads and a pearl stick pin.

mixed media beach

The shell ‘sequins’ area really cool. They are real shell beads called heishi beads and basically look like sequins! I got them at Art Beads.com and I highly recommend them for any application. I might even use them in a shaker card! I know this is out of season but honestly, I could make beachy themed items all year! And I probably will! Stay Tuned!

Enjoy, Rebecca

Entered In:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Throwback. I forget when it was but this was for the Paradise challenge.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

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6 comments:

Sandra said...

Such a fun canvas board. love the beach setting. The flowers look amazing. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

SewPaperPaint said...

Beautiful canvas! So creative! Congrats on your SSS spotlight!

Melanie said...

Love Love! I'm a sucker for beach scenes. :) Thanks for playing along with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog! ~ melanie ~

Donna B. said...

Gorgeous beach canvas!! I love that corner of texture goodness. Thanks so much for joining us at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

Karen said...

Awesome texture and beach scene! Thank you for playing with us at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

Rachel said...

really really beautiful! love all the beachy nick knacks you included! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

-Rachel
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