canvas background tutorial

Hello

In previous blog post I promised to show you how I have made a background for this canvas.

So here it is – a little step-by-step tutorial. Firstly I covered the blank, white, primed canvas with a PanPastel – 430.8 Magenta Tint. I have used a PanPastel dedicated sponge, which is very soft and perfect for using with PanPastels.

Then I took Heavy Gel Medium Gloss, Tim Holtz Tissue Paper and Crystal Mortar paste.
I torn some tissue paper pieces and glued it down using Gel Medium. I covered than some areas using Crystal Mortar paste. 
When everything has dried, I took Primary Elements from Luminarte and mixed them with Gel Medium. Colors are Pear Blossom, Royal Satin and Peppermint Taffy.
Using stencils I applied colorful Gel Medium (clear gel medium mixed with each color of Primary Elements separately).
I decided to tone down the colors and applied very thin layer of gesso on some areas. The final effect could be visible here:
And that’s it. All I have done later, was adding embellies and spraying a little bit with pink shades of Lindy’s Stamp Gang sprays.

Thank you for visiting me đŸ™‚
Have a good day,
Tusia

xoxotusia

9 Responses

  1. Beautiful canvas and a great tutorial..its a great time for pink to..
    byebye,Lean

  2. Miae says:

    How beautiful Tusia! It's always so fun to mix media đŸ™‚ Thanks for sharing!

  3. Fabulous project ! Great tutorial, love the tissue paper idea. Marta xx

  4. So soft and bloomy – amazing!!! And I love the happy faces of Rose and Philip – perfect picture for this canvas)))

  5. Lizzy Hill says:

    Thanks for the tutorial….it's such a fab bg..LOOOVE those 'feathers' & the tissue paper looks amazing:):))

  6. Sandi Smith says:

    Just beautiful and thanks for the awesome tutorial! Love your background!

  7. MARCH says:

    merci ^^ belle réalisation

  8. Too beautiful! Wonderfully done!!

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