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While I was waiting for some fabric paint to dry so I could add the next layer today, I finished the 8 X 10 canvas to go with the “I’m A Scavenger” page spread in the Sketchbook Project.

For this page spread, I covered the background with insides to all kinds of envelopes that we & Mom get in the mail.  They were all black & white patterns. Used gel medium to glue them down & over top.

I then did a light gesso layer, and brushed the green paint (a cheap folk art paint from the dollar store) onto bubble wrap and brayer it down onto the page.

I adapted this feather stencil from Linda Kemshall‘s screenprinting video on their Design Matters TV handout.  I forget what I changed on it, but doesn’t matter I like this version!  I used Kroma acrylic black paint for the paint.  I have to say once you use good quality acrylic paint, its so hard to go back to the cheap stuff…..LOL!

Here is the 8 X 10 canvas.

I did a bigger piece of the bubble wrap on here….

LOVE them both!  And, I think this has inspired me to make a version in fabric, but it will have to get into line on my TO DO list.

Don’t forget to go back to the other page spreads to see the canvases I added.  I still have to go back & do one like the first page.

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Question for Week 29 of 52 Questions: Do you have a recurring dream?

I am working more & more with many layers of Kroma Acrylics….LOVING it all!  I don’t have alot of the colours but will be ordering more as soon as I can save for more.  They are FABULOUS to work with!

For this card, I first sanded the surfaceof the card, then started with the Quinacridone Red, spread it with the old hotel card.  Its a thin layer so it dried quickly, then I added the Yellow Oxide layer.  Once that was dry, I added a light coat of gesso, then with a wet paper towel I rubbed off some of  the colour….you can see where I rubbed more than other areas.

I used a pencil to lightly draw the tree (YES, trees are my recurring dream!), then used a Zig Writer marker to colour the tree.  I cut all the words except for the “recurring” from the same old book I have been using for other cards.  For the “recurring” I happened to have an old receipt on my table, so I tore off a strip, wrote the word with my Zig Millennium marker, then cut the length.  I had tried to silhouette the numbers at the top, but it didn’t work out, so I cut the numbers from a catalogue selling stamps.

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