'Flowers' Canvas...

Hello crafty peeps!  Its time again for another project featuring some Faber-Castell products!  Today I've got a little video-slideshow-tutorial on how I created this 6" x 12" canvas.  

Take a peek over on the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog for the full tutorial!

I used lots of Gelatos & Stampers Big Brush Pens.  If you've never tried Gelatos before you MUST!  They are my fav, my go to, my can't live without...lol.  They blend effortlessly with or without water, are compact, highly pigmented acid free color sticks that glide on creamy smooth (just like butter) for maximum color and coverage.  And the Brush Pens always finish things off beautifully.  These pens are all lightfast India Ink and have a durable brush nib for a multitude of uses!  Check 'em out HERE!

Maybe these flowers will spur spring on a little faster!  I've had enough of Winter!  Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great week!

Supplies Used:

Gelatos	Gelatos Designer Colors - Tropical (#770162)	Gelatos Double Scoop	Gelatos	Stamper's Big Brush Pens
Gesso (#770302)	Gel Medium (#770303)	Stamper's Big White Pen (#770013)	Stamper's Big Brush Pen MAY GREEN	Stamper's Big Brush Pen LIGHT BLUE (#770007)
Textural Accents Sampler (#770301)	Heat it - Craft Tool	TH Layering Stencil Schoolhouse

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You've got a friend in me canvas...

What does one do with a truck load of creative energy after returning home from CHA?  Make a canvas!  I made this piece shortly after I got home.  The amazing inspiration walking around there was so overwhelming (in a good way) I was bursting at the seams with ideas.  I had so much creativity buzzing around inside my head I just had to let it out and this was the result.  

I took a blank canvas and a piece of patterned designer paper and adhered it to the entire surface using gel medium.  After it was good and dry, I took some alphabet 'thickers' and placed them on the canvas as a 'mask', making the saying "you've got a friend in me"...(gotta love Toy Story) - oh I removed some of the 'sticky back' by pressing the stickers on my pants so they wouldn't tear the paper off when I removed them.    I added some whipped spackle around the edges to give it some texture and 'grunge'.  Then I went to work with some heavy body acrylic paint in Pink mixed with a bit of white paint and water and covered the entire canvas being careful not to saturate around the alphabet stickers too much.  Once that was completely dry I carefully removed the alphabet stickers revealing the pretty flowered background.  Then to finish it off I added some shading and dimension to the letters using gelatos and pitt pens!  

Here's a close up of how to use the pens and gelatos to add more dimension to your work!  They blend so nicely over dried paint!  

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this little project, I know it found a good home!  Thanks Jo  ;)

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great weekend!

Supplies used:  Canvas, Designer paper, gel medium, gesso, acrylic paints, alphabet stickers, whipped spackle or modelling paste, gelatos, pitt pens.