Laugh Giggle and be Silly

Wondering why I have this title, well I was creating this mixed media piece and my daughters were also crafting along with me. So we all were giggling, laughing...hence the Title.

So, Many of you asked for a tutorial for my last mixed media art and here I created one just for you :) I created a spring theme canvas after seeing a few photos of poppies, which bloom in spring in California. We don't really have spring yet. I thought it was beginning to as I saw a few daffodils and Crocus in my garden but yesterday's snow rain n snow today reminded me that winter has not yet left us. 

This is a picture heavy post...just to warn you guys.

Step 1: I applied some gesso to my canvas and created slight texture on the borders.

Step 2: Applied a few gelatos and other water color crayons.

Step 3: I then used some water with my paint brush to blend the markers.I also applied some color to the border.

Step 4: Then I masked the center part and stamped the newspaper background repeatedly, using Archival black ink by Ranger as it doesn't react with water..

Step 5: I now stamped the flourish background onto a piece of tissue paper using black Pitt Artist pen by Faber Castell and used my gel medium to stick it to the canvas, just to give some grass effect.

Step 6:  Added some more colors to the sky and grass to create depth and some Gesso to create the texture and washed look for the border.

Step 7: I now stamped the Hero Arts Poppy flowers onto the tissue paper using Ranger Archival ink and glued it down to the canvas.

Step 8: Now, I started to color the flowers using some faber castell and Staedtler Aqurelle pencil along with my water color cakes.

Step 9: Once the coloring is finished, I started creating a border around my center image using some Pitt artist pen and other colors.

Step 10: Love the look of it. Unfortunately, we have bad lighting due to snow, so I couldn't take very good photos.

Here I applied some gold mist around the center focal window.Stamped the grass.

Step 11: 

Stamped my sentiment and birds using Pitt artist big brush markers and my Canvas is ready to be displayed on my wall.

closeup of the image, so its bit more clear.

Thank you for bearing with me through this long post. Hope it helps you create some nice Home Décor for your home. If you have any questions, please leave them onto the comment section.

Playing along the challenges at: 

Hero Arts Blog: Spring

A Blog Named Hero: Freestyle

Moxie Fab World: Spring Home Decor

Simon says Stamp: Spring

See you tomorrow with some more fun creations!!

Supplies: Canvas, Stamps: (Newspaper, Design block Flourish, CL449, CL635, CL594, CL379) Hero Arts; Inks: (Archival Black) Ranger, (Grass Chalk ink) Hero Arts; Faber Castell Pitt big brush pen, Aquarelle pencils, Gelatos, Staedtler watercolor pencil, Gesso.