Here is the first piece of art:
Instead of gessoing a canvas, turns out the gesso was not as cheap as I thought, I bought a pack of 7 blank canvas' on sale for $14.99. I hit the jackpot at Michaels getting acrylic paint on sale for $0.33 a bottle, a set of 14 sponge brushes for $0.99, and a small tub of Satin Finish Mod Podge for $5.00. A little more than planned but well worth the extra $5; I actually saved $10 by buying my canvas' and not using gesso, go figure!
The art was SO simple to make! First I scanned the front of the book and blew up the images I wanted: the 4 fish and the lettering, then I cut them out. I painted the canvas yellow and used mod podge to glue each image down where I wanted it. Once everything was glued down I used 2 coats mod podge over the entire canvas to seal everything. Presto! I'm done!
On my next canvas I want to try to make some of it 3-D. A co-worker explained I can do this by using scrapbooking pop-dot/ squares just like you would on a scrapbook page. I just have to make sure that the image that becomes 3-D is on thicker paper so it doesn't curl over time; he recommended I use card stock.
Since the first piece turned out so well I have high hopes for my 3-D venture, but we'll see. Either way I'm having an absolute blast with this! Ü
The art was SO simple to make! First I scanned the front of the book and blew up the images I wanted: the 4 fish and the lettering, then I cut them out. I painted the canvas yellow and used mod podge to glue each image down where I wanted it. Once everything was glued down I used 2 coats mod podge over the entire canvas to seal everything. Presto! I'm done!
On my next canvas I want to try to make some of it 3-D. A co-worker explained I can do this by using scrapbooking pop-dot/ squares just like you would on a scrapbook page. I just have to make sure that the image that becomes 3-D is on thicker paper so it doesn't curl over time; he recommended I use card stock.
Since the first piece turned out so well I have high hopes for my 3-D venture, but we'll see. Either way I'm having an absolute blast with this! Ü
Artwork #2 (The Lorax)
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