Canvas lettering tutorial

Lets have a little fun with an

inexpensive resist technique

~Assemble your supplies:

~A theme and a quote for your project

~Art Canvas or heavy paper

~Gesso White

~School quality white glue

~Faber Castell color sticks

~Water Pen

~Misting Bottle

~Glimmer Mist spray or similar product

 in Blue, Gold / Yellow Brown / Sand

Begin by prepping your canvas or paper with a healthy layer of Gesso. Let it dry completely {over night is best} I lightly sketched my lettering with a pencil. Then carefully over draw your letters with white glue. {the lettering will have to be larger than a normal lettering} This layer will also have to dry over night. If I do this again, I will try to free hand the glue because you can still see the pencil when it is dry.

Use your Faber color sticks to create a background. I started with a pile of stones in one corner. The stones are from a tissue that

I separated and mod-podged into the corner.

Scribble your colors on, when you are happy with placement apply a fine mist and allow the water to start blending the layers

Use a different brush for every

color to blend your canvas

 Use a heat gun to aid the drying time. At this point I added some mists in coordinating colors to give the piece some shimmer

While I was waiting for things to dry, I worked on the mermaid. I stamped her then cut close to the edges. Added Fragments of mica on top of a heavy layer of white glue. I moved the bits around with  the tip of a paper clip.

 This too had to dry over night. Then I quickly filled in her  body with copic color pens.

Once the canvas was dry, I picked the glue off of the lettering. It may take a bit of time,

but I love how it turned out.



Made a fish net with hemp string and simple knots

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