Using Recycled Materials in your Mixed Media Canvas

According to Kim Kelley, life is short and she advises that there is need to do something creative every day. With her obsession for crafting and art, it is certain that she loves mixed media something she explains that it gives her the free will to go beyond her comfort zone.

She is able to explore and use her imagination. While using this, she decides to try something different using canvas instead of using products that were all the same color and style. Here is the list of her products:

• Chipboard from Dusty Attic
• 8 X 10 canvas
• Glue gun
• Spray mist by 13 arts Pearl Brown Light
• White gesso
• Spray mist by Smooch Vanilla Shimmer
• Spray mist by Lindy’s Shabby Turbine Teal, Mad Hatter Mint, Dark Chocolate Truffle, Opal Sea Oats
• Miscellaneous charms and flowers from stash

The following are the procedures Kim Kelley used:

• Glue all onto the canvas with glue gun and use gesso to cover all the pieces. However don’t cover the canvas completely.
• After drying, pick the mist colors starting with a few shades of brown. Dry off the wet parts while you add more gesso. Once all is dry, start using the sprays since you want to have a color palette that will complement any home décor.
• You can add embellishments at this point and print out any kind if words you want to add.
• Finally, spray a finishing spray over the canvas in its entirety to give it some shine.

That’s it. Happy creating!

Having Faith …

Kim Kelley is a lover of learning and exploring new techniques. She believes that any art she creates leads someone into finding their inner creative artist. Instead of using products that were all the same color and style, she goes out to try on a new project using canvas. Anything she came across made her smile.  This is what she collected:

• Chipboard from Dusty Attic
• 8 X 10 canvas
• Glue gun
• White gesso
• Spray mist by 13 arts Pearl Brown Light
• Spray mist by Smooch Vanilla Shimmer
• Miscellaneous charms and flowers from stash
• Spray mist by Lindy’s Shabby Turbine Teal, Mad Hatter Mint, Dark Chocolate Truffle, Opal Sea Oats
• Finishing spray by Krylon

Here are the steps

• Glue all the collected compounds onto the canvas using the glue gun while using gesso to cover them over the entire canvas.
• After drying, use the mist colors to make the spray puddles to what you want. Make sure you have added enough of color.
• If you have to, you can add more embellishments.
• Finally do the spraying on the entire canvas. This will give the canvas a shine and will also protect the creation.

According to Kim, life is too short and you cannot afford to waste it. This can be confirmed with her obsession for crafting and the fact that she loves mixed media which allows her go beyond her comfort zone.

Getting Creative with your Art Work

Art is all fun and Tamara can attest to the same with her love of mixed media which has taken over most aspects of her creative journey. She believes mixed media allows for a broad range of styles and anyone can find success in this form of artistic expression. She confesses that what make her work even more exciting are her two grown daughters who make her life meaningful because they support her, ground her, embrace her, and are just amazing people in their own right.

She has video that showcases her art work in two parts (Part 1 and 2) and she adds that it takes all courage to achieve the same. The videos show the process of completing an art journal layout, start to finish. She will use materials such as Dylusion Sprays, Liquitex Acrylic Inks, stamps, stencils, papers, paper napkins, as well as other items. The elements are all easy to use and according to Tamara, there is a lot more you can do with them. She has a website of her own from where you can check out more of her work. Look out for the likes of Tamara whose passion of art is all on their voices and faces.

Art Journal Pages: Tips and Tricks

Mixed media is all exciting and fulfilling for those who love color and art. Most artists will do anything with art because it helps them be creative and be able to express themselves. Tamara Dinius says that her two grown up daughters make her life meaningful in her creative journey because they support her, ground her, embrace her, and are amazing people in their own right. Her love for media is evident having taken over most of her creative projects solely. According to her mixed media allows for a broad range of styles and anyone can find success in this form of artistic expression.

As a way of being creative, she has created videos that will show you the process of completing an art journal layout, start to finish. Some of the materials she will use to complete her layouts include Dylusion Sprays, Liquitex, Acrylic Inks, stamps, stencils, papers, paper napkins, as well as other items. It is in less than 30minutes that you will have completed the layout.

From Tamara’s work, there seems to be a lot of expression in art. You too can engage in it and to learn more of her work you can check out her website www.countrycraftersusa.com. It’s all yours to have and learn.