Gone Fishing - Dawn Heald

Hellooooo,

Welcome to a new week here on the Blog.

Oh my goodness have I got the most fabulous project

for you today!

We gave the DT .....Gone Fishing to see what they

would come up with and look at this.......

Dawn says -

"This week I've used an 8 x 8 canvas board to make an underwater scene.

 I knew the look I wanted to achieve and remembered my Brusho

 experiments. The Brusho Thickener along with Brusho colours and

 some cling film made this project as I envisioned it. The Fish Stamps

 are fabulous (my two are courting young love) and can be used in

 different ways other than doodling inside the shapes. I'll be using

 them again soon as I really like them. So onto how I made this project".

Apply Grunge Paste through the Bay Leaf stencil along the bottom

 and random circles above with Sequin Waste Stencil. Leave to

 dry as its quick.

Position stencil back over same place as before and using

 Guacamole Fresco paint and paint brush, I painted over the

 Bay leaves Grunge Paste. Use a sponge and more

 green Fresco Finish paints to build up the layers. Then I 

painted on Decoart MixedMedia Satin finish

Next I coloured my background. First using blue and white Brusho

 and water, I painted all over and laid cling film or plastic wrap over

 the whole canvas, squished it around and left to dry. I chose 

four blue colours of Brusho and mixed each into a pool of Brusho 

Thickener. 

With a large flat brush I dabbed on the colours covering 

the entire canvas, laid over another piece of cling film, pressed

 it around to blend colours and move air pockets around. Then I left 

this to dry.

  As I'd used a thick layer of Brusho Thickener this took 24

 hours to dry.  I peeled off the cling film and it was still damp, so I

 used this to carefully wipe off the colours on parts of the 

stencilling then left it to completely air dry. I dotted on some 

Stickles Glitter Glue in Eucalyptus and Star Dust.

Whilst this was drying I stamped the two Fish and doodled some

 Zentangle patterns within the shapes. I coloured with Pro Markers

 and added some detail with white gel pen. I then cut them out. 

I drew some wavy sea plants, doodled and

 coloured with Faber Castell crafters crayons. Gently shape the 

pieces by curving them in your hand. I added some bling to the Fish

 by colouring clear gems with Pro Markers and gluing on the Fish.

I glued my pieces onto the canvas with glue gel. Add some

 coloured gems as treasure at the bottom of the sea.

Well, isn't that just lovely??

If you want to have a go, this is what Dawn used -

Canvas board 

Brusho Colour Crystals 24 set

Brusho Thickener

Lindsay Mason Zendoodles Fish Stamps

Imagination Crafts Bay Leaf Stencil

Tando Creative Sequin Waste Stencil

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints in greens

PaperArtsy Grunge Paste

Decoart MixedMedia Satin Varnish

Pro Markers

Faber Castell Crafters Crayons

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Black fine liner Pen

White Gel Pen

From own stash

Gems, cling film/plastic wrap

Ok, enjoy the sunshine today, it is supposed to be the hottest
day so far this year!  Probably snowing tomorrow!

See you soon with another project,

Jane x