Anything Goes - Dawn Heald

Hellooooo,

Here we are again, this is the last week of

looking back at some older projects, the DT

will be back with us again next week

with some new ideas for you!

This was such an amazing project

by Dawn that I thought it should definitely

be aired again!  It would be a lovely gift 

too.

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 it's 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


See you tomorrow with another project,

Jane x