Street Art

Street Art

Hi there!

Loving the theme this week

today we have Claire Jackson

with a timely canvas 

"The street art theme lends itself to something 

a bit more grungy and masculine and the

Seth Apter stamps are perfect for this style. 

You could use this technique for a decorative canvas 

but I thought it would make a good clock background. 

Prime a 20x20cm canvas with snowflake paint 

and punch a hole in the centre

Use texture/embossing paste through a brick wall stencil. 

I put it in three main areas and left the centre clear.

Paint the canvas in chalk and buff paint. 

Make sure it’s completely dry before the next step

Place the stencil back in place and tape down. 

Use a stencil brush to stipple paint onto the raised areas. 

I used autumn fire, blood orange, claret and

chocolate pudding to build up a brickwork effect.

Don’t forget to extend the paint onto the sides of the canvas.

Gently rub a sponge with walnut stain and 

black soot Distress Ink over the brickwork 

so that it catches on the edges

Stamp the words onto tissue paper in yellow paint, 

outline with a black permanent pen 

and paint white paint on the back. 

Stamp other images in black ink and add 

paint to the back of the tissue. 

Tear around the images to create a soft edge.

Decide where the tissue images are to go 

and paint collage medium on the canvas. 

Stick the images on and add a layer of

 collage medium on top. 

Gently rub with a finger so that the

medium sinks in and the tissue becomes transparent.

Add more stamping in paint and darken the 

edges further with Distress Ink.

 I added in a little green to lift the colours. 

When it’s all dry add the clock mechanism."

Materials used:

Canvas
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint
Embossing paste
Wall stencil
PaperArtsy Seth Apter stamps: ESA01
Tissue paper
Archival Ink: jet black
Collage medium: matte
Distress Ink
Clock parts

Thank you Claire for a

great project - one for

the boys!  Tomboys even!

Who says the menfolk

are difficult to create for?

Send them here, we'll

show them how it's done!!

'till tomorrow

Mickie