Wedding gift by Asia Szczurowska

I like creating unique gifts. I love to see the joy on the faces of the people I give them to. Fortunately, our passion gives us the opportunity to create personalized gifts. For the wedding of a couple who like minimalism, I have prepared a mix-media window with a casting in the shape of a human heart.

I covered the MDF base with white gesso for better adhesion, and then with impasto paints. I chose several colours from one shade. I used a stiff bristle brush to make the strokes better visible. I applied the pattern through the stencil and added some colour with liquid acrylics. They are perfect for shading.

I prepared the casting and other elements using the same techniques. I used wax to make the details more visible. At the end, I sprinkled everything with glitter, finally love sparkles :)

I have prepared a video tutorial for you, you can see it here:

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Altered Art Journal by Lanette Erickson

Hello Everyone,

Today I'm excited to share with you my first project for the Mixed Media Place Design Team. I am so excited and thankful to be here sharing my art with all of you. Anyways, back to my project,  I've had this art journal in my stash for some time now and I really want to start sharing more of my Art Journal pages more often. So, I decided that altering this journal would be the perfect first project for me.  I really hope you like it. 

I started with a layer of white gesso and lots of lovely texture courtesy of random bits of scrapbook paper, a bit of texture paste and one of my favorite stencils. 

Next came the assemblage.  I really tried to keep this pretty simple because it's a journal I plan to use. Next, I moved on to color with lots of Liquid Acrylic and Finnabair's amazing Rust Paste.

You can see my process start to finish here: 

If you can't see the video, here is direct link.

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