Friday 26 June 2015

Hessian Stencilled Canvas for PaperArtsy Stencil Challenge

 
Over on PaperArtsy the challenge theme is Stencils which is great fun! I used a hessian canvas which I covered with gesso and transferred some pieces of Thorndon Hall using the gel medium transfer method so it looked like the picture above. When I was at the Craft Barn demo day a few weeks ago I bought some Brushos. I was desperate to try them but of course they had to sit acclimatizing in my craft room for a little while! I thought it would be great to try mixing them with Grungepaste as the colours looked so vibrant and, being dry, I thought they would keep the paste firm. I really liked the way you get a strong colour rather than a pastel colour from the white of the paste. I started off with Leaf Green for the leaf spray from the ELB002 stencil but I didn't like this colour at all! Really bright! So I added loads of colours in desperation and in the end added some Brown. I also used an Art Is stencil with Snowflake paint for a bit of script background. I used the two sizes of flower from the ELB003 stencil with Grungepaste and two shades on them, some Purple and some Scarlet. Then I used Brown for the Secret Garden from ELB004.
I finished off with some JoFy stamps on shrink plastic in matching colours and a flatbacked cotton reel - love these!

This canvas is going to be a little extra present for a very special person who has a birthday on Sunday; my wonderful dear friend and sister of my heart who looks after my mum.

I am entering this into the PaperArtsy stencils challenge, and Countryview Challenges June Challenge which is Shabby Chice.

8 comments:

  1. Really pretty and I'm sure will be much appreciated. Great idea with the Brushos and grunge paste x

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  2. Good job I kept going back in my reading list - I nearly missed this, and that would have been a shame as it's fabulous!

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  3. Your friend is a lucky girl, it's gorgeous and I love the finishing details.
    I found both of the greens in the Brushos kit to be way too bright. I got myself a Moss green, which has yellowish tones with violet specks, and there is also an Olive green which are more "natural" looking.

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  4. Oh lovely - great way to turn those paper scraps to good use, and the flowers look fab.
    Alison xx

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  5. Wow, this is gorgeous. Love the hessian and the colours and textures are lovely.

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  6. Very nice Lucy, the Brushos are wonderful for colouring pastes and mediums. The hessian is a really nice base too.

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