Something completely different...

Hello fello Crafters,

Today I fancied doing something totally different. I have been wanting to do a canvas for ages and today was the day. A while ago I watched Andy Skinner doing his 'Splash and Image Transfer Video' and loved the canvas he did. You can watch it HERE. I didn't have all the materials and decided to to it my way.. By the way, the image of Twiggy can be downloaded for free from Andy's website. Thanks Andy.

I started with a 30 x 40 cm canvas and painted it using blue and white paint. I kept the area where her head was going to be very light. I then die cut lots of circles from my Gelli prints but I also used one pattern paper from Basic Gray (Out of Print). I adhered the circles to the canvas using gel medium. I then used different size tops from spray bottles and some watered down black paint to make the rings around the circles. I also splattered some black India Ink around. Next I used a blue Faber Castell Big Brush pen to darken the edges of the canvas. I then had to think of a way to get Twiggy on the canvas. Yes, up to then I didn't know whether this was actually going to work. Anyway, I had a rummage and found a box of T-Shirt transfer paper. Must have been in the drawer for at least 15 years. So I printed Twiggy on one of the transfer sheets, cut around her head and then used a clothes iron to put in on the canvas. It worked but not very well as the image wasn't solid black but a bit blotchy so I used a Faber Castel Pitt pen to colour over the black areas of the image and when that was done I used the same blue Big Brush pen to darken the area around her head a bit. Finally I sealed everything with a coat of mat varnish. 

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Hope you like it.....