Mixed-Media Textured Winter Scene

Hi and welcome! I can't believe it is already the first of December! My Christmas cards are not all done yet. We are having a winter theme this month at Craft a Scene. I did something a little bit different, a mixed-media textured winter landscape using a mix of various acrylic mediums, paint and stamps.

I had smeared Golden Crackle Paste on a canvas board (4 x 6) last week, without planning what to do with it. When I was going to start working on my winter scene, my eyes fell on the crackled surface and I thought it would work great for a snowy scene. I had so much fun creating this and just went along experimenting. I'll make a tutorial for this another time, I forgot to take step photos when I made this.

After the crackle paste was dry, I painted a watery mix of Distress Paints on top, using Broken China, Stormy Sky and a little bit of Chipped Sapphire. The paint went into the cracks, but also coloured the surface to some extent. I wiped some of it off from the surface.

The best way to stamp on such an uneven surface is to stamp on tissue paper, which I did, using Archival Jet Black. The tissue paper was glued to the surface with glossy gel, using one layer under and one on top the of tissue paper, which disappears.

When it was dry, I painted on top, to define some of the areas. Chipped Sapphire was added to the water. I painted white here and there, especially on the first snowy hill, to bring it forward and add perspective. Behind the hill, I painted Stormy Sky as a shadow and also under the trees.

I splattered white paint on the board to add even more of a snowy feeling.

A little bit of Glass Bead Gel was smeared on the water/ice and to the sky, and I also added some Extra Heavy Gel on the first snowy hill.

Thank you for the visit! I hope you will join us this month in our winter challenge.

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampscapes: Leafless Limbs 052C, Migrating Birds 152D, Oak Tree Medium 178E, Oak Tree Sm. 177B, Snowy Bank 360G, Winter Brush 366C
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black
Paint: Distress Paint: Broken China, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire; Golden Artist Paint: Titanium White Fluid Acrylics
Medium: Golden Artist Paint: Crackle Paste, Soft Gel Glossy, Glass Bead Gel, Extra Heavy Gel Gloss
Surface: Canvas Board (4 x 6)