Seaside Mixed Media Canvas

Hello and welcome to my blog! I hope you are enjoying summer, or winter, since July can be both depending on where you live.Today I have a little mixed media project to share.

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I made a 6x6 canvas board summer scene, with a lot of texture, but not so many details. I used Distress Paint, various pastes and just two small sentiment stamps. 

Start by applying gesso to the surface. I made a horizon line with the gesso, using a palette knife. When dry, add texture paste to the beach area, forming little hills.

When the paste was dry, I placed a little cheese cloth onto the paste and adhere with Snowfall Grit-Paste. I also added some paste to the water. Let dry.

Paint the sea and sky with Distress Paint. I aimed for a light-colored look here.

Paint the sand with Antique Linen and add darker shades to the sea and the sky.

Dry brush brown paint on the beach area to increase the texture. Paint some white lines and marks on the sea and sky area.

Splatter white and blue paint on the canvas. Protect the sky with scrap paper when splattering the blue paint.

I wanted the beach to shimmer and added Ranger's Mica Flakes. I also glued two real sea shells to the board.

Sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery were stamped with Potting Soil ink. I also painted birds in the sky.

The grit paste adds an interesting foamy texture to the sea.

The beach has a nice texture, with the combination of texture paste, grit-paste, cheese cloth, mica flakes and paint.

If you want to you can of course add more details, such as a boat. You can find inspiration for how to make little boats and for how to paint the sea with a palette knife in my At The Sea tutorial.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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