Mixed Media Seascape Tutorial

Hello friends! It is a new Monday, the best day of the week since there is also a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week our theme is Let's Paint.

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I hope you will join us in the challenge and don't miss the project by our June guest designer Thom Santilla.

I painted a scene with Distress Paint in one of my Small Creative Journal. The colors were inspired by the colors of the sky on one of my evening walks this week. I snapped a photo of the sky to remember to use it as inspiration for my project. Lots of textures and stamped sentiments here. The boats were cut from Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric. 

Coat the page with gesso and when dry, add texture paste through Simon Says Stamp Clouds for Days. Also add paste to the base of the page as the beach.

Glue cheese cloth to the beach with matte medium. You can also use Tim's Mummy Cloth.

Use Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack tape to mask the sea from the sky. Paint the clouds.

Paint the sky and then remove the tape. Add it back but on the sky instead of the sea and then paint the sea (I forgot to take a photo of that step).

Paint the beach with watered-down Distress Paint: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Ground Espresso.

Add darker blue to the sky and the sea. The light comes from the right, so the sea is darker on the left-hand side. Mist with water and let the paint run, but only a little. I also let it run into the beach area. Add some more Dried Marigold too.

Cut the sails from Tim Holtz Memoranda Fabric. Cut the boats from brown cardstock.

Add Sizzix Gold Luster Wax to the cheese cloth.

Add Moon Dust Stickles to the clouds and to a few areas in the sea.

Here you can see the stickles on the clouds. I stamped sentiments both directly on the background and on paper and cut into strips.

Repeat 'summer' three times without reinking. The birds come from Hero Arts Sunset Over Waves.

Sand the boats. Connect the sail to the boat with a black pen.

I cut this sail so that the word 'transfer' would be clearly visible.

Summer dreaming comes from Simon Says Stamp Dandelion Messages.

The combination of texture paste and cheese cloth gives a great texture. Here I only added a few strands of thread onto the background.

The sentiment comes from Tim Holtz Odds & Ends. The Luster Wax adds a really nice texture and shine to the cheese cloth.

The paint will run into the cheese cloth texture in interesting ways.

I added pebbles with a black pen.

The last sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery.

Join us this week in our  Let's Paint challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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