Mixed Media Canvas

The latest craft adventure was some awesome mixed media canvas collages. We used serviette pictures, paint, glitter, flowers, stamps, stencils and a range of ephemera to create individual messages and odes to creativity.

We started with a blank canvas onto which we glued the top layer of serviette pictures, carefully torn using water brushed around the image. If you cut the image out then you will have a more defined edge of the tissue image. The glue we used was an acrylic gel medium. Next we sponged on some colour and used stencils to create effects and words. Lastly we glued on some gems, wooden and other ephemera using either more acrylic gel medium or double sided tape.

This is the end result of a group workshop on the same thing. With more time and patience you can add paint textures, more painted layers over the top of glued ephemera and use mediums like crackle glazes and modelling paste.