Rusty Art - for Finnabair Creative Team

Hello friends!

This is my new artwork for Finnabair Creative Team. I have for you the project with a product that I have been discovering again - Rust Effect Pastes. As soon as they appeared on sale, I liked them very much. However, in the plethora of new products and artworks, I put them somewhere on the shelf and they rarely visited my desk. Now it’s come back and I can not live without them! My discovery is that they fits very well to metallic papers, that glisten too much for me. But when we use a little bit of pastes, papers become a perfect background for rusty projects. Here, I additionally used the embossing folder and aged the background with sandpaper.

All my composition is resin and metal elements covered with black gesso. Thanks to gesso, all media like pastes, paints, etc. stick better. I used also a papers, only to "soften" this industrial look. I think everything is perfectly balanced. After placing all the elements in their places, I reached for rust again. I applied it in several places and at the end I used the Opal Magic paints. They added shine to my artwork, the effect of light patina, beautiful contrast.

I made a video for you, where you can see step by step how the project was created. Remember the quote from my project - „Less perfection more authenticity”! This will help you focus on the fun and creation. Enjoy!

Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place online store:

Beach Wall Hanging - for Graphic 45

Hello,

Today I have a project for Graphic 45 April challenge - Mix & Match. I love the marine atmosphere so I chose two collections in this type - By the Sea and Sun Kissed. These collections match not only thematically but also in color. I love both, and the "By the Sea" collection in Deluxe Collector's Edition is a real treasure.

I have prepared a marine banner for you, completely without any media or complicated products or techniques. I only splashed it in white, you can easily do it with white ink or diluted paint.

To make the project rich, cut out many elements from paper. Use stickers, die-cuts, pieces of string and gauze. Stick everything with foam tape or cardboard, then the work will have depth, it will be more interesting. I also distressed the edges of each element so that they do not melt with the background. The last accent are the white pebbles that. Is important to choose glue, that will be transparent when dry. Then it will look more natural and aesthetic.

Reach for your favorite collections and take part in this challenge. Try to use the less obvious connections. And if you were inspired by my project - act! I have a movie for you that will help you in this.

Graphic 45 Supplies:

By the Sea - Deluxe Collector’s Edition
Sun Kissed Banners Die Cut
Sun Kissed Chipboards

Round canvas with nature - video tutorial for Finnabair CT

Hello!

Today I have for you round, romantic canvas made for Finnabair Creative Team. Natural elements reign on my desk lately - such as moss, twigs. So there were some in this project. In my opinion, they combine with all media and paints excellent, and with gesso, they form a perfect combo.

As always, my artwork has lots of layers, details. I wanted a lot to happen. There is a chipboard and gauze here, some papers and, of course, flowers. I like when my project is very spacious. When you can feel all the structures under your fingers, when under the next layers we find an interesting treasure.

In this project, I use new colors from Opal Magi paints. They are beautiful and add an amazing glow. As icing on the cake, I added a great new art pebbles - Vintage. They are in splendid, warm colors and I have a feeling that they fit anywhere and anytime. 

Please enjoy my video tutorial :)

I used: