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:

Sparkling box - July's Prima & Finn Art Recipe

Hello friends,

this month Art Recipe is about Finnabair's new products - gorgeous Unicorn Opal Magic paint set, sparkly Melange Art Pebbles, and amazing Texture Fantasy Pastes!

For this inspiration I have made a small, but rich in media and embellishments, box. I used the black ATC box, which is thick and can hold out a lot of paints and other water-based products. 

This project is really simple - try it! I covered the whole box and resin shapes with white gesso, and then I added the rest of the media. To achieve this unusual structure I used a new Texture Fantasy paste, which, in addition to this grainy texture, has amazing colors! I also used new Opal Magic paints - each one is an amazing color that gives the project beautiful flashes. To add more bling to my project, I used beautiful new art pebbles, that shine with a lot of crystals.

Products used:

• 599430 - Altered Card Set Black
• 815790 - IOD Decor Mold - Medallions
• 965365 - Dabbing Brush Set 5 Pcs
• 966287 - Art Ingredients - Melange Sugar Art Pebbles
• 966102 - Art Alchemy - Opal Magic Acrylic Paint -Teal-Blue
• 966119 - Art Alchemy - Opal Magic Acrylic Paint -Blue -Green
• 961374 - Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White (17 fl. oz.)
• 961398 - Art Basics - 3D Matte Gel (8 fl. oz.)
• 963958 - Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax-Vintage Gold
• 966027 - Art Extravagance - Texture Fantasy - Northern Lights