Mixed Media Painting Try out

Our first Kreado session of the year has come and gone. The Mixed Media Painting was a first for me and I had to try it out. The painting is more playing with textures and basically 'cheating' by glueing a picture to the canvas before painting over it. No drawing required! I know this is not the proper way of doing it but during the Kreado sessions I have realised that many people are scared of drawing. Mostly it stems from negative words from their school teachers. You know the words... only creative people can draw. So if you can not draw you are basically done for in the creativity department! 

And so many a people surpress their creative side. Very sad but true.

My supplies for this project included the following:

- Statex (as a texture paint)

- Decopodge (as a glue)

- Sand

- Canvas

- Landscape picture (black and white, or colour)

- Acrylic paint

- Paint brushes

All supplies purchased from Jimnettes in Lynnwoodridge Mall.

I started off the project by looking for a number of pictures on the internet. The instructions that I got from Fast Art (book by Monique Day-Wilde and Angie Franke) had a windmill landscape as an example and I thought this was a wonderful theme. 

After finding the appropriate pictures I proceeded by tearing the edges of the paper slightly to ensure that the paper will not be clearly seen through the top layer of paint. 

I then decoupaged the entire picture on top of the canvas trying to have the minimum amount of bubbles.

Making sure that the decoupage dryed completely I applied the Statex next.

The goal was to have a considerable amount of texture on the painting. 

I also added sand on top the Statex. In their book 'Wonderful Ways with Mixed Media' - Monique Day-Wilde and Angie Franke included pressing bandages and stamps into the texture paint. I found this fascinating and did it with my second painting.

The finished result! I painted over the entire picture except for the windmill.

Using drybrushing to complete the painting proved to have a very interesting effect! This was achieved specifically because I applied the Statex so thickly and ensured that there were deep grooves in it.

This was an easy project and lots of fun to do.

The only aspect that took some time was to dry the Statex. But hey! It gives you the perfect time to have a cup of tea.

Enjoy the process!