Mixed Media Heart - docrafts natures gallery
Mixed Media Canvas Heart You will need: Small canvas / mdf / cardboard heart 15 x 15cm Docrafts Natures gallery decoupage birds, flowers and butterflies. White gesso Pink acrylic paint Texture paste Post card and flower stamps Distressed paper Old book pages distress ink: scattered straw, pumice stone, blueprint sketch Dark brown dye ink Cut a hole in the heart to hang it from when finished then cover front in white gesso. When gesso is dry paint front with a pink acrylic paint - I mixed red and white together to get the pink I wanted. Leave a distressed look at the edges of the heart. Distress a piece of paper 12.5 x 8 cm using distress inks. Stamp using a postcard image and flowers / butterflies. When the pink paint has dried use a stencil and texture paste to give a stone wall look. I coloured white texture paste with the pumice stone distress ink. Cut out some swirls as shown fro...