Luminarte SILKS Acrylic Glaze Sparks Up A Mini Canvas

Hello everyone…Martha Richardson here. I have a quick project to share with you today. I  found a 6x6" mini canvas that I created for a class sample. It wasn't completed but I really loved the colors and design. When I received the SILKS in the Dec. Kit an idea started coming together. It started with the question…how will Silks look on top of other acrylic paints…will it add some pizzazz to the canvas?

The answer is YES to the questions and I now have an art piece that I LOVE!!!

Here is the class sample partially finished…loving the colors!

Silks Acrylic Glaze in African Jade applied in upper left hand corner.

Getting ready to apply Fern and Carmine.

Close-up of Canvas…pretty glimmer!!

Finished 6x6" Mini Canvas

What a difference the SILKS Acrylic Glaze made when added to an already completed canvas…from dull to GLIMMER and SHINE!

I'd like to take this time to thank TIna Walker for believing in me without really even knowing. This will be my last post with Frog Dog Studio. It was a hard decision to make because this Frog Dog Studio, Tina and the design team members seriously ROCK!!!!! I'm freeing up time as my husband and I are putting our house on the market and moving further south.

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The Girls of Fall

Good morning! Melissa here with a tutorial on how to create some simple little "girls of fall". These could be grouped together as a display, attached to a larger canvas, turned into ornaments…lots of possibilities! I was inspired by Christy Tomlinson's She Art girls (I took her first class years ago--so much fun!)

To create these gals, I used items from our November Paper Add On Kit. There are some beautiful fall themed items in this kit. I especially loved the BoBunny 6x6 paper pad! To begin, I gessoed four mini canvases then sprayed them with the Lindy's spray inks. Then, I just freehand cut some dresses. These papers have a sort of vintage vibe to me that I like. I glued them down on the canvases with some matte medium.

When they dried, I loosely sketched out a head and some legs. Then I mixed up some flesh colored paint and painted their faces and hair. I also used the stamps to do some embossing on the background. I covered the stamp in Versamark Ink, then stamped it on the canvas. Then, I dusted some of the Lindy's embossing powder on top and hit it with a heat gun.

Now for the finishing touches--I added some green Distress Paint to the background. I also rubbed the piece over with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to give it an aged feeling. Details were added to the girls using a black pen.

The last thing I wanted to add to these pieces were a few words that represent this time of year.

And close ups of each girl individually :)

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believe, and you can!

Hi Tina here today with my 2nd project share of August!

Today's I'll share my step by step process on how I created this gorgeous Mini Canvas wall art piece.

As I said last week, I am in love with the August kit.  I don't know if it's the colors, or the beauty of the ocean, but I want to keep creating with it!  But the laundry, the dogs, and work are calling my name.  :(

Let's get right to the tutorial!

I hope you enjoyed the video!  Please share your feedback, comments, and suggestion!  I'd love to hear them.

Before I leave today, here are a couple of close-ups of the canvases.

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

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