Last night I was looking for something fast to do. I brushed a couple coats of gesso on the canvas to cover the black picture outline. I stamped on sheet music with black Stazon ink then cut a heart out of a book page from an old book, then painted it with watery green Soy Paint. I didn't have any pre-made chipboard letters. So, I printed FAITH off the computer, enlarged it, taped it to some card stock, and used a razor knife to cut out each letter. (You then have a FAITH stencil that you can use later). I glued the heart and letters to the canvas with gel medium, added some charcoal pencil around the heart and dry-brushed Liquitex Black paint onto the letters. I added some more black paint lightly around the edge of the canvas, then sprayed with clear archival, semi-gloss varnish. Start to finish, it took about an hour. I'm going to do some other words. Maybe, BRAVE, STRONG, HAPPY, etc.
I must be honest - this was not, totally, my creation. I was blog-hopping and saw a banner that had plaques very similar to this. I've tried to search my history so that I could find the blog and give the artist credit, because I can't remember her name. I haven't been able to find it yet, but when I do, I will add it to this post. I don't want to take credit for any art that is not my idea. You know, it's difficult because I'm always finding inspiration from different artists. I'll see a technique or style and want to try it. My intention is to use all of this acquired inspiration to build my very own style. Many of the artists that I admire have tutorials and workshops to teach their techniques, As a matter of fact, I am taking a workshop rigt now by Suzi Blu, called Fairies, so I will be painting some fairies very soon.
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