Mixed Media Art Canvass: Dream, Ella...

Nowadays, I know very few people who doesn't have Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter account.  Our society revolves too much on technology and social media.  It maybe a bad idea but one thing is sure, it keeps communication line open.  

At night when I go to bed, I used to read a book, or a magazine, or an Archie comics or even a Bible.  Almost every night now especially on workdays, I have the tendency to open my FB and read couple post before I completely doze off .  Most often than not, we read trash but some are really worth knowing and even worth sharing.

Artist and crafters often times find their inspiration in the weirdest situation or place.  When it does, make sure to take advantage of it and so I did, even if that means, its from Facebook, LOL...

A crafty friend posted and shared this poem in FB:

I hope that you will dream dangerously and outrageously,
That you will make something that didn't exist before you made it,
I hope that you will be liked,
And that you will have people to love and like in return,
And most importantly, because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now,
I hope that you will, when you need to be, be wise and that you will always be kind...

Love it? I do!

This is my very first mixed media art canvass, which I made for my dearest and precious daughter, Ella. 

We both loved it!

Getting late now, enough post for the day.  Night everyone...

Typhoon Yolanda

Early November of last year, a super typhoon named Yolanda hit my beloved Philippines.  People left with no homes, some are injured and alot of people died.  It was around the same time, when I got my monthly kit from Frog Dog Studio.

I was inspired to make a mixed media art canvass and used the sad event that hit the Philippines as a subject.

 

 1. Prep the canvass with matte medium. Then I decoupaged some decorative table napkins.
2. Then I did a transfer image using the coloring page I got from my MM kit and matte medium.
3. Colored the transferred image using gelly-roll pens. Added micro beads for some texture.
4. Adhered alpha stickers and stamped sentiments.
5. Painted here and there using acrylic paint. Then finally brush it up with glossy medium to seal everything.

Hope you will try mixed media too!  It's fun playing with MM...
Till next project!