Happy New Year, everyone! I hope everyone had a peaceful and warm holiday. I have a mixed-media art piece to share today. I used the palette from the Colorful Options Challenge, January 2024 for the inspiration.
I started the artwork on a 6×6 canvas using Strathmore’s Acrylic Paper, introducing textural elements with Distress Grit Paste Snowfall along the edges. Once this was dry, I applied a layer of white gesso to the surface. Using a palette of Distress Paints, including Kitsch Flamingo, Lumberjack Red, Stormy Sky, Prize Ribbon, and Salvaged Patina, I covered the background and let it dry. Not finding the exact shade of purple I desired, I crafted a custom blend using Lumberjack Red, Stormy Sky, and Prize Ribbon.
My next step was a whitewash using Picket Fence, followed by dry brushing the edges with Villaneous Potion, applied with a brayer. The last step on my background was sporadically sponging a bit more white. After the surface dried, I employed a mushroom stencil, spray-painting it in black, and applied a shimmering glaze in shades of blue, green, and violet. For the undersurface of the mushrooms, I used a combination of the aforementioned paints, anchoring them with a grass base to avoid the appearance of floating.
The final touch involved framing the artwork in a simple black frame, rendering it ready for display.
Visit the challenge to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Teams. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!! For the Colorful Options Challenge, you have until Sunday, January 28th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Monday, January 29th in the UK or 6:59am and on Monday, January 29th in CET.
Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have a blast, everyone!
Challenges entered: Double Trouble Challenge, Park Hopping My Happy Place,SSS Monday Challenge
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Love this. Fab effect – looks like light shining from the background!
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Thank you! It was a blast to make!! xoxo Makira
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Makira, what a beautiful wall decoration… your background is beautiful and love the spot of color in the mushrooms. Thanks for sharing your “Background Personality with us at Double Trouble.
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Thank you, Suzanne. Have a great week! Makira
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This is stunning and really does deserve to be framed, so I hope you actually do it and hang it. Very nice work, xoxo P.S. – Spray paint! Fancy Banksy! hehe
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The spray paint was so much fun. Thank you, Aimeslee! xoxo Makira
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Wow, love that light effect you created! Such a nice piece to frame and display! Thanks for playing along with us at Double Trouble!
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Thank you, Melanie! Makira
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Terrific background – very effective for the focal image. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble 🙂
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Thank you, Alyson! Makira
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This is fabulous and fun, I love framed artwork to hang in my craft room, so creative!!!
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Happy New Year !!! So happy you framed this beauty it would have been a shame not to. Love the gorgeous background it really makes the monotone mushrooms come to the forefront as always beautiful work. Wishing you all a happy, healthy, creative new year.
Marie
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Makira, what a beautiful mixed media project! I love how you choose colors from your background to color the “gills” of the mushrooms to bring your whole canvas together! Thank you for sharing your artistic talents with us at Double Trouble!!! -Donna
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Very fun!! I love the funky mushrooms! Thanks for playing with us at Double Trouble! 🙂
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Thank you, Kellianne!
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