GIU 2015 - Day 5

Thank you all for joining me this week!

I truly enjoy using Unity Stamps,

they are one of my go-to suppliers.

For my finale, I created a 12x12 Canvas

that started out as a gift for a friend

but ended up completely different from where I started.

It started out being a riot of flowers in all shades of purples, lilacs & white with a bold blue background, but it completely sucked so I removed all traces of the Gelatos & started over with fresh gesso.

But now, well now 

I'm in love with it!

As soon as the gesso dried, I used this amazing 12x12 stencil & sprayed it with a mixture of

half & half of Airbrush Medium & Carbon Black.

Once that dried completely, I started layering on the following mixed about half & half with Glaze;

(all paint is from Golden)

Teal, Sap Green Hue, Green Gold, and Quinacridone/Nickel Azo gold.

Again I waited for all those layers to completely dry before adding Ultramarine Blue which was about 1/4 paint with 3/4 Glaze (it dried to this awesome glossy gel texture)

Using Unity Stamp Company's Wild Poppy Silhouette which I stamped in a mixture of 

arbon Black & Titanium White to create a gray.

With an UmWow Studio Diamond mask, I applied Super Heavy Gesso that once dried I coated with Faber-Castell's Glass Bead Giltter Gel.

I applied the Sap Green Hue onto Unity Stamp Company's Beautiful Elements &

stamped in the bottom right corner.

I splattered Naphthol Red Light onto the Poppies.

Then I hung it on my painting room wall!