2018 #2 Seth's NEW Fresco paints: Petal Power with EEV {by Alison Hall}

2018 Topic 2: Seth's NEW Fresco Paints

Ohhhhh la laaaa...lookie here lookie here! We do love a layered canvas from Alison, and she is making those new Seth Colour POP!! Look at that Blue Lagoon!! Swoon!!! And I love the use of Ellen's petals....just how does she do all this creative magic with teabags?? 

Read on! ~Leandra

Hi everyone, it's Alison the Craftytrog with you today, and I'd like to share with you a mixed media panel I made using Seth's New Fresco Finish Acrylic Paint Set No.3 and PaperArtsy Eclectica Ellen Vargo stamps. I've used collaged hand-decorated papers on my panel, which is a favourite technique of mine, as I love the textures and abstract nature of it.

I like to use different types of paper on projects, usually some book text paper. And, I always have a sheet of plain copier paper beneath as I'm working, to catch the excess paint, and clean my brayer on, which creates more collage material. I used PaperArtsy Stamp Set EEV06 on the pages below.

Here's the torn up under paper ready to be glued onto my 6x6 inch panel with Matte Medium Gel. I used an MDF panel, but PaperArtsy Heavy Grey/White Board would work well as a substitute.

I started to create the main flower feature of my panel, stamping and embossing petals from PaperArtsy Stamp Set EEV09. 

I love to include teabags in my art in some form, so I bunched up a few empty circular bags (you could also cut circles from square bags), secured them with a decorative brad, then trimmed and scrunched until my flower centre took shape. 

I love the contrast of the brown teabags with the blue and green paint colours!

The panel background needed some decoration, so I used Seth's Blue Lagoon and Magic Moss Fresco Finish Paint with background stamps from PaperArtsy Stamp Set EEV05. 

I also wanted some circle elements to tie in with the flower centre, so I stamped and cut a few circles from PaperArtsy Stamp Set EEV09 with Double Denim Fresco Finish Paint. 

Once my flower feature was adhered, I got messy adding splatters of Black Bombay India Ink, and watered down Golden Iridescent Bronze paint to mirror the metallic of the brad.

A few coloured gems and some totally unrelated book text words later, and I was satisfied.

I forgot that when you apply matte medium over embossing, it dulls the glossy effect, so I had to use a black pen to go over the lines of the stamped petals. It would have been best to put the glue just on the back of them of course!

I was thrilled to be able to try out Seth's new paints. More blues...what more can I say?! And Butter and Magic Moss are such a pretty soft yellow and green. I hope I've inspired you to get painty and join in with the current PaperArtsy Challenge.

Alison x

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