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Tissue to Canvas Technique You will need: • 1 canvas or piece of canvas board - (no bigger than 8x8 or 9x7) or piece of textured cardstock. 1. First we add the paint to create the background. Choose your colours, I tend to stick to 3 or 4 colours max but that’s a personal preference. If you are in doubt about how your colours will work together, on a piece of scrap card test them next to each other, and blend the edges a little to see what colour effects you will create. Once you have decided on the colours, squeeze onto a palette. I used 3 colours, royal blue, lime green and white. I also mixed the blue and white to make a paler blue. 2. Now comes the fun bit. With your fingers, smear your first colour paint onto the canvas. Don’t rub too hard as you want to maintain the texture of the canvas, so don’t go for total coverage. Work on one area at a time till you have something you like. Now you have a choice - you can either let this first colour dry before adding a second - this will mean the colours wont mix together, OR you can add a second colour now and the colours will blend and create a 3rd colour. It’s up to you! Continue with the smearing of the paint colours until you have a background you are happy with. Lay canvas to one side and leave to dry thoroughly.
:: What I did to achieve my background on Boys of summer:- I used the paler blue all over, then added a little dark blue to the edges before the first colour had dried so it blended together. Once this had dried I added white, and then green, and then again left to dry, before finally adding a little more of the light blue and dark blue ::
3. Next we prepare the images to use on the canvas. Take a piece of tissue, you will have noticed tissue usually has a dull side and shiny side, I usually find stamping on the shiny side and putting the dull side down onto the canvas is most effective - but its really up to you which way you decide to do it. Choose your stamps and ink colours and stamp a selection of images onto the tissue and leave to dry. Your main image should be in the darkest colour, while any background images should be in colours that blend with the background. If you are using ink that needs heat set to be permanent, do this now - but be careful not to scorch the tissue with the heat gun.
4. Decide where you are going to place your tissue images on the canvas, then cover the painted canvas in a good layer of mod podge. Place your tissue images stamped side up onto the mod podge, and using a brush dipped in mod podge smooth out any air bubbles. The tissue must be completely wet with the mod podge and have no air bubbles if it is to dry clear, but it becomes very fragile when wet so very gentle brushing is required! Don’t worry if it wrinkles, that just adds more texture. Once all the images are in place, cover it all with another layer of mod podge and set aside to dry.
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