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SURFACE
16" x 48" (40.64 x 121.92 cm) stretched canvas - Design enlarged 260% 10" x 20" (25.4 x 50.8 cm) stretched canvas - Design enlarged 100% You can use a used canvas.
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS
Bright Blue
Bright Orange Cadmium Yellow Country Red
Dark Chocolate
Grape Juice
Hauser Dark Green Mermaid Tail
Snow (Titanium) White Sour Apple
DECOART DAZZLING METALLICS
Festive Green
DECOART EXTREME SHEEN METALLICS
Antique Bronze Pearl White
LIQUITEX
Acrylic Gesso White Primer
BRUSHES
1" Flat
JO SONJA’S SURE TOUCH BRUSHES
1385 Filbert #no. 4
3020 Sableon Short Liner #no. 2 Any small brushes will work.
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96)
Apron
DecoArt High Gloss Clear Pouring Topcoat
Elmer’s White School Glue
Large cookie sheet
Low Temp Glue Gun – small
Low Temp hot glue sticks
Measured mixing cups, two (2) for white paints Medicine dropper (optional)
Paint stir stick or a small palette knife
Plastic table covering
Sand
Seashell mix
Small butane torch or heat gun
Small dixie cups or any small 2-to-3-ounce container,
one (1) for each color
Teflon Silicone Lubricant
Ultra-Fine Mist Sprayer filled with water
SOURCES
• Butane Torch can be purchased on Amazon or at most hardware stores.
• Seashell mix and Ultra-Fine Mist sprayer are available at most craft stores. • Silicone Lubricant is available at most hardware stores.
This seahorse swaying in the water, spreading his colors for all to enjoy, was an easy multi-media piece to complete. You can add or remove elements as you please. This multi- media canvas brings together hot glue formations and acrylic pour paint to make a fun, easy-flowing, design for a one-of-a-kind project.
PREPARATION
Begin with any canvas. It doesn’t have to be a new canvas. If you are using a used canvas, paint it with Acrylic Gesso White Primer and the 1" flat brush. It may take several coats to cover. You don’t want to see any of what was previously on the canvas. Lay down a plastic table cloth or a drop cloth on your table, make sure you have plenty of room to walk around your canvas table. It will take a day to dry, so keep that in mind when deciding where to lay this all out.
LET’S PAINT
STEP 1 - Shows the design drawn on the canvas, then covered with hot glue. This is where you lay the groundwork of your design. You can make the seagrass more pronounced or flatter. You want to raise your glue gun off the surface while going over the seahorse. Make his outer lines, eye, and nodules on his face a little higher than the other inside lines.
Tip: If you do the outside lines first, it is easier to do a continuous line of glue and you’ll have fewer glue hairs to remove.
After the hot glue is dry, you must remove all the flyaway glue hairs you see. You can pick them off with your fingers or a pair of tweezers. Coat the entire hot glue design with gesso, making sure you get all the nooks and crannies covered so that the paint will stick.
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