Altered Masterpieces - Anat Weksler - Mood Board Inspiration

 Hello lovelies!

It's Anat here with my take my take on the gorgeous  Dusty Attic's July moodboard.

I just love this Moodboard!! what's great about it is that you can give it a Botanical interpration as well as create someting in an Industrial style.

I mixed tho two styles... Iliked the outcome very ,much, do you like it too?

Both tag and small box were painted with impasto paints, brushed with texture pastes and rubbed with metalique waxes.

Here are the fabulous chipboards I have used:

Tag medley

Broken bits #12

Industrial corners

Fans mixed

Jumbo cogs 10pk

Mini cogs #2

Mini foliage

Bees

Bugs #2

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

Every photo tells story - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn - Mood Board Inspiration

Hi there,

I am sharing a canvas I created for the February moodboard

I drew inspiration off the circular macrons, and the edges of the lace under the coffee cup and thought that this reminded me of gears and I created this canvas

The canvas is covered with a prima tissue paper, then covered with matt gel. When this was dry I added crackle paste and when that was dry I used the the Distressed Grid Stencil DA1538 and used this in places with modelling paste.

All the chipboard was prepared with black gesso. 

I used a combination of gears - DA2734, DA2744, DA2859 and DA2864, as well as industrial clusters DA3374 and DA3377. I also used Industrial Globes DA2184, mini film strips DA2511, layered bolts DA2880 and the small distressed frame DA2872.

I first started layering the gears and bolts and built these up in the left bottom corner and top right corner, building these up to create clusters of gears.

Once this was all layered, and the frame was added, I started dabbing all the cogs with ARTalchemy waxes in browns and iron colours - using a round paint brush, until all the black gesso was covered. The title DA1783"every photo tells a story" was added last.

These are the products I have used:

Thanks for visiting the blog today. And why not take part in the March moodboard challenge and post your entry to the Facebook DustyFANattics page.

Till next time,

Michelle

Marine Diorama - Pascale B

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new marine diorama. 

I primed the Porthole with black gesso. I primed the two parts of the porthole with black gesso. I added a piece of acrylic between the two pieces of the porthole. Next, I painted it with Silver Spoon acrylic paint. Next, I used the Rust Effect pastes set to alter the porthole.

I built a box that I covered with white crackle paste. When dry, I colored it with Prussian Blue liquid acrylic paints.

I added a piece of polystyrene at the bottom covered with 3D Gloss gel. While the gel was still wet, I added some sand to mimic the sea bed.

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso and the resin elements with clear gesso. I used liquid acrylic paints to color them and waxes to highlight the details. I covered The Cogs and the Pipe with Rust Effect paste. Next, I added some Brushed Iron wax. I cut the Pipes into pieces which I glued on the side of the box. 

I used a wooden skewer to create an axis between the biggest gear which was glued on the bottom and different sizes of gears. I added the other gears at the front bottom. 

I painted the sea elements with different colors of liquid acrylic paints. I painted the Angler fish with ochre paint, then with diluted silver paint. I glued a piece of toothpick behind all the chipboards to 

I added a few LEDs around the box and I made sure some of the LEDs reach the Industrial Globes I have glued to the ceiling.

Dusty Attic products:

Angler Fish Small DA3357	Jumbo Cogs#2 DA2501	Mini Cogs #2 DA1932	Industrial Globes #3 DA2184
Pipe Small DA0985	Ocean Elements #5 DA2771	Ocean Elements #7 DA2773	Coral Mixed DA1919
Ocean elements #1 DA2767	Seaweed #4 DA1916	Seaweed #3 DA1912	Seaweed #1 DA1910
Porthole 11" DA2578

Other products:

• Moulds - Prima (Large Gears, Mecha Moth);
• Art Alchemy Metallic Paint - Finnabair Prima (Silver Spoon);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Burnt Sienna, Umber, Ochre, Tiger Orange, Carmin);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Brushed Iron);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (White Crackle Paste, Rust Effect Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Heavy gesso: Black, White, 3D Matte gel, Soft Gloss Gel).