Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Treasure Gold Plaque Inspired by PA


Darcy is back again with project #2, to see what she made and how she made it click here.  I didn't need to make any storage so I decided to try out the treasure golds on a MDF Man plaque instead.  I wasn't quite sure what Darcy meant when she said she'd used the brush bath to make the TG go further, so I coated the plaque in the brush bath liquid and applied the 7 colours of TG with my finger.  This didn't seem to have any effect so then I dipped the brush in the liquid and painted it over the TG and it moved around!!!


I used black fresco paint to cover the edges and create a border.


And I knew I wanted to use some of the new stencils I picked up from Sincerely Yours show on Sunday.  So I simply sponged black paint through two of them and left it at that as I didn't want to cover too much of the background.

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16 comments:

  1. Amanda28 May 2013 at 15:50

    Less is more, this is a striking piece!
    Love
    Amanda x

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  2. Helen28 May 2013 at 16:28

    looks great Sam - I don't have any of the brush bath at all!!

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  3. Darcy Marshall28 May 2013 at 16:38

    Looks great, have a watch of Leandras video on TG. Yu dip brush into the brush bath and then dip into TG, it makes it more liquid and much easier to spread around.

    Makes a great metal-like background.

    Love what you did, the black edge and stencil haave that fab Banksy silhoutte feel to them.

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  4. Carol Q28 May 2013 at 16:55

    what a gorgeous ethereal effect Sam. that's stencils one to add to the collection too!

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  5. Lin28 May 2013 at 18:33

    love this Sam aren't those stencils great!! Must get me some of those plaques...love it!!

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  6. Anonymous28 May 2013 at 18:50

    That's beautiful & very dramatic.

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  7. Marianne28 May 2013 at 19:15

    Lovely!! Wow I can't believe how creative you are. You come up with so many new things. Great!!
    xxx Marianne

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  8. PaperArtsy28 May 2013 at 20:02

    Genius idea!!!

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  9. Sue28 May 2013 at 21:31

    Love this Sam, a very striking piece xx

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  10. Cazz28 May 2013 at 21:50

    Great project Sam x

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  11. downrightcrafty29 May 2013 at 07:48

    wow great face and piece
    Hugs Kate xx

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  12. Words and Pictures30 May 2013 at 15:35

    Yum... so atmospheric and ever so slightly spooky!
    Alison x

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  13. hazel31 May 2013 at 10:36

    This is stunning Sam, I love the stencilled face.
    xxx Hazel.

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  14. Trish31 May 2013 at 18:19

    Ah, it's worked out beautifully. Love it!

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  15. Alison31 May 2013 at 21:10

    Absolutely fantastic! xxx

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  16. Julie Lee1 June 2013 at 09:32

    Really dramatic and effective - what a great stencil, used to fabulous effect! xx

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