Hello, our dear followers!
Olena Yushchenko @elena.photo_album is with you today. I'll show you how to decorate a small square artboad with steampunk elements in mixed media technique.
I decorated this Artboard live on the Fabrika Decoru Instagram profile, and there you can watch the full recording of this live broadcast.
The steps involved in creating such home decor are not complicated at all. The main thing is to start and make. The more creative practice you have in your life, the better is your every next project.
So, first of all, I cover my artboard and all the decor that will be glued in the composition with black acrylic medium from Fabrika Decoru. When the medium dries out, I add metallic mousse using the stencil "Bricks" - this is an amazing texture paste with a metallic effect.
Next, I make a draft embellishment cluster from a wide variety of decorative elements. In my case, the main elements on my canvas are my old brushes, no longer suitable for drawing (or almost unusable ...). Also, large, medium and small gears made of different materials are used - these are soft clay castings, decorative elements and chipboard by Fabrika Decoru. You can also use metal pendants. I add different frames, curls, light bulbs and keys to the gears.
Having decided on the place of the overall composition, I continue to refine my background with rustic paints of the colors Charcoal, Red sunset and Dark turquoise.
When all the paints on the background dry out, you can already paste the entire decor into the composition. I glue all the details on the 3D gel from Fabrika Decoru.
When all embellishments are adhered, I continue to work with the same rustic colors, as well as with magic ones. And at the very end I add brightness to the work with metallic paints, I work by a semi-dry brush so that the paints are added along the very edge.
Of course, I add splashes of white acrylic to the project, making sure to cover my inscription so that splashes do not fall on it.
Here is my artboard. I also want to remind you that in the instagram profile of Fabrika Decoru you can watch the full recording of the live broadcast on decorating this canvas.
I invite you to watch a video tutorial on creating the canvas.
Happy crafting to you!
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