Ever wanted to paint flowers and have them look like they are 3D and bursting from the canvas? With this mixed media style your flower paintings will be brought to life.
"Let your joy burst forth like flowers in the spring."
This is a quote that I love and you can replicate the effect in your art by using the following mixed media technique.
Materials needed:
Plaster of paris bandage fabric
Pastels
Charcoal
Acrylic paint
Stretched canvas or thick paper.
Art scalpel or sharp knife (this technique is NOT suitable for children due to the use of sharp tools)
PVA glue
Pastel fixative spray
Varnish (spray or liquid)
You can see here how lots of different materials are used here to create a 'bursting forth' flower painting.
Method:
1. Cover the canvas/thick paper with plaster of paris bandage and smooth it out with water. Use your fingers and old paint brushes to smooth it in to the shapes of flower stems bursting upwards. Create smaller creases at the bottom to bolder creases at the top of canvas.
2. Use acrylic paint to cover the main areas - these are your base colours. Be creative. We're going for an explosive and messy look!
3. Cover surface of canvas with watery PVA glue.
4. While glue is still wet use your pastels and scalpel to create powder and spread it all over the canvas. You are using pastel powder instead of paint to build up your image of a flower. Keep remembering you are creating a powerful flower painting stage by stage.
5. Use charcoal to emphasize certain bits that you want the viewer to look at. Choose your painting's focal point and lead the viewer's eye to it!
6. Once everything is dry and you are happy with it, use your fixative spray.
7. Final step: varnish the painting to protect it from sunlight and to seal everything.
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