I sold a Canvas!

Hello there

I am super excited to say that I sold my first canvas at Truth Coffee shop!  I have a permanent exhibition space for my work as part of my art installation there.

Yesterday a gentleman from Florida purchased my canvas titled "Vintage World"  which is all about travel and time...

this is how I made it.

 Start with a blank 12"x12" canvas

 I took out the lasered chipboard

 die cut and embossed some leather

 I drew on the canvas where the laser cut were going to be. Spread texture paste on the canvas and imprinted a stamp into it, then pushed the laser cut into it to and removed it.

 turned the blue laser cut black with my jet black archival ink pad

here is a close up so you can see that the case has been done, but not the globe yet.

 Here you can see the dry texture paste.

 I rubbed the canvas with distress ink and archival inks in oranges, and yellows and gave it a generous coat of Distress crackle paint.

 This is a close up of the cracks

 I then rubbed the Coffee archival ink pad directly onto the canvas just on the world area.

 two close ups for you above and below

 I then started colouring the globe

 I used Ground espresso distress ink, above is before and below is after

 I then dragged it through some tarnished brass distress stain, for good measure.

 Here I am working out what to do with the fob chain.

 I then rusted the canvas using Finn's rust paste

 What follows is lots of close ups...

 I also die cut the hinge and cogs from leather as seen below.