Canvas "Just Smile" by Olya Kravets

Hello lovely creative friends! Today I'd like to share with you my new mixed media canvas with positive mood! This time I decided to combine light and shadow and focus on contrasts. I hope to inspire you with this.

I started the project with an interesting and beautiful Tissue Paper. This will make the background more original. I glued it with Soft Gel. I added a pattern to the top of the canvas with Texture paste  and painted it with my favorite Impasto Paints. Mixed dark blue and purple shades.

Then I painted decor elements of the composition with Black Gesso. Here are moulds and metal elements, I love various layers. When everything dried I created a composition and enjoyed the process: this is my favorite part! Now I can begin to paint. I took Metallic Acrylic Paints of blue and violet-pink hues too and mixed them directly on the elements. Then I added the last layer: Waxes. There are also several shades and I finished everything with Old Silver Wax.

You can add a little more playfulness with Art Ingredients. My favorites are Art Stones and Glitter. I stick them on Soft Gel. A few more stones and all my love for Finnabair products here.

I invite you to watch my video tutorial to see the whole process of creating my project. Enjoy!

I hope you are inspired by my video and already choose your favorite products to create something new! Be free in your creativity and love what you do! Create with your soul, tell your stories and your feelings, share with us and love what you are doing!

Thank you for visit us today here on Finnabair blog

With love, Olya.  

Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place online store: