Hello creative friends! I hope you’ve had a glorious festive season and creative start to the new year!
When I got this HDF mailbox I couldn’t decide what style of decoration to go for. Should I make it a magical mailbox to a fairy realm, something more industrial and steampunk, a nautical treasure for fish to pop their post in on the seabed? And then I thought about wishing on a star- how do our wishes get delivered to the sky above? And so I set about creating a celestial mailbox to take messages to the starry sky!
I started by adding some HDF embellishments and moulds from the Fresh Foliage mould to the mailbox. Then I mixed together some Impasto and liquid acrylic paints to create the perfect deep indigo colour. Once everything was painted with the base colour, I began to create my galaxies. The dabbing brushes are perfect for applying small amounts of paint in a cloud like effect and you can build as much colour as you need.
I used Sparks paint to highlight the details on the mailbox and to give the project that starry shimmer. And of course spatter of white gesso for the stars. I brushed Celestial wax over the mould elements to highlight the details and add an extra shine.
I finished the project by painting paper flowers in the same colour as the base and added light touches of sparkly effect paste on these.
You can find the full project video here:
Finnabair products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place or online store:
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