Man in the Moon: mixed media project by Lori

Hello creative friends! I’ve realised that a lot of my projects have celestial themes with stars and moons but I’ve never created a moon-shaped project. I decided that the Man in the Moon would be the perfect subject for this month's Finnabair tutorial!

I started with a moon-shaped MDF base and recreated the surface texture using sand paste to make craters, art stones to add some extra rocky texture and crackle paste to give a rock-like effect. 

I used Linen Impasto paint to give the base colour and then picked out the details with Prussian Blue and Ink Black acrylic paints. 

I used one of the moon face moulds from Nocturnal Elements as the focal point and created an assemblage around this using a small MDF house, various mould elements, mechanicals and a computer fan.

The man in the moon has been up there a long time so it felt like his little house would be quite grungy looking. I got my rust paste out and gave everything a touch of rusty texture. I finished off the project with some of the new Finnabair waxes to give him some shine!

You can see the whole project here: 

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

Rustic frame by Kasia Salmanowicz

Hello,

My today's project is a very rusty frame with various accessories. Here you will find old brushes that are no longer suitable for work. There are elements from Finnabair moulds, metal accessories, dry sticks, metal wire and an old light bulb. A total mix that gains balance when we add fantastic rustic Finn pastes.

These pastes are a set of three perfectly matched colours, which, in addition to the rusty colour, have great particles that give a fantastic structure.

I also used Prima Marketing rice paper, which I secured with Clear Gesso after sticking. I also used new colours of metallic waxes, which I mixed with one of the previous colours to match the paper used.

Jump over to the Finnabair YouTube channel and see the process of creating this project.

Have a nice day,

Kasia Salmanowicz

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

Finnabair Art Daily: Journey into oneself

 Hello friends,

We hope you have been waiting for the new Art Daily monthly theme :) 

April 2024 theme is:

Journey into oneself: Explore your inner self, and understand your desires and weaknesses. Build strength within yourself.

Journey into oneself is one of the most valuable lessons we can get - a never-ending source of inspiration and knowledge.

It may be fascinating, but it may be hard to understand and accept what we find on the other side. Are you ready to meet your shadow?

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

Others:

- Re-Design with Prima - Decoupage Decor Paper: Enchanted Romance

- Re-Design with Prima - Middy Transfers: My Honey

- elements from the sticker book

- Craft O'Clock Rice Paper

- Ranger - Archival Ink - Jet Black

- laser-printed images

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

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Each month we will share a new theme with you  - a kind of inspiration for you. We hope it will make your creative art journaling easier. You can find us:

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We encourage you to join us and share your art-journal pages with us. Just please make sure you:
- follow our monthly theme and
- use Finnabair products (as many or as few as you are happy with).

If you want us to find your project on Instagram, please tag us @finnabair.art.daily
You can also use #finnabairartdaily, but finding your project that way is still harder and harder on Instagram.