surface treatment workshop -- beginning

Surface Treatment Workshop: beginning

Parameters:  use stuff you have; try new things

Although a rigid substrate was suggested, card stock was affixed to vinyl place mats with masking tape (use what you have).  This set up allows me to move samples and clear the workspace as needed. Media and tool notations on masking tape can be moved to sample back when complete.

1. Liquitex Acrylic Texture Gel: Black Lava applied with brush.

2. Liquitex Acrylic Texture Gel: Black Lava applied with palette knife, removed with wooden clay tool.

3.  L: Ventilation tape over nylon cord, texture impressed with wooden clay tool.
R: Kitchen aluminum foil pressed onto rubber stamp, lower half filled with Mod Podge Gloss Luster.

4.  UL: Red Devil Onetime Lightweight Spackling applied with palette knife through grid stencil.
UR: Red Devil Onetime Lightweight Spackling applied with palette knife through grid stencil onto layer of speckling.
LL:  Red Devil Onetime Lightweight Spackling, tinted with black black texture gel applied with brush.
LR:  White Spectator pencil applied through stencil (far right: over red permanent marker).

5.  R: Sterling black shoe polish (paste) applied with Q-tip through grid stencil.
C. Grid stencil with smudged Sterling black shoe polish (paste) printed.
L: Sterling black shoe polish (paste)  applied with Q-tip.

6.  Liquitex Black Acrylic Gesso applied with brush through stencil.

7.  L:  Wine Craftsmart acrylic paint (vertical strokes) over wet Elmer's Glue-All.
R:  Wine Craftsmart acrylic paint  (random strokes)  over wet Elmer's white glue.

8.  C: "Silver" and "Gold" Joss paper.
UR:  Mod Podge Gloss Luster applied with brush through grid stencil.
L and LR: Imitation gold leaf over Mod Podge Gloss Luster applied with brush through grid stencil.