Inventions I am thankful for!!

I kind of put my own spin on this my final official posting with Art Anthology..

now with that said, I will be still be sharing more of my love of the wonderful product and yes I will miss the ‘Dream Team’ but my life is so busy right now that I find it hard to keep up and I don’t like to disappoint so I have stepped away for a while

okay with all that said here is my take on this months challenge!

the invention i am most thankful for is two really.. the invention of the world wide web and the camera… because if neither of these existed then i would not have been able to obtain this picture of FIVE generations taken at my cousin Jesse’s wedding in beautiful British Columbia

here are some step outs

i placed the photo where i wanted and then applied matte medium to the photo as well as the cheese cloth that i laid around the photo. i then added flowers and then a spray of colorations

next i covered everything with gesso followed by layers of black, browns and blue colorations until i was satisfied with the colours. i heat set through out the whole process because i wanted them to dry true prior to mixing too much with the gesso

i then added more gesso in places i figured i wanted to lighten, for instance around the picture, prior to adding some white spray to finish that area.

once everything was good and dry i added some Diamond coloration to complete my canvas.this piece has been sent off to live with my cousin. i hope she likes it!!

thanks for stopping by.

i am linking this up to

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge – how i love thee and to Simon Says Stamp – anything goes challenge

diana