Be Brave

And BRAVE I was !!!!

On three counts ...

a) using a small substrate ... in this case a CD

b) leaving all that free space

c) using very, very bright colours

EEEK!!!!!

For a grubby, muted, grungy girl who always aims to get as much texture and as many layers as she can on a piece of work this was a challenge

Very easy and simple in its composition & I knew I wanted a stark contrast of colour against a matt black background

but - WHAT colours to use?!?!?!

Automatically started gathering my favourites but then spotted a whole heap of little pots pushed to the back of my drawer

so I took a deep breath

had a mini-meltdown on FB

and went for it

with the safety blanket of my pot of heavy black gesso beside me

I did have to give myself a quick slap as I found myself reaching for other paints & waxes & began to dull it down & also reaching for my stencils & 3D gloss gel to jazz up the background but rather than keep tweaking I decided to call it a day and go with my original plan

 So,  yes, it is hanging on the wall but looks VERY out of place amongst my more usual work - am quite pleased with it so there it will stay

Products used:

All Finnabair for Prima Marketing

Art Basics

Heavy Black Gesso / Heavy White Gesso

Heavy Body Gel

Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Metallique 

Lime Peel / Pure Sunshine / Fresh Orange / Pink Blush

Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Opal Magic

Violet-Green / Yellow-Pink / Pink-Blue / Blue-Violet / Aqua-Rose

Prima Memory Hardware Pearls

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk Stickers