Tuesday 9 October 2012

Horsing around with the clowns

This page was inspired by the Three Muses Challenge today - under the sea.  I started the piece a few days ago and decided to make a video, but I was not too happy about how it was going so stopped making the video and left it on my desk for a day or so.  Then suddenly my muse woke up and I quickly knew what I wanted to do, and now I love it.


Don't those anemone tickle?

The page is sprayed with Dylusions turquoise spray ink at the bottom and London Blue at the top.  I then stamped swirls in Archival French Ultramarine at the top and sap green at the bottom (you can barely see that now.  Next came some glass beads texture gel along the bottom to represent the sea bed.

I then applied high solids medium through a stencil because I thought they look like bubbles once they dry clear.  Over the top of all of that I sprayed some Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Mist in French Navy.  For the next layer I painted over the glass beads with iridescent water colours in several shades of blue and green.



Having painted the background I started on the foreground and drew a seahorse, a couple of clown fish and some anemones. The fish, seahorse and anemones were painted with iridescent paints in various colours before I glued them to the background and attached some tiny shells.

I found the perfect mermaid on the internet somewhere and painted her tail also with iridescent green / gold paint.

All in all I love the way it turned out despite the slight bump on the journey.

15 comments:

  1. A fantastic collage Liz! Great work here! xx

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  2. beautiful fish and I love to read how the whole creation was made. that bottom bit with the beads and irredescent paint for texture looks glorious

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  3. A most inspiring and beautiful collage, Liz.

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  4. Gorgeous under water feeling, love all elements, really beautiful.

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  5. WOW! You did so much to make this a fabulous piece, Liz. THanks for the step by step!! Well done!!

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  6. This is so cute Liz your artwork is inspirational...great job!

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  7. This whole piece tickles my fancy, Liz! Your muse is very clever...I wonder if I could borrow her? Thanks for leading us through the process. I'm sure that quote is your own and very apt it is, too.xx

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  8. What a wonderful collage piece!
    So so well done! Bravo!

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  9. super cooooool - fantastic imagination!

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  10. Beautiful collage, Liz, interesting technique creating the bubbles!

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  11. What a lovely presentation Liz....and thanks for sharing your work in progress.
    I find it always interesting to read how a artwork is made.
    Fantastic !!

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  12. Your artwork is gorgeous, Liz. Beautifully created. Thank you for your comment as well. I have joined your followers list and invite you to follow me as well. Kind regards. Hugs, Gayle (in Canada).

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  13. Very pretty and love the texture!

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  14. Your mermaid collage is lovely. I really liked the quote as well.

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Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment, I really appreciate it - Liz