Imagine-Mixed Media Notebook

 And again..... 

a completely different colour pallet and subject to this notebook, not one i would normally do, again just went through my drawers and picked out things .

love the result.

cogs and old leftover alpha letters are a great base for any project and just loving these mdf light bulbs, always reminds of  every time i said light bulb and i would get yelled at LAMP, i would always yell back ..... you don't go in wilkos and ask for a light lamp do you??  this was the life in a theatrical hire company full of technical people...... anyway i digress!!!

again, stencil and paste, the alphas and cogs go on first, i may add just a couple more later when the next layer go on as foundations to hold the next layer steady, when dry all is then painted with black gesso

 the title and light bulbs go on next adding a couple more cogs under the title to make sure it is attached well and secure, more black gesso, i do this on the different levels as it is easier to get everything covered, if you leave it to the end you will find it hard to get to the bottom layer,  some more texture is then added with gel medium and glass glitter and beads, when dry more black gesso and then when all is nice and dry in with the paint and wax, dry painted so pretty much get all the paint off of a stiff paint brush and gently brush over gradually building up the paint, three colours i used , going over with one colour then the next and the next then picking through the colours again until i am happy, you cansee that the black base is still very visible.

lastly i used a silver wax and my finger just picking up the details of the textures.

very happy with my finished project.