June Design Tip, Alternative to sanding by LuLu Lancaster

Hello This is LuLu and I have a design tip for those of you who can be impatient...like me ;)

Gesso instead of sanding.

Sometimes I want my Art Dolls to have skin as smooth as can be and once in awhile a piece just doesn't require that smoothness. 

Simple acrylic gesso found at any craft art supply store is a great medium to use as a base for your next raggedy sort of project.

 Once your sculpture is dried just generously paint the gesso over and apply a couple coats.

 Easy as can be and the finish is perfect for applying your paint, artist pencils or pastels.

Coats of Gesso

applying paint 

Creative PaperClay® Heads all finished :)

Thank you so much I hope you have found this Tip helpful :)

LuLu

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Jess B's - Under the Sea

Hello Everyone,

Can you tell I want to be somewhere warm

Heck I always want to be somewhere warmer than the 

mid west

I always tell my mom that she had me in the 

wrong month (November) and in the wrong country

I am not a fan of cold weather 

but this is where we are

The sea is full of rich

intense bright colors

that we can only try to mimic

INSPIRATION

UNDER THE SEA

Wooden heart 

I painted gesso on the entire heart for color spraying later

  wanted wall piece to be 3-dimension

I rolled balls of Creative Paperclay®, flattened and curved each piece
with finger to look like a sea coral bed
 not the best rendition but it works

 Baked Creative Paperclay® and sprayed with

Adirondack - Color Wash - Stream

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Flat Fabio - Ocean Breeze Blue & Aloha Avocado

Tattered Angels - Iridescent Gold

I streamed hot glue on the edge or heart

and sprayed Steam and Iridescent Gold 

Pounced gold pigment gold to make the textured hot glue pop

thanks for stopping by

see you soon