Mixed Media with Creative Paperclay®

Hello! Suzette here with another fun tutorial. I am keeping within my seaside theme still, making a beautiful mixed media piece on plywood. It has loads of texture and vibrant colors.

The supplies you will need for this project are:

• plywood or canvas
• Creative Paperclay®
• watered down PVA
• tissue paper
• Gesso
• acrylic paints
• ModPodge
• sand
• mica flakes 
• ink pad and stamp
• bubble wrap and other texture tools
• Posca Pen - black
• Lumiere Paints - Metallic Olive Green, Metallic Rust, Metallic Gold, and Crimson
• Decoart Paint - Deep Turquoise, Coastal Waters, Muted Gold & Blue Lagoon
• Pebeo Mother of Pearl Acrylic Paint
• words or quotes

Of course, I made a video tutorial for you to watch.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! You can share your creations with us on our Facebook page. We would love to see them! For more inspiration have a look around the blog. There are tutorials for many levels using Creative Paperclay®. You can also visit my blog www.papermachepatch.com.

You can find Creative Paperclay® online at Creative Paperclay Co and also at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Dickblick, and Amazon. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzette

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Just Beachy!

Look at my beat up molds. They are very well used. When I have a little time but not enough time to dig into a painting, I cast objects. I have drawers full of them that are ready when needed. Some are created with plain Creative Paperclay® and others are tinted or painted.

I decided to make a beach necklace piece of art today.

SUPPLIES
Creative Paperclay®
Panel or canvas
Acrylic paint
Molds & cast objects
Glue
Aquarium sand (hard to get beach sand in Santa Fe)
 

 I started by applying surface texture to my panel then gluing down cast and found objects to my surface. I gave it a wash of tan over the white and sprinkled sand on it while wet. I actually liked it at this point but I wanted a more colorful beach look.

I applied paint to part of the base and started adding elements for placement. At this point, I sit back and look at it for several days to see if I need to change color, soften the look or if it needs more details.

Dream in Color!

Darlene Olivia McElroy