Yes- this is recess! – having fun, playing, using imagination and generally just vacating the ‘classroom’.
This canvas is 42″H x 18″W. I continue to want to “creART” by using up supplies I have on hand, which included this large blank stretched canvas. Yesterday that encompassed finding all four boxes of my crayons (which I had dutifully organized in a handy drawer by my table!) I glued them onto the bare canvas using PVA adhesive. When the adhesive was dry, I got out my heat gun and played around with melting the crayons on the canvas, letting them drip vertically, then horizontally. PLAY was the operative word of the day for me. I then stenciled, painted and used spray wash to fill in white canvas areas. Acrylic and wax do NOT blend on the molecular level, but this paint is so light, I doubt it will chip off the wax any time soon. This whole idea came from an image I had saved in my Pinterest folder….
After the paints were dry, I used white gesso and removable tape to create the arrow ‘road’- when that was dry, I added the newspaper text over the gesso, using PPA. I then lightly wiped aqua spray wash over all, and then used white gesso for the road dotted lines. ( See if you can spot the turtle on the road.) I glued him on with Liquid Fusion.
The borders of this stretched canvas are 1″ all around- I gave them a wash of turquoise, to blend with colors in our kitchen- this collage/painting hangs between our kitchen and family room. (click image to enlarge.)
"CrayArt" collage
This is very cool! love the colours and creativity
What fun!!! Must be in the air…. I just played and used up a gallon bag filled with various scraps, stickers, etc. In an AB project I have been doing with a friend for a year. We just have two books we take turns working in. Since we both do a mix of things onnthe pages I need to ask her permission before I share anything.
So glad you shared this. Made me smile. Can’t see the frog on the iPad but hope to turn computer onnlater and should be able to see more clearly.
This is beautiful, Corinne – I love how it turned out. And looks like you had lots of fun. My daughter made one of these melted crayon canvases for a friend for Christmas – not nearly as elaborate as yours, but fun, just the same. Thanks for the detailed description for your process. And I checked out the butterfly book, too. Beautiful story.
Blessings,
Tricia
Wonderfully complex and appealing! Another inspiration and a great addition to your already artful home! Lee in Oregon