https://vimeo.com/485776549 DOWNLOAD Final Coat is a great sealer that I have been using for many years.  Its thin like water, leaves a nice matte sheen coat.  You will need at least 3 coats to have a strong protective coat.  “The popular Final Coat Sealer is ideal for craft and decorative painting purposes as well as home improvement, with none of the drawbacks of traditional varnishes. Final Coat Sealer is produced by Selkirk Paint of Canada, and can virtually be applied to any surface to protect your art work! read more…. I am not affiliated with this company, I just love their products! And very nice people…

Stratis Tempore is a beautiful rendition of time passing as we all go through this years ups and downs.  As I sat back and pondered time passing I was motivated to translate my thoughts and ideas onto a canvas. The layers begin to lay down like the event that have passed in time.  Each moment, a day, weeks, months, and even years have passed by.  Join me in your expression of time on your very own canvas. Create your one of a kind art piece to share with those you have spent time with on your journey through time.  All student levels are encouraged to participate . Each and everyone of us…

After I finished this painting, it came to my attention with the advise of Brenny, that it needed one more element to tie it all together.  I was missing TIME.  I was thinking that the painting looked aged which represents time, but it still lacked the written element of time. So, I added just a touch of time, the clock face..with just simple stamping of the Titan Buff paint.  I still diluted the paint with floetrol so it gave it the transparency it needed. I didnt want to change the look of the painting, just added a hint of time to make it all blend together. Now, I feel that…

https://vimeo.com/483361518 DOWNLOAD Adding stencils can be so fun.  There are soooo many choices with this part.  Do you use a purchased one or do you use one you make?  I only wanted to add a hint of shapes in this painting and I chose the little squares.  I honestly am not sure where I found this stencil, possibly at Michaels or even Tuesday Morning.  I did the search on Amazon and could not find this particular stencil. So use what you have, or make up your own!!!  You could cut tiny squares from cardboard.  Quick and easy and something more unique to your owe painting. Or you could make a…

https://vimeo.com/483376210 DOWNLOAD I love working with wire. I created lots of beautiful jewelry with different types of wire.  Copper is probably my favorite.  Its beautiful, in expensive, the colors you can create are amazing.  I also like sterling wire too.  Nothing like a fine piece of sterling wire. Typically I would use copper wire, but as you see, this piece needed brass wire.  One trick to get your wire to patina really well, run it through some steel wool.  Wipe it off with some a rag dipped in some 91% alcohol.  It cleans up the wire and leaves it in the rawest stage.  When you leave it unsealed, it will…

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https://vimeo.com/483368241 DOWNLOAD Ballpeen Hammer is a nice small hammer that I like to use for small jobs.  It doesn’t have the best control of the texture that it leaves, but I love the random rustic look when its all done! This is what I used in this project. I love working with wire!  Although we are not doing a lot of wire working here, its still so much fun to hammer the wire and feel it change right in your hands.  Remember this…DO NOT OVER HAMMER the wire.  It will become brittle and snap just like I showed you in the video. You can be a little more creative here…

https://vimeo.com/483354328 DOWNLOAD Floetrol – when mixing heavily pigmented paints such as Golden and Liquitex, you dont need to use much paint.  It’s more like 4-6 parts floetrol and 1 part paint.  Stir really well to get them blended in nicely.  I would not use water.  I have found that adding more floetrol works better. You can find a million videos on acrylic pouring now, and many you will find use Floetrol.  One thing to keep in mind with Floetrol, it does get goobers…so you may want to strain the medium and put it in a bottle for quick and easy access.  Put a cap on it to prevent more goobers…

https://vimeo.com/483366264 DOWNLOAD Here is where you can find some of the items.  You can use either the flaky foil which is what I prefer, or the sheet foil.  These are affiliate links to Amazon.   This is a great deal, you get all 3 colors! of all the adhesives I have tried, this is one I use the most.     these are awesome!!!  You can use these for many things…