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I do hope you have enjoyed the last post. Apologies for the delay in posting this here. I am back here with another project that I did as a part of being on the design team for Nagashri Arts.
Recycling is becoming a big thing. The rate at which we use and throw things is growing year by year and not a lot of waste is recycled. Thus it becomes our responsibility to contribute to keeping our environment clean...
One of the most common things we dispose are bottles - be it glass or plastic. Thus I have decided that I am going to try recycling as much as possible. And I started with glass wine bottles that I had.
Here is how i went about altering them....
The most important thing to do before starting any project is to clean them...
So, in went the bottles in hot water to clean them and remove the labels. Once the bottles were cleaned, they were ready for my art work. Here I have worked on two bottles using two completely different techniques.
Before I started on the bottles I applied gesso on both the bottles.
On the first bottle, I applied folkart paint in grey color. Then I went ahead and applied single step crackle in some places. I applied very thin coat so that I achieved very fine cracks. I then covered the entire surface with an off white chalk paint for the Matt look. This gave me very fine cracks in some places around the tissue.
Using Modpodge I adhered the tissue. Then the bottle was distressed with brown archival ink and some gold paint and some stamping. Splatters in grey and gold were added for extra effect and completed my bottle. In the end I have also added some jute cord painted in gold around the neck with a metal embellishment.
On the second bottle I adhered the tissue with Modpodge. Then I went about adding texture to the rest of the areas and even on corners of the tissue. To give extra dimension I added texturing on top of texture to create added interest. In areas texture was created using a simple 3D outliner. Once everything dried up, I have painted all areas in shades of green and brown using a sponge. I completed the bottle with hints of gold and some stamping.
Hope you like these inspirations and give this a try. And I can assure you that it's addictive.
Here are some pics of both the bottles together...
Wishing you a wonderful day
I do hope you have enjoyed the last post. Apologies for the delay in posting this here. I am back here with another project that I did as a part of being on the design team for Nagashri Arts.
Recycling is becoming a big thing. The rate at which we use and throw things is growing year by year and not a lot of waste is recycled. Thus it becomes our responsibility to contribute to keeping our environment clean...
One of the most common things we dispose are bottles - be it glass or plastic. Thus I have decided that I am going to try recycling as much as possible. And I started with glass wine bottles that I had.
Here is how i went about altering them....
The most important thing to do before starting any project is to clean them...
So, in went the bottles in hot water to clean them and remove the labels. Once the bottles were cleaned, they were ready for my art work. Here I have worked on two bottles using two completely different techniques.
Before I started on the bottles I applied gesso on both the bottles.
On the first bottle, I applied folkart paint in grey color. Then I went ahead and applied single step crackle in some places. I applied very thin coat so that I achieved very fine cracks. I then covered the entire surface with an off white chalk paint for the Matt look. This gave me very fine cracks in some places around the tissue.
Using Modpodge I adhered the tissue. Then the bottle was distressed with brown archival ink and some gold paint and some stamping. Splatters in grey and gold were added for extra effect and completed my bottle. In the end I have also added some jute cord painted in gold around the neck with a metal embellishment.
On the second bottle I adhered the tissue with Modpodge. Then I went about adding texture to the rest of the areas and even on corners of the tissue. To give extra dimension I added texturing on top of texture to create added interest. In areas texture was created using a simple 3D outliner. Once everything dried up, I have painted all areas in shades of green and brown using a sponge. I completed the bottle with hints of gold and some stamping.
Hope you like these inspirations and give this a try. And I can assure you that it's addictive.
Here are some pics of both the bottles together...
Wishing you a wonderful day
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