I Ain't Got No...Body

Hello peeps and happy Wednesday to you!

I was working on a mixed media canvas the last few days

and finally finished it.

Still in the Halloween mood, of course,

as it's my favorite holiday. Take a look:

 

 Here are a few process pics. I prepped the canvas with gesso, and once dry

added the music sheet paper with matte medium. I got into playing and forgot

to take pics of that first. LOL!

Next layer was the skull stencil with crackle paste and the snakeskin stecil

with modeling paste. I added some texture sand paste randomly around the

edges once the stencil layer was dry.

 Added a wash of Paynes Grey around skull.

 Then Primary Yellow and more Paynes Grey over that.

 

Next I went over the entire canvas with Quinacridrone Gold,

 blotting some back with a baby wipe, especially on the skull.

I wanted it to look aged, but not too orange.

I swiped a Jet Black Staz On ink pad over the snakeskin stencil to bring

the texture out more, and also around the canvas edges.

The sentiment? Well that was what inspired this canvas.

And it was my husband's idea!

We have this big skull sitting on the stair landing, and he 

just started singing "I ain't got no body." After laughing

our asses off, I said that was brilliant and I needed to

make a punny skull project! 

I used alpha stamps to stamp the sentiment on white card stock,

then aged it with tan and brown sponged ink. Also stamped some

texture using gray ink.

That was applied with matte medium. Once dry I sealed it with 

matte varnish.

I added the flowers to ground my skull and that was it!

You made it to the end of my post! Yay!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a fabulous day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper - October Take It Make It

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky

Mix It Up challenge #18 - ATG/Monochrome

 

Supplies:

Substrate: Premiere by Nicole 8" x 10" canvas

Loew- Cornell & Plaid paintbrushes

DecoArt Media: Gesso, crackle paste, modeling paste, texture sand paste, matte medium

American Crafts; music sheet paper

pallet knife

Plaid Folkart: skull stencil

Andy Skinner: snakeskin stencil

DecoArt Media Acrylic paints: Paynes Grey, Primary Yellow, Quinacridrone Gold

Staz On - Jet Black ink

Memento - Rich Cocoa, Toffee Crunch, London Fog inks

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly - Alphas; Dare 2B Artzy - Textures

Flowers: Recollections; Nicole

white card stock: Core'Dinations

E-6000 glue

DecoArt Americana Dura Clean matte varnish