Hello all! I just wanted to share more of the X Ray stained art pieces. This week, I have been experimenting a little to change things up... COLOR: This botanical was done on a long slate tile and I added a purple-toned stain. Although I like the subtle color, I prefer my basic Ebony MinWax to work with. That isn't to say I won't continue with different colors on more pieces, especially the botanicals. CANVAS: A friend of mine from Hometalk asked if my technique could be done on canvas. This was something I had been planning on trying but was putting it off. After Lori posed the question, I decided to give it a try. When I first started, I didn't think it was going to work at all... I
A lot of people have asked for a tutorial on my x ray stained art. I did a quick tutorial tonight, but not on a video. I might try that at a later time, but for now, I took lots of pictures and will try to explain the process. First, I start with a slate tile, I sand it down with my Ryobi electric sander on both sides and wipe it down with a Lysol wipe. Then I get my inspiration image ready and sized correctly. I use carbon paper to transfer the image. It looks like a bunch of scribbles and hard to decipher. But I keep my image close by and continue to look at it through the process. When transferring the image, I don't put every single mark on the tile, as it will be covered up anyway.
Hello all! I decided to share a new type of "painting" I've been doing. Quite some time back, I started using stain to do my shading on my art pieces. Prior to that I was using this hard, gel-like stuff that was very hard to control. Once I started with the stain, I loved working with it. So then I decided to try using the stain as "paint" with my art. This was one of the first pieces I tried it with.. I really enjoyed working with the stain and I started using it on many of my other projects. I have some art work I had bought 10 or 15 years ago of x ray floral photography. I figured I would try my hand at it and once I got started I was hooked. It's a little time consuming but enjoya
I acquired an old mirror that was originally for a dresser. I really just wanted the harp arms, but because the mirror was broken, the guy threw that in for free! Incase some of you may not know what a harp mirror is, here is a picture of one.. The is NOT the one I found, but now you know what I mean. They were originally on old wash stands or dry sinks. At any rate, I had been wanting to do a staining art project, so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity. So I got to work on cutting out the plywood insert with my jigsaw. I used a gray background on the plywood and made sure that it fit properly. I had to do some work on the back of the frame first, but nothing major. Just some h
