Debby Epps, Mixed Media Artist
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Treasures...Another Man's Trash

11/29/2013

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Part of the fun working in mixed media is breaking the rules and exploring your creativity.  Awhile back, I purchased a vintage end table for a DIY project and while getting it out of our little compact car, my husband broke off one of the legs. Essentially the table was now truely trash until I realized that I could use the drawer for a project.
I painted all the exposed wood turquoise and set it aside to dry. In the studio, I cut a large piece of watercolor paper to fit the inside drawer dimensions.  I layed out my background design and began to decopauge my piece. The hardest part was getting it glue down in the back of the draw. I found that some patience helped and over night it had flattened out. I often give my background overnight to flatten before working on the final subject.
I also like to bargin hunt in a few small town junk shops looking for old canvases and frames to upcycle. I only paid $5 for both the frame and canvas I used to create Four Friends
So consider the unlikely for your next project.
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Donna Lueders
11/30/2013 11:24:46 pm

These are FANTASTIC!!!! I love the idea. What are the girls from? Are they stamps, or what? Thank you so much for sharing.

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Debby
11/30/2013 11:35:08 pm

I used vintage pattern images to paper piece the bodies and clothes from scrapbook papers. Then, I paint/draw in the details using Faber-castell markers over the mod podge layer so that I can blend or smear them to get shading.

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Donna Lueders
12/1/2013 01:01:52 am

Thanks Debby, I LOVE the idea. Thank you so much for letting me know. I love how much I have been learning.

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