When shipping fine art from Myanmar, such as a traditional canvas painting, the expenses aren't solely determined by your chosen way of shipping. What you also need to factor in is the charges for shipping insurance to protect you against damages, which can easily add up t...
paper may be hard to get hold of grown ups need to do it for kids Can you microwave leaves? I believe, as with flowers, you can indeed microwave leaves to help make the moisture evaporate and help dry them out. I confess though – the microwaving makes me nervous (the idea of explodi...
Lay down a piece of background paper onto the decoupage, then brush the top of the paper with decoupage. [9] Cover the edges of the paper with a coating of decoupage to seal them to the canvas. You can fill your entire canvas with pieces of background paper and overlap them at ...
Just keep experimenting with what flowers press well and which don’t. We found that tiny forget me nots, are adorable when pressed, but have little colour. Dandelion’s, ahem, looked dreadful (but Red Ted really wanted to try it). Rose petals are great for crafting and collages etc etc...
What do I use to press the flowers? Now, to press these beauties, you will need some paper towels and either some heavy books or something heavy that is microwave safe. Several articles I read said you could use a microwave-safe plate or a brick. Because I wanted to press a lot of ...
My question is, if I mix this into my paint when painting on glass do I need to seal it somehow? I do a lot of wine glasses. I don’t bake them. I also want people to be able to get them wet and not have the design wash off. Help!
panels though. If you’re working on stretched canvas it might be more difficult. I’d put wood underneath for a more solid, rigid surface. Make sure the wood is the same height as the wood stretchers. Don’t use coarse sand paper or you’ll go right through the canvas itself. Good ...
She drew basic elephant, seal, and swallow shapes to make templates (download them here). Place the templates on your child's painting, concentrating on the most interesting part of their creations in terms of color or texture, and cut around the template. Glue the cutouts to white paper,...
Like other projects, this exhibition was autobiographical but it transformed personal experiences into fantasy, with collages consisting of objects scattered around the home of the artist or her family, and characters comprising her nuclear and distant family, her friends, and even their cat. As the...