1st Prima Project - July

I am so excited about this project I created for Prima using this image as inspiration:

I just adore this color scheme and theme. The first thing I thought of was the beach and a little sailboat in the water.

Here are the supplies I used:

Soft gloss gel 961459

white heavy gesso 961374

black heavy gesso 961459

art alchemy paint: steampunk copper - 963064, pink blue 963668

watercolor set - decadent pies 584276

oil pastels 814328

color bloom - pearl white 573751

star stencil 960469

8x10 watercolor board 585679

stabilo pencil

ephemera

I painted the girl on a piece of ephemera using the white gesso and the decadent pies watercolor set. The watercolor paints nicely on top of the dried gesso. I love the tooth that the gesso creates. I created the lil crab on some ephemera with the red oil pastel and stabilo pencil. I cut the girl out as well as the crab and glued them down with of the gloss gel. I love creating in this way because it allows you to audition out the characters as well as be able to play with the composition.

The watercolor panel is a beautiful substrate wrapping around to give you that gallery-like feel. And it comes ready to hang (which is awesome). I extended the colors around the board to give it some amazing depth and professional look.