Hello friends,
I’ve been thinking about cheese cloth lately. Kind of silly I know but I’ve been wanting to make flowers out of it and since it also gives great texture I decided to put it my canvas as well. Grab a soda because this is a long one!
Step One: Spread gesso on your canvas and cover it with a layer of cheese cloth. Spread more gesso on top.
Step two: Make a bottle of Misty Spray using water and Gelato. You can find the recipe on the Design Memory Craft blog.
Spray your canvas with it.
Step Three: Once your canvas is dry rub a different color of Gelato over the surface.
Step Four: With a wet paint brush rub the Gelato into the canvas.
Step Five: Cut strips of cheese cloth in different sizes.
Step Six: Rub Gelato into your strips of cheese cloth.
Spray them with water.
Step Seven: Use your fingers to rub the Gelato into the cheese cloth.
You can add a second color before moving on.
Step Eight: Roll your strips of cheese cloth into flowers.
Step Nine: Spread a layer of gel medium over your canvas. Do the sides as well.
Step Ten: Drape another piece of cheese cloth across your canvas.
Step Eleven: Place your flowers on your canvas. Use gel medium to adhere them.
Step Twelve: Use a black Big Brush Pen to shade the edges of your canvas.
Step Thirteen: Add color to the top layer of cheese cloth using a Big Brush Pen.
Step Fourteen: Add other embellishment.
Step Fifteen: Make a dotted pattern with gesso
Step Sixteen: Spray the gesso dots with water and allow to drip.
Step Seventeen: Rub some gesso in random spots over your canvas and you are done!
Hope you enjoyed this long tutorial, see you next time!
This is so pretty, Marjolaine! And so clever!!
Thanks for stopping by Carmen, glad you like it!
Love those flowers made out of cheesecloth! So clever!
Cheesecloth has amazing texture and is so much fun to play with! Thanks for commenting Rita.
Love this.
Thanks Michelle!
I never thought of using it as part of the canvas, just as the brush or stencil! Very fun!
Once I started I couldn’t stop, just had to cheesecloth everything!