"the ice maiden" by Tracey Evans

I covered my canvas with ivory and lead Powertex hardener in a random pattern. Once fully dried I transferred the image using Powerprint, my main concern here was making sure the Powerprint was spread evenly and didn’t dry out anywhere before I put the image down ready for the transfer, it’s important to be quick and thorough when using a larger image otherwise it can be so disappointing to reveal your image and find a crucial bit hasn’t transferred



 

I added a little more hardener and gently worked in some Stone Art powder, picking up the texture by dry brushing with ivory Powertex hardener once everything was dry.

I chose some pieces of cotton lace ‘snowflakes’ to embellish my piece and rubbed in ivory hardener before applying them onto my canvas. I then used a stencil and some Easy structure to add interest in my corners, you can see detail of this above.

A touch of silver and gold colortrix and I was done!

What about the little birdcages I hear you ask?

I have no excuse for that, I liked them and felt they were right for the spot!

 

(this was originally post by Tracey on her blog seen here

https://traceypowertex.wordpress.com/

and re-posted with her permission)

painting with powertex

save the date

April 9-12, 2015

Coast to Coast Creative Arts
Holiday Inn
Toronto International Airport
970 Dixon Rd.

Painting with Powertex

instructor

Nancy Donaldson

 

"Abstract Textured Canvas" on Friday April 10th from Noon -... 2:00pm

"Painting with Powertex" on Friday April 10th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm

"Tree of Life" on Saturday April 11th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm

image transfer with powerprint

working with powerprint is so quick and easy
not only can you use it with powertex and stoneart
it also works beautifully on leather, glass, metal and wood!!
the possibilities are endless
you can even transfer onto a terracotta pot

for my project

supplies needed

a canvas, corrugated cardboard, powercotton,

powertex in blue , ivory and bronze

stoneart and powerprint

 I mixed blue and ivory powertex to create the sky

working on the top two thirds I painted the canvas and then added stoneart to create some texture

paying more attention to the edges

I used bronze powertex for the "earth" and adding an extra thick layer in the centre

letting it sit for 5 minutes to create a "skin" I added stoneart  and gently rubbed it in

this made some really cool cracks

to add to the ground texture I painted some cardboard and powercotton

 

 

powerprint is so easy to use

simple apply a thin coat to the area and add your toner based photocopy face down

allow to completely dry ( use can use a dryer to speed the process)



once dried just add water and rub