"Whimsical Mushrooms" Mixed Media Canvas

Hello friends! Welcome to the Mixed Media Attic.  The last few days I have been working on a whimsical mushroom canvas.  Last month I picked up an adorable 12x12 Stencil from The Crafters Workshop called "Whimsical Shrooms" and since buying it I have had so many ideas going through my head on what I wanted to do with this stencil.  Finally after staring at it this whole time, I decided to create a fun little canvas to hang up in my art studio.  

Supplies Used:

12x12 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Whimsical Shrooms"- TCW578

6x6 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Mini Tiny Circles" - TCW361s

6x6 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Mini Sheet Music" - TCW579s

6x6 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Mini Believe Script" - TCW541s

Artist's Loft Super Value Canvas 8in. x 10in.

Hazel and Ruby Pass the tissue "Ephemera Collage"

Liquitex Light Modeling Paste

Weldabond glue

Ranger Glossy Accents

Liquitex Matte Medium

Ohto Fude Ball Pen 1.5 "Black"

Posca Paint Pen - "White"

Palette Knife

Paint brush

Makeup Sponges

Tim Holtz Stickers: "Small Talk"

Prima Marketing Resin Icons 

Prima Marketing Color Bloom Spray: "Gold Foil"

Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic: "Bright Aqua Green" and "Medium Magenta"

Daler Rowney Liquid Acrylic: "Moon Violet, and Gold"

Tim Holtz Distress Paint: "Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Cracked Pistachio"

Faber-Castell Gelatos: "Metalic Melon, Red Cherry, Lavender, Bubble Gum, Iced Chai, Gold Champagne, and Iced Coffee."

Steps:

1. Covered the canvas with a layer of Matte Medium, next laid down the tissue paper or collage paper, then added another layer of Matte Medium on top of the tissue paper to help seal it to the canvas.  Let dry

2.  Put down some Tim Holtz Distress Paints for the background. Let Dry.  Use some Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint and makeup sponges with The Crafter's Workshop stencils, to and layers to the background.  Let dry

3. Take The Crafters Workshop "Whimsical Shroom" Stencil, and wipe some modeling paste over the stencil to add some textured mushrooms to the canvas. Let dry.

4. Take some paints, and Faber-Castell gelatos to add bright color to the mushrooms.

5. Used some Spray ink to the resin fairy embellishments to add some gold sparkle, then glued them down to the canvas.

6.  Added some Ranger glossy accents to the butterfly, and parts of the mushroom for added shine.  

7. Used a Fude ball pen to go around the mushrooms to add some definition.  

8.  Added a Tim Holtz quote sticker to the canvas. Going around it in white.

9.  For detail I added some little white dots to the tops of the mushrooms. 

I have included a little video on the making of this whimsical mushroom canvas below. I hope you have enjoyed this and maybe some inspiration was sparked for you to create a fun canvas of your own.  Leave me a comment, I'd love to hear from you.  I hope you enjoy the process video!

Thanks for stopping by!

Krystal Barto