My London Canvas.

Hi there Everyone,
  
Hope you are well and enjoying your weekend break.   Tonight I would like to share something a little different from my usual -  a canvas.    I was given a stencil of the London Landmarks,  ' so I decided to use it on a canvas and below  is the finished project.     This canvas was made for    Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.     It was made for their shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel last November.

    
(1 )   Canvas coloured using the blue and red Mixed Media Spray inks.

(2 )  Using masking tape, mask off a semi-circle the size of the clock face stencil, as we don't want
        any structure paste on the clock face.

(3 )  Lay the large 'Broken Grid' Art stencil onto the painted canvas, portrait style and spread the
       structure paste over the stencil, using the metal spatula.   Remove the stencil and wash it.   Leave
       the image to dry.       I thought the grid design would make a good background for all the famous
       London landmarks.

    
(4 )    Remove the semi circle mask from the top right corner and lay the left-hand side of the clock
          face stencil on the top right hand corner of the canvas, making sure you have the numbers on
          the stencil the correct way round.    Secure the stencil in place with some masking tape so it
          doesn't move,   then spread the Black Stars Sparkle Medium over the design, using the metal
          spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

                                   
(5 )   Lay the 6" x 6" London stencil onto a piece of black card  and put through an embossing
         machine and emboss.

(6 )   Cut out the letters 'LONDON'  the bridge,  Big Ben and the London taxi.    Rub the silver
         Alchemy Wax over these images.

(7 )   Glue the letters L O N D O N evenly around the outside of the clock face,

    
(8 )   Glue Tower Bridge on the top left of the canvas, just above half way up the canvas.

   
(9 )   Glue Big Ben in the bottom left corner, using Imagination Craft's Magi-bond glue.

           
          and the black Taxi  in the bottom right corner, using Magi-bond glue.

(10)   Lay the stencil onto a piece of white card and spread the Bright Red Sparkle Medium over
          the London bus only.   Remove stencil and leave image to dry.   When dry, cut out the bus and
          colour the windows with diluted light blue spray ink.   Colour the tyres with the Black Starlight
          paint.    Glue the bus to the canvas, just below the centre.

     
(11)   Using a black ink pad, stamp the crown and head in the top left corner.

    
(12)   Again, using the black ink pad, stamp the world globe in the centre of the clock face.

(13)   Using a rose die, die-cut 4 white roses, roll up and glue to make the roses.    Die-cut and make
          3 roses from light blue paper.   Colour some white card with the red spray ink, adding some red
          Starlight paint on top and die-cut.   Make into 4 roses.

(14)   Glue 1 white, 1 red and 1 blue rose to the base of Big Ben.

     
(15)   Glue the rest of the roses around the inside of the clock face, using Magi-bond glue.

      
(16)   Rub a little Black Soot Distress ink around all four edges of the canvas, this helps to draw your
          eyes to the centre of the canvas.

                                             Below are a couple more photos of the canvas.                                       

          
Well that's my canvas finished, I do hope you like it ( there's no scaffolding around my Big Ben lol!)   did this canvas before the scaffolding went up on the real Big Ben!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope you have enjoyed your visit, please pop back again soon.      I also hope my American Followers, Friends and Visitors stay safe and warm during this extra cold spell of weather you are having at the moment,   I cannot imagine what such very low temperatures must feel like, so take care.   I will be back again soon.

                                                                   Love and Rainbows,

                                                                    Hugs   Jennifer xx.