The class for this fortnight is a very textured, dimensional background using glue, chipboard, tissue paper and paints. It's a pain cutting all the little bricks out but so worth it in the end when you see the wonderful result!
"Keep Out"...
(the skull is a die-cut that I coated with
several layers and colours of the Seth Apter
Baked Texture Embossing Powder range)
"Don't grow up"...
Too glam"...
"Whimsical"...
This is what the background looks like before anything has been added. As you can see there is loads of texture and various colours to make this particular background look like aged bricks.
A side view so you can see there is quite a bit of depth to this.
On a personal note, I missed last fortnight's class as I had a tragic and mind-numbing event happen to our family. My youngest brother passed away from a massive heart attack. At the end of September, my brother Tony celebrated his 54th birthday and just 3 short month's ago married his partner Bill, of more than 20 years, when same-sex marriage was finally legalised in Australia. He was the fittest member of our family so this came totally out of the blue with no warning signs at all. It has left a huge hole in our large, close-knit family but his death has also affected many others as he was also a skating coach/dancer/choreographer/costume designer and was well known in Perth entertainment circles for his various productions that he staged. He was also the jokester of the family, always quick with a funny story or meme that made us all smile. He was also a baby brother, a son, a brother-in-law, an uncle and a great-uncle. Tony will be missed by all whose paths he crossed.
