Lin Reading Slinky Lizard Designs

Here I'm just adding a bit of glazing to add some depth and soften the edges of some of the shapes. I'm gonna call that finished now!

I hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into my mixed media collage 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light '

If you have any questions about my process, I would love to hear from you 🙂

Here I'm using wet strength tissue paper for the final collage pieces. It's amazing stuff, it can be fully immersed in water and still doesn't fall to pieces like regular tissue, making it ideal for collage.

All the pieces get well stuck down with liquitex acrylic medium, with a couple more coats on top to make sure everything is well sealed in.

I'm not keen on the look of gloss or matte medium, so I mix the two 50/50 to get a kind of satin finish.

Can you guess what the beige square is made of that I place near the centre? Anyone who knows me might, I love my cups of tea and yes it's a tea bag! Well half of one 😀 the two pink pieces from yesterday's video are also parts of a tea bag, dyed with acrylic ink.

I love to recycle and reuse as much as possible, so finding a use for my old tea bags is awesome. You can buy teabag paper from art supply shops and it's quite pricey, so using my leftovers is a double bonus.

This is part 1 of a 4 part series of short videos showing you how I add collage elements and glazing to finish this painting.

I love this part of the process, it's slow and mindful, almost like a meditation and I get completely lost in the moment.

I will post part 2 tomorrow and talk about the materials I am using.