Faber-Castell Canvas: Creativity Takes Courage!
May Flaum here, and today I’m excited to share with you this fun little canvas full of Faber Castell products and fun!
First up, I prepped a burlap panel with whipped spackle and gesso. I needed a white solid surface to build upon. Then I used texture gems in pearl to draw my main flower.
That down, I added white buttons and my sticker element. Any buttons not white? Just add gesso coating! This is a great way to use ugly or weird colored buttons. Once this is dry, you’re ready to get colorful!
Apply gelatos directly, then use a waterbrush to blend the colors.
Want more opaque coverage? Mix a bit of gelato with gesso!
Once this layer is dry, let’s add contrast and more texture! First with the gold texture gems – love this so much!
Then Use a bold black pen for highlighting contrast and then with the clear (ice gel) gems add accents to the petals.
Need more? The big bold white pen is awesome for finishing touches!
This project is super quick and easy – the longest part? Waiting for all the lovely layers of color to dry. I hope you’ve enjoyed this project how-to, and that I’ve inspired you to use some of the wonderful color mediums that Faber-Castell offers.
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Looks like a lot of fun product to play with
How sweet is this. I just love the texture gems pearl. How so lovely. Great project!
Love those colors! Looks like fun!!
I love the colors
Lovely job on this canvas
project! Love the colored
buttons and the flowers.
Carla from Utah
I love this very beautiful project that was shared with us today.
This is a masterpiece! It’s so lovely!
BEAUTIFUL!! LOVING the Design and all of the Dimension!! =)
That does look like it was a lot of fun to make. Waiting for paint to dry is the worst! I’m sure you had other crafty projects to distract you. :)
Great design. Love the colors used.
Interesting product. Off to research it now :)
This is really pretty. I love all the layers and textures you have on this. Great design. Love this..thanks for sharing.
Interesting colors and design. I have yet to try gelatos, but they sure look like fun.
Thanks for the step by step. I dislike waiting for things to dry too! I follow the blog by email.
like the idea of mixing gellatos with gesso. . . .will definitely try that
I love the FC products. Wonderful project.
Beautiful canvas! I love the texture, floral design and colors.
What a pretty canvas! I love the color.
Great use of the gelatos and the texture gem add a beautiful touch to this canvas.
I absolutely love the title of this post. It is so true! (Also something I lack most of the time.) Thank you for sharing your beautiful artwork, May!
Beautiful. I have some Gelatos but have not yet used them. This has given me a few ideas that I will try. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love all the texture and what a fantastic way to use my neglected buttons! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love FC products. May does an amazing job with these mediums.
More products I am not familiar with. Enjoy seeing these new things.
Wow, that is inspiration for sure. Love it and thank you for sharing
Crafty hugs,
Denise S.
Oh wow! Absolutely gorgeous!
Love it! Great way to play!
Pretty canvas, I love all the texture!
Amazingly complex and gorgeous!
Summer is near by! I feel it)
So cool. Lots of texture and colors. Didn’t think to mix gesso with gelatos. I will try that, for sure. Thanks for sharing the project.
Fantastic artwork!! I need to add the FC texture gems to my next order.
This is so awesome! Love all the techniques that the designers at SSS share! Always learning something new!
I love how you used the all of the Faber Castell products!
LOVE this canvas! I have yet to play with the new texture gems – they look like a lot of fun!
Gorgeous work!
This is so cool! Love the colors and to see how this was made. Love it, so pretty!
Looks like alot of fun to make! Going to have to get some of these products and try this!
Such a fun project and so many tips and tricks to try…
Cool! Some products I’ve never seen before!
You can right away it’s May’s work. Love it and the new products looks awesome. I am wondering how the gem pen dries. But they look like they would be a really neat thing to have.
gorgeous
Nice job, love all the layers and textures. TFS.
Super gorgeous!!
Gelato’s have been on my wish list for quite a while now, and looks like there will be a few more FC products joining them after seeing this!!
LOVE FC products! So versatile! Love that colorful canvas!
gorgeous canvas!
wow–looks like such fun!
Such a fun piece! I really like all of the different types of techniques and texture mediums that you have used. Faber – Castell certainly has a wonderful selection of products to choose from! Thank You for sharing your work with us, and for the giveaway.
What a beautiful project!