I bought some canvases on sale the other weekend. I had never worked on canvas before and was slightly intimidated by it, so chose one of the smaller pieces (5 x 7″/ 12.7 x 17.7cm) to experiment on. I had lots of fun though and this is the result- A Joyful Heart.
It looks a lot messier in the picture than it does in real life (probably because you see it a lot closer here than you would in real life).
The background is various layers of acrylics. By then I had had the idea of a joyful heart, so printed out a copy of one of my favourite hymns, Then Sings My Soul, painted it red and cut out a heart (making sure the line “what joy shall fill my heart” was visible within the perimeter of the heart), glued it on, smudged the edges with a few different paints, added the word “JOY”, some red dots and outlined some areas with chalk pastels. Hey presto!
And I’m very happy to say I’m not intimidated by canvas anymore. In fact, I can’t wait to get started on my next piece.
What a gorgeous piece! Love the description you gave of your creating of it as well!
Lovely, lovely, LOVELY!! Thanks for stopping my my blog:)
Wow! Beautiful piece. For your first canvas I’d say you did great!
I LOVE IT! The color combinations are so striking and the fact that you used a meaningful piece of empheria under the heart brings it to another level altogether. It’s wonderful!
Thank you too for the sweet comment in your post below – it was so nice to hear, xo
Thanks Bev!
Thanks Leslie!
Thanks Janet!
Thanks you so much Kristin!
Great Work! Just love the heart. You bake and do art, hmmmm….You are so very talented:)
See you again soon, susie
Thanks, but ha! That made me laugh. I’m sure my hubby would have a thing or two to say about that!
Hi again!
I just wanted to thank you for your kind message about the fairy piece – that was a tough one to do – was so happy to have it done and out there. Thanks again for you continual support! xo
What a beautiful, and meaningful piece! Isn’t working on canvas fun?
Kristin, you are too sweet for words, xo 🙂
Thanks Esther! Yes definitely!
You need not be intimidated any longer! This piece so so lovely! I am loving your mixed media pieces … you are definitely being infused by some powerful creative energy! Congratulations! What a beautiful, art-filled home you must have for your family 🙂
xo Lis
Thank you Lis, that is so sweet!
really like this Carin and love your cross stitch kits too
Thank you Lorraine!