Paper casting - work in progress

Have been playing around with different paint techniques with my paper castings (see previous post). This one below, I am making into a journal cover. I have applied a coat of Golden crackle paste all around the outside of the paper casting, which was glued to the journal cover with Gel Medium. Just waiting for the paste to dry and I will extend the paint from the casting.

This one has a coat of Irrid. Bronze. It was watered down quite heavily and I found that watering it down didn't distort the image and was actually easier to work with. It seeped into the creases and grooves and I didn't need to work it in with the brush so much.


This again is the watered down Irrid. Bronze. Left this one patchy, not sure if I want to leave it like that or add another colour??


This has a coat of Quin NA Gold with a brushing of Irrid. Bronze over the top.



This one I started out by dry brushing the HB Burnt Umber. I found it was a little too sticky for the TP casting and started to lift the layers. I then applied a watered down mix of NA Gold and Black to fill in the white patches. Once dry I applied a little Treasure gold to pick up the detailing. I then tore around the image to roughen up the look.

I actually quite like the subtlety of this piece, even more so now that I see it on here! I think I will give all the finished pieces a couple of coats of Gel Medium or GAC to add a little strength, especially the one on the book cover.

Okay, my back is aching from sitting at this computer and I have retreat kits to load on to the online shop