Shades of Blue Resist Canvas Tutorial

HI Everyone and Welcome

Amanda (ink-a-pink) here to share a short tutorial for my 'Shades of Blue' mixed media canvas that I created for our current 'How can you Resist' Challenge. My original post can be seen here. 
 I will be focusing mainly on the 'resist' products and technique.

The canvas itself is a 5x7 inch board canvas.

Adhere strips of card to the canvas.

Apply 'resist' products to the canvas

Scrape white gesso onto the canvas randomly using a spatula.

Rub remnant rubs onto the canvas

Spray the canvas with Tim Holtz distress resist spray

With the gesso and distress resist spray being similar in colour to the canvas they are quite hard to see once applied

but if you hold the canvas in certain lights you should be able to see them a little better

Apply inks using the wrinkle free distress technique 

(I used mermaid lagoon and blueprint sketch Distress Oxides)

The colours may look strong at first but they will lighten at the next stage

Take an 'almost dry' baby wipe or lightly dampened cloth and rub gently over the canvas.

As you rub you will see that where ever you applied the resist products those areas will have 'resisted' the ink leaving larger areas of white where you applied the white gesso

leaving the remnant rubs as clear and black as when you first rubbed them on

and leaving some lovely speckles of white where you sprayed the Distress Resist spray.

If you wish to add more detail you can apply texture paste through  a stencil - I used Tim Holtz Dot fade layering stencil 

 stamp using Black Archival ink- I used a couple from my stash (brand unknown)

and add a few paint splatters

Decide on your focal feature, create and adhere in place.

As I mentioned in my blogpost my focal feature is the sum of a few parts

 a Seth Apter woodchip altered with inks and gesso, 

a square of ink resisted card,

 a crackle paint die cut 

and 

a glossy watercoloured butterfly.

I hope you have enjoyed your time with me today - thank you for stopping by.
If you would like to join us in our 'How Can You Resist' Challenge head over to the launch post where you will find all the details along with a fabulous gallery of inspiring projects from some of the Creative Guides.
We are really looking forward to seeing your entries.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend
Happy Crafting

Amanda
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