Friday, March 27, 2015

MixedMediaMonthlyChallenge Birds of a Feather(2) "Springtime Nesting"

These birdies are ready for spring and found a nice home to nest in.  I was able to try a couple new things with this challenge:  mixing beads in my texture paste and working with clay!


I started with a wooden birdhouse and used textured paste thru a new stencil.  Then I mixed some aqua paint with my textured paste and added some mini beads for added texture.  I spread this in spots on all four sides. 



Next I mixed a light brown with some texture pasts and spread in spots on the sides.  Into the brown paste I stuck a few bronze beads so they could give the house a little shine.

 
The roof got a bit of the brown texture paste with beads added. I mixed orange and white to soften some of the roof and highlighted with orange.  Orange highlights were used around parts of the house as well as some aqua paint.


I used white clay to make the birds.  After they baked, I painted each with the aqua and gave them some orange highlights.  A thin glaze added a nice finish.  Beads were used for their eyes.

 
To attach the bird to the roof, I put a hole in the bird and also on the roof top then stuck a piece of wire in and glued him down.  Mama bird was glued to the base.










6 comments:

  1. This is such a fun and creative project! I love all the texture you added with the beads - such a cool idea. Thanks so much for joining us this month at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  2. So pretty! Love the colors and texture! Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  3. the texture you achieved with the beads is awesome! what a great idea. love how your birdhouse turned out! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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