{"id":1770,"date":"2016-11-27T22:56:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T03:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.lindaisrael.com\/art\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2017-01-15T23:58:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T04:58:04","slug":"canvas-corp-brands-black-friday-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindaisrael.com\/art\/2016\/11\/27\/canvas-corp-brands-black-friday-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Corp Brands Black Friday Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is all about the\u00a0Canvas Corp Brands Black Friday Challenge.<\/p>\n

The idea was to create anything that was all black. “Create a project that is 90% black – the other 10% can only be white, grey, or metallic.”<\/p>\n

To begin with I found an old canvas that I had on hand. This canvas had a hole punched in it and I knew I wouldn’t use it for another project.<\/p>\n

Gathering up lots of black items I had a nice pile on my work desk. Where to begin…<\/p>\n

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I didn’t have any black gesso so I sorta made a grey gesso. Since I didn’t have any black gesso I mixed white gesso with black paint. What I should have done is made the gesso from scratch. But for now I’ll keep the grey as I can still use it in projects.<\/p>\n

The focal piece was a Christmas ornament. Finding the glitter covered deer gave me the perfect item to use as the focal point. Which is important to have in an art piece.<\/p>\n

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The Canvas Corp Brands mixed media pack is a great resource for this project. I pulled Tissue paper, burlap and scrapbook paper from the pack.<\/p>\n

Have you seen those little sets of LED lights in the craft stores? Christmas is a great time to find these lights and if you are lucky you can get them on sale.<\/p>\n

Recently I’ve gotten two new toys. One is a Silhouette CAMEO\u00ae 3 and the other is a Circut Explorer Air. With these two new toys I was able to cut the words\u00a0and poinsettias.<\/p>\n

The Silhouette design “Ornate Frame” paired with the Samantha font helped me create the phrase Believe in the Magic. I used the Cricut Joys of the Season cartridge Poinsettia, altering the image by adding more layers and changing the sizes of the petals.<\/p>\n

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If you haven’t figured out yet I really love tools and gadgets. I also have the Tim Holtz Vagabond and I used this to cut the Sizzix Trees. It might be hard to tell but there are six trees on the canvas.<\/p>\n

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This was a good challenge for me, to think outside of the box and make up an art piece that used black as the foundation. I enjoyed making this and now I’m planning on another project that I want to make similar to this piece.<\/p>\n

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Have you tried a challenge like this one? Come and join the Canvas Corp Brands Collective<\/a> to learn about other challenges and see lots of art to inspire you. Challenge\u00a0#<\/span>ccbblack<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Here is just a little video of the piece. Enjoy!
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