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Home Décor
Reverse Transparency Painting

By M. Elizabeth Lee
Trailblazers
Mixed Media Design Team

This Sweet Serenity framed art piece looks like a trendy item that came right out of the pages of a Home Interiors catalog. You can save money and make it in a snap using the Reverse Transparency Painting technique! I developed this process especially for working with rubber stamps.  In the past, I have created decorative oil paintings on glass, but now wanted something simply elegant and related to the rubber stamping industry. I decided to experiment with acrylic painting on stamped transparency film.  The end results are totally “Fast and Fab-o!”  I hope you will give this technique a try!

Supplies:
Sweet Serenity Stamp (Innovative Stamp Creations)
Green Leaf crackled patterned paper cut to size: 3½”x3½”
Transparency film cut to size: 3½”x3½”
Black StazOn stamp pad (Tsukineko)
Burnt Sienna acrylic paint (DecoArtAmericana)
Medium Flesh acrylic paint (DecoArtAmericana)
Hi-Lite Flesh acrylic paint (DecoArtAmericana)
Spice Pink acrylic paint (DecoArtAmericana)
French Mauve acrylic paint (DecoArtAmericana)
Celery acrylic paint (DecoArtAmericana) #2 Liner Paint Brush #5 Round Paint Brush #6 Round Bristle Brush 4 Corner Flower Charms
Heat tool
6”x6” frame with a 2¾” circle picture opening (Michael Graves)
 

Instructions:

1.      Stamp the Sweet Serenity image on the back side of the transparency film using Black StazOn stamp pad. Speed dry using heat tool taking care not to overheat the transparency film.

2.      Stipple French Mauve acrylic paint onto the cheek area with a #6 bristle brush.

3.      Using a liner brush, paint one thin stroke of Hi-Lite Flesh down the edge of the nose.

4.      Paint the face with Medium Flesh.

5.      Using a #5 round brush, follow the lines of the hair with Burnt Sienna. It is acceptable to paint right over the stamped lines. Allow the color to streak for shading and highlight effects.

6.      Paint the eye shadow on in Celery Green and the lips in Spice Pink. Hold the transparency film up to the light and check for any missed spots. Good coverage is desired to avoid the background pattern from showing through.

7.      Take the painted imaged backed with the patterned paper and insert behind the glass of the frame. Glue four flower book charms to each corner of the frame.

8.      Voila! You can easily and successfully accomplish this piece!

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