Post #486322 by hewey on Sun, Oct 4, 2009 12:30 AM

hewey blows cobwebs off this thread hewey coughs from the dust :lol:

This was my piece for the PNG tiki art swap. The grass skirt is a genuine PNG grass skirt my nan brought back when she served in the RAAF when she was young. The carving was picked up at a thrift store. Took some photos and got em printed and this is the result :D

The project I have been working on this weekend is this hot rod decoupage. Sure its not tiki related, but the same process would work just as well for tiki art!

Laid out ready to start. The B&W pics came from an old 90s street rodder mag, the big colour pic is one of mine that I got printed at the local office supplies place.

Acrylic glue from the craft store - dries clear

Started adding pics

Using a foam brush, give the base a coat of glue

Align the picture

Go back over it with more glue

Thats it for the background. The centre image will cover the rest.

After it the glue had dried I 'dry brushed' it with some brown/red acrylic which is a very similar hue to red primer - perfect!

Some detail shots to get an idea of how it looks. Its kinda rough, but it'll help tone back the background, and helps with that vintage kinda vibe.

And then once the paint was dried I added the last picture, and gave the whole shebang another coat of glue.

Now I just gotta bury the whole thing in clear :D Also today I picked up a canvas so I can start my new art swap piece :D