Trés Chic Canvas Project
We had so much fun testing out the latest trend in adult coloring: water-soluble coloring tools. In today’s post, you’ll learn how to make this charming “Trés Chic Canvas” that puts these these popular color tools to use.
See also: The Ultimate Guide to Water-Soluble Coloring Tools: Gelatos vs. Distress Crayons vs. Water-Soluble Oil Pastels
Supplies:
- Prima Marketing Water-Soluble Oil Pastels
- Ranger Ink Distress Crayons — Set 2 Muted Brights
- Faber-Castell Gelatos — 34 Pack
- Image from The Coloring Studio
- Paintbrush + Water
- Blending tool or makeup sponge
- Tim Holtz French Industrial Paper Pad
- Tombow Dual Tip Brush Markers — Primary
- Gel medium
Trés Chic Canvas Project
- Attach a piece of patterned paper to a canvas or wood substrate with gel medium.
- Using a plastic palette, scribble olive green Distress Crayon, then blend with water until it is the consistency of a watercolor. Brush over entire patterned paper, adding more color to the palette as needed to create a soft green.
- Cut out girl from The Coloring Studio and adhere to the canvas with gel medium.
- Hand-letter “Tres Chic” on a patterned paper scrap with Tombow Brush Markers. The amazing hand-lettering in this project is courtesy of Wile’e Malia Gillespie.
- Adhere sentiment to corner of the canvas and add a few strokes of the Distress Crayons to give it a mixed-media style border.
How do you like to use water-soluble color tools? Leave a comment to inspire our community below!
Posted: Friday, August 26th, 2016 @ 11:51 am
Categories: Adult Coloring Trend, How-To Project Tutorials.
Tags: Adult Coloring Trend, coloring, coloring book, Distress Crayons, Distress Crayons by Tim Holtz, Faber-Castell gelatos, gelatos, Prima Marketing Oil Pastels, Ranger Ink Distress Crayons, Tombow Dual Tip Brush Markers, Water-soluble coloring tools.
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Thanks for this tutorial. I use the Prima Oil Pastels with a small round (#4) brush. I wet the brush and then brush it on the pastel. I really like the result. It is smooth and looks very good, even with skin colour. I am still not used to the Distress Crayons, so I have to practise. Never used Gelatos.
I love, love, love gelatos! I first learned about them at a stamp and scrapbook conference. They are so versatile since they are water reactive. I use them on canvas, papers, just about anything! Very smooth finish and easy to blend/manipulate. Color them on an acrylic block, spritz with water, and press onto any surface for a fun water color look!
I love both the Gelatos and the Distress Crayons. I get a better result when blending if I have coated my surface in gesso and let it dry. I made a wonderful little art journal by coloring the pages in 2 or 3 different Gelatos and then scrubbing them with a brush dipped in white gesso. It gave a beautiful tint to my gesso. It took a while to do all the pages as they needed to dry before I could move to the next page. Now I have colorful backgrounds in the journal to inspire my artwork.
Hi. I am a photographer but have recently been thinking about trying to do some collage and drawing. I have been trying to become familiar with all the tools and products used for these art forms. So your tutorial was very informative and useful for becoming familiar with different mediums. Thank you.
Funny, I was just wondering about how Gelatos and Distress crayons are different. THANKS.
It’s going to be finish of mine day, but before finish I am reading this enormous
post to improve my experience.
Fine example of various mediums and their techniques.
Thank you for the tutorial.
Sincerely,
flyinsquirrel48