For a while I have been experimenting with mixed media, trying to incorporate photos and tissue paper with different glue, different colors, trial with paints (only acrylic), as well as glitter (I'm a girl, I can't help but love it) and most recently, gold leaf (still figuring out those particulars, my next post will most likely be more in-depth if gold leaf is something you are interested in).
I have been using plywood as my base and so far I enjoy working in this mixed media style, although I can't say that it is very successful, at least visually speaking.
This particular project I was so very excited about, the photo of the St. John's Bridge in Portland, OR was just a really neat angle and overall (in my head) I thought it would turn out interesting, at the very least. I had been having trouble getting my somewhat paper mache-like art to lay flat on the plywood. Sadly, in this case, both the tissue paper and the photo I tried to heavily glue onto the plywood bubbled in the middle leaving air pockets along the photo. In reaction to this bubbling (and my new found love of shellac) my genius idea was to simply cover the entire surface with the remainder of my shellac. I thought perhaps the weight of the shellac would push the air bubbles out of the photo to create a nice smooth glossy surface. As you may be able to tell in the photo...that is not what happened.
Note to self - shellac will not make your surface flat and smooth. If you want a flat and smooth surface you have to make sure it is that way before applying shellac, otherwise you get a very stiff bubble and plywood that you cannot re-use...
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