I love this Mika's song: "Under Water".
Today this is how it inspired me:
Un casque de scaphandrier s'est échoué au fond de la mer. Cela fait un bon moment, et il commence à faire partie du paysage:
A deep sea diver's helmet ran aground on the sea floor. It's quite a long time now, and it starts to belong to the landscape:
Les coquillages viennent découvrir ce curieux visiteur.
The shells come to see this curious visitor.
Les algues voguent au gré du courant et des bulles d'air.
The seaweeds drift along the flow and air bubbles.
L'étoile et ses amis coquillages ont élu domicile à l'abri de la vitre.
The starfish and her shell friends made their home under the window cover
Les rivets du casque ont commencé à rouiller.
The helmet's rivets began to rust.
Les éclats de cuivre se fondent avec le sable et les coraux du sol.
Copper slivers blend with sand and corals.
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Tout a commencé avec cet emballage de yaourt...
Everything started with this yoghurt lid...
qui m'a servi de gabarit pour dessiner et découper (à la Caméo) les éléments du casque...
which gave me the size to design and cut the helmet (with Cameo Silhouette) and its elements...
qui sont peints avec les acryliques de DecoArt: "quinacridone orange brûlée et oxyde anglais rouge" pour le casque, "oxyde jaune de fer" pour les petits éléments. Les algues sont découpées et encrées.
which are painted with DecoArt acrylics: "Quinacridone burnt orange", "English Red Oxide" for the helmet, "Yellow iron oxide" for the small elements. The seaweeds are cut and inked.
Le fond est un carton passé au Gesso, marqué de cercles tant que le Gesso est humide, puis chauffé: il se forme ainsi des cloques et des grosses bulles.
The background is a cardboard painted with Gesso, printed with circles while the Gesso is still wet, then heat: blisters and big bubbles appear.
J'ai ensuite passé de l'acrylique DecoArt "teinte sarcelle cobalt", vaporisé du Turquoise et rehaussé les bulles au pochoir avec une encre blanche.
Then I painted it with DecoArt "Cobalt teal hue", sprayed Turquoise shimmer mister and enhanced the bubbles with white ink.
J'ai appliqué de la pâte texture, un morceau de gaze, collé des coquillages, des microbilles, des algues, des flocons de cuivre...
I applied sand texture paste, a piece of gauze, glued shells, microbeads, seaweeds, copper flakes...
Je souhaite participer aux challenges suivants:
Mixed Media World: "Under the sea",
DecoArt "Under the sea" challenge,
SanDee & Amelie "Steampunk summer Special challenge"
Anything But Cute: "Summertime Fun",
The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge: "Reach for the stars"
A bientôt!
Lys.
Such fabulous sandy textures and a great dimensional finish on the helmet - very cool!
RépondreSupprimerAlison x
Oh Lys, this is fantastic! I really do love the rusting helmet with the little starfish and shells nestled inside, the bubbled in the background looks amazing too. I love this piece! Thanks so much for joining in our Summertime Fun challenge at Anything But Cute. Hugs, Anne xx
RépondreSupprimerC'est magnifique Lys, plein de poésie et d'imagination, j'adore ta création!!!!!
RépondreSupprimerBonne chance pour ces différents challenges!
Bises Corinne
Superbe réalisation, textures et couleurs sont parfaites. Merci pour le tuto. Thank you for your participation at Sandee & Amelie steampunk challenges.
RépondreSupprimerBeautiful!! Love your work and I really like the way you showed all the pictures on your blog - such a great layout! Thank you so much for playing with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
RépondreSupprimerThanks for Stopping By and comment. Love your work to. Like the Colors and structure you used.
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Alexa
Fantastic piece with a super cool underwater scene! Beautiful textures and dimension! Love it! Thank you so much for joining in our Summertime Fun challenge at Anything But Cute! Branka DT
RépondreSupprimerThank you so much for sharing all of the information on your process - what fun! This is fantastic, what an amazing chippie to work with! You really made a cool piece! Thanks for sharing with us at Anything But Cute! Hugs, Autumn
RépondreSupprimerYou pictures are INCREDIBLE Lys and it was so fun to read your story about how the helmet became a part of the sea - WOW. What a FABULOUSLY AMAZING creation. Thanks bunches for joining our DecoArt Media, Under the Sea challenge. Joi
RépondreSupprimerLys, this is a super creative underwater scene, and such a fun post to read, both the story and the description on how you brought it all together. I love how you bubbled the background and created that sandy ocean floor! Brilliant! Thank you for joining our Summertime Fun challenge. Hugs! Sara Emily DT
RépondreSupprimerthis is really really stunning. i love the different natural elements you used, and such a fun unique image! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
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love your underwater art its stunning. love all your textures and colours too :-)
RépondreSupprimerIncredible, love all your textures. Thanks so much for joining on the DecoArt Media Under the Sea Challenge
RépondreSupprimerThis is a magnificent project for our under the sea theme at DecoArt, I love the creative way this came together. Thanks for sharing and joining in the challenge xxx
RépondreSupprimerThis is such a great project for DecoArt's under the sea challenge. I really love your diver's helmet. The rusty appearance is so well done! Love all of the details and rivets on it! I also love the bright watery background and the addition of seaweed and shells you've added.
RépondreSupprimerFab project, full of texture! Thank you so much for joining us for the DecoArt Media Under the sea Challenge. Tracy xoxox
RépondreSupprimerWhat a fabulous piece of art! I love it!
RépondreSupprimerLOVE LOVE LOVE this, Lys!
RépondreSupprimerThe vibrant colours, the used found objects and all the brilliant texture you have achieved! A brilliant make and theme!
Thank you so much for playing along with us at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges!
Hugs,
Claudia xxx