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Dina Wakley Media Whimsical Wood House - Tutorial

November 21, 2018

While searching the web one day, we stumbled upon the talented Mixed Media Artist Micki Harper. Her vibrant colorful artwork immediately caught our attention, so we asked if she would share her talents with our fans. Micki takes you step-by-step on how to make this fanciful house out of a scrap 2 x 4 wood piece, Dina Wakley Media Paints, Mediums and Accessories, and a little something from all of our Signature Designers. Supplies Used:

Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints: Sky, Ruby, Magenta, Turquoise, Lime, Lemon, Tangerine, Umber, Lapis, Night, White
Dina Wakley Media Gel Medium
Dina Wakley Media Gesso: White and Black
Dina Wakley Media 1/2 Flat Brush
Dina Wakley Media #4 Round Brush
Dina Wakley Media Palette Knife
Archival Ink Designer Series Wendy Vecchi: Olive, Leaf Green, Forget-Me-Not, Red Geranium, Watering Can
Dylusions Stencils: 5x8 Triangles
Dylusions Rubber Stamps: Bags of Bunting, Basic Backgrounds
Fude Ball Pen Black
Ranger Surfaces #5 Manila Craft Tags
Ranger Mini Blending Tool
Ranger Craft Scraper
Ranger Small Brayer
Ranger Multi-Medium Gloss
Ranger Heat it Craft Tool
Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet
Ranger Tools Mister Bottle
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Cling Mount Stamps: Classics #6, Spills & Splatters
Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Peacock Feathers
Tim Holtz Distress Markers: Broken China, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Faded Jeans
Tim Holtz by Tonic Studios Kushgrip Snips
Tim Holtz idea-ology - Chitchat
Tim Holtz idea-ology Remnant Rubs - Numbers
Tim Holtz idea-ology Tissue Wrap - Melange
Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Stencils for Art with Stampers Anonymous: Dots & Stripes Border
Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Stencils: Sunburst, Checkmake
Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Crackled Texture Paste
scrap 2x4 wood cut into house shape

Instructions: 1. Cut scrap wood into house shape.

2. Working on top of a Non-Stick Craft Sheet, brush a coat of Dina Wakley Media White Gesso on all sides. Set aside to dry.

3. Place a piece of Tissue Wrap on the craft sheet. Add a small amount of Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in Sky onto the non-stick craft sheet. Use a brayer to pick up paint and then run brayer over the Tissue Wrap.

4. Repeat this process using Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic Paints in Lime, Lapis and Night. Using the craft scrapper, add more paint and make some marks on the tissue wrap. NOTE: Make sure to dry each layer of color before adding another color. Set aside.

5. Using a craft tag, repeat steps 3 - 4.

6. Place Dylusions Triangles stencil over tag and using a Mini Blending Tool apply Red Geranium Archival ink over half of the tag.

7. Covering the other half of the tag with Forget-Me-Not Archival ink.

8. To add more color, swipe Distress Stain in Peacock Feathers along the edges of the tag and mist with water. Place a book page over tag to pick up excess ink and water.

9. With Archival Ink in Forget-Me-Not, add texture to tag by stamping Dylusions Bags of Bunting stamp randomly over tag. Cut window and door shapes from craft tag adding paint to cut edges. Set aside. NOTE: Use old book pages to clean paint off craft sheet and brushes and cut these into small window pieces too.

10. Tear the colored tissue wrap and glue torn pieces over the wooden house using Dina Wakley Media Gel Medium. Be sure to apply a coat over the tissue pieces too.

11. Apply Tangerine with the craft scrapper randomly on all the sides for color contrast.

12. Using Gel Medium, glue windows and door to wood piece.

13. Mix Black Gesso with Umber paint using a palette knife.

14. Using palette knife, apply paint to the roof of the house. Dry with Heat-It Craft Tool.

15. With brush, dab white gesso through Wendy Vecchis Checkmake stencil onto the roof of the house and along sides.

16. Mix a small amount of Lemon paint with Wendy Vecchis Crackled Texture Paste.

17. Place Wendy Vecchis Sunburst stencil over roof and add texture paste with palette knife. You should have a little colored texture paste left, mix some Umber into it and add it through Wendy Vecchi Dots & Stripes Border stencil on front of house.

18. Using stamps from Tim Holtz Classics #6, Spills and Splatters and Dylusions Basic Backgrounds, randomly stamp sides of house using Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Red Geranium, Olive, Leaf Green and Watering Can.

19. Outline windows and door with black Fude Ball pen. Take a slightly damp #4 brush and blend pen lines.

20. Paint curtains on windows using #4 brush. Once dry, use Fude Ball pen to outline curtains. Add a little white gesso to your finger and run finger lightly over door, windows, edges. Dry with Heat-It tool. Using Distress Markers in Broken China, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed and Faded Jeans, add depth by applying marker around windows, door, edges and lightly blending with finger.