Alice In Wonderland Clock Canvas
Make a Functional Art Piece.
Posted by Chudames
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I had picked up some clock parts, and shuffled around a few ideas in my head to create a functional piece of art, with canvas.
I had a very large (18 inch by 24 inch) canvas, and decided to do a mixed media Alice in Wonderland piece, to include the White Rabbit's pocket watch as an actual time keeper.
This is more of a visual guide to what I did, rather than a tutorial. But if anyone was curious, I decided to show a few of the steps I photographed along the way.
I hope you enjoy it!
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You Will Need (18 things)
- 18" x 24" Canvas
- Scissors
- Clock Mechanism
- CD RW
- Printed Illustrations
- Playing Cards
- Flat Sided Marbles
- Sharpie Markers
- Modpodge
- Acrylic Paints
- Watercolor
- Hand Drawings
- Cardstock
- Book pages
- Foam Brush
- Coffee
- Masking Tape
- Batteries
Steps (8 steps, 600 minutes)
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1
First, I gave my canvas a Coffee wash to make it less stark, and appear more aged.
In the corner, I drew a small chess board.
Then, using a mix of red and brown acrylic paints, I covered the canvas in a chevron pattern with masking tape, and sponged paint over it.
I then covered some of the overlap with a mix of tan and white acrylic to match the coffee stained coloring.
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2
I found some illustrations online, and cut them out. I also found a clock-face and glued it to a CD. Later, I created a "pocket watch" from cardstock.
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3
I took the colorless illustrations, and filled them in using water colors.
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4
The canvas would be too impersonal as just a collage, so I drew a large illustration of the Caterpillar to cut out, and add to the middle.
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5
Here, I am beginning to place my collage, and began gluing them in place with modpodge.
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6
Here, I've taken book pages that were salvaged from another project, and created roses (the book was actually Harry Potter). I've also glued down more items, including flat marbles, and a playing card.
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7
Adding more detail, the roses have been "painted" red by playing-card guards (made with actual playing cards, scrap paper, and sharpie), and quotes have been added to various places in sharpie.
I then went back over everything, including the quotes, with mod podge to reinforce, and began working on the clock mechanism.
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8
Final product, hanging proudly in my Kitchen.
Hope you enjoyed seeing the progress!