Steampunk Gentlemen

Hello! Thought I would post my Steampunk Gentlemen collage on my blog today using stamps from Blank Page Muse! I used lots of different media on this piece and it was fun to create. 

Take a cardboard box and tear off one of the flaps then tear down to approximately 6”x6” for the base of your collage. Tear off some of the “covering”; you want the ribs of the cardboard to show. Water down some gesso and lightly run it over the cardboard panel, let dry. 

   

Then cover cardboard with gel medium to seal it over. Using the word stencil and spackling, add some words along the edges of the cardboard panel and other interesting shapes, let dry completely. When spackling is dry, gently brush teal paint over the spackling.

Glue down some drywall tape on one side and using teal and brown paint light brush over the front of the panel. This will tone down the teal and create some areas that look rusty.

Now, you are ready to place the embellishments and focal point. Stamp the Vintage Steampunk Gentleman three times onto watercolor paper and using watered down teal paint, paint over the image and let dry. Seal with gel medium, let dry.

Using gears, buttons, keys and other assorted pieces, place them on the collage using tacky glue and foam tape for dimension. Add some washi tape near the bottom of the collage and glue down the Steampunk Gentlemen.

This piece was created for Blank Page Muse and for the Bleeding Art June Challenge - Add Cardboard.