I recently found a wooden artist palette, already stenciled and covered in black gesso, in a box I had packed up when I moved house in 2016. Perfect as a background for the brush my daughter had given me after decorating. I sprayed the entire palette with Lindys Gang Moonshadow Mist Pegleg Purple Pete.
I covered by brush and resin pieces with black gesso. I added “lace” to the handle using a piece from the Stamperia Flowered Texture mould, again covering with black gesso. You may have seen this mould on ILMM Facebook Lives.
I used Finnabair waxes to add colour. Once I was happy with how my pieces looked I glued everything down.
Products used from I Love Mixed Media:
Black Gesso
Stamperia Soft Moulds Volutes (A5), Clocks and Keys (A5) and Texture Impressions Flowered Texture
Finnabair Mould Cogs and Wings
Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance Wax – Red Amber
Art Alchemy Metallique Waxes – Firebird & Aged Brass
Lindys Gang Moonshadow Mist – Pegleg Purple Pete
Resin
Brush Palette by Carolyn 
Clolours used seen against clear, white and black gessos 
Closeup of the Pegleg Purple Pete Lindy’s spray and Antique Brilliance Red Amber Wax against black gesso 
Only part of the mould was used to wrap around the handle 
Closeup of handle detail
Products Used
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Heavy Black Gesso£9.95 -
Aged Brass Metallique Wax£7.45 -
Firebird Metallique Wax£7.45
About the Author
Carolyn
Design Team Member
Hi, I’m Carolyn, a mother of 2 grown up girls. I have crafted in some form or other since I was a little girl and began my mixed media journey back in 2012. I love rust, the colour teal and finding bits of ‘treasure’ to use in my collage projects.