Dragonfly on Dots 😍
Discover the joy of creating a glass dragonfly art piece on a painted dot background! This fun and easy project is perfect for beginners. Learn to paint the dotted background and add a glass bead strand for the body, broken vase glass pieces for the wings, a bead for the head, and acrylic bubbles for that finishing touch!
Apply a thin coat of white paint over the entire canvas. This helps to blend other colors and gives a soft background. Squeeze out small amounts of Seashell (pastel pink), Buttercream (yellow), Wild Wasabi (green), Winter Blue (purple-blue), Spa Blue (sky blue), and white onto your palette.
Use a dotting tool to dip into Buttercream and make dots randomly across the canvas. Apply light pressure and twist slightly to form your dots. Clean the dotting tool between colors. Repeat the dotting technique with Seashell, Wild Wasabi, Winter Blue, and Spa Blue, allowing some overlap. Mix white with each color and dot around the original colors to create a gradient effect. Dry with a heat tool.
Now let's add our glass and embellishments! I have a bead strand from Hobby Lobby that I will use to form the dragonfly's body. I will trim the bead strand to size and adhere it to my canvas with tacky glue. I have a gray bead that I will glue to my canvas as well for the head. For the dragonfly wings, I have broken pieces from a vase that are the perfect shape.
We're going to elevate our canvas using blocks. Mix 1/2 oz total of ArtResin and stir gently for three minutes. Pour the resin onto your canvas and glass using your gloved fingers or brush. Remove the vase glass pieces, cover them in resin, and make sure you have resin underneath as well.
Use a heat gun to pop your bubbles. Keep your heat moving at all times! Finally, I'll sprinkle some acrylic bubbles on my art piece as well.
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