Driftwood Pumpkin 🎃

Let's create a beautiful, rustic pumpkin art piece! Starting with a distressed wooden frame, we’ll layer in colorful paints and glass elements to bring the pumpkin to life, like cut vase glass, crushed glass, vitrigraph, beads, mini pinecones, floral bits, and more! This project is both easy to follow and endlessly customizable to what you have in your stash. 

Begin by taping off the outer edges of your wooden frame. Using a sponge brush, lightly apply Vintage White paint by dragging it vertically from top to bottom to create a faux-distressed effect. Be sure to keep your strokes vertical, not horizontal. Once finished, dry the paint with a heat tool. Next, layer Sea Mist over the Vintage White using the same technique, then dry again. If you'd like to add more texture, lightly sand the surface with sandpaper or a honing block to enhance the distressed look. Finally, remove the painter's tape to reveal clean edges.

Grab your tracer, tape it to your frame, place graphite paper underneath, and trace your pumpkin with a stylus.

Now, let’s paint each section of the pumpkin one at a time. Begin with the center section, using Americana Deep Midnight Blue and Americana Midnite Blue as your base colors. Add a touch of black along the left edge for depth, blend Desert Turquoise in the center, and finish with white on the right side for contrast. Repeat this technique for each pumpkin section. For a distressed look, dip the flat side of your brush into Desert Turquoise and lightly swipe it across each section. Dry again.

For this art piece, I am going to use glass and other goodies to create an arrangement coming out of the top of my pumpkin, which will be sitting on top of a piece of small driftwood. 

Start by laying out a base of green glass on the top of your pumpkin. I'll arrange some cut green vase glass pieces for leaves in the glass. I also have some Mixed Green Chubbies and and Spring Green Vitrigraph that I'll add in too. I have a random pack of beads with bronze, iridescent, and blue pieces that I'll sprinkle in my glass. 

To anchor the pumpkin, I'll place bronze glass beneath it and nestle it on the driftwood along with some mini pinecones and acorns.

We're going to elevate our frame using blocks. Mix 4 oz total of ArtResin and stir gently for three minutes. Remove the piece of driftwood so you can resin underneath it. Pour the resin onto your glass and frame and use your gloved fingers or brush to spread it over the entire piece. Add your driftwood back in along with some dried floral bits from Hobby Lobby. Finally, I'll sprinkle Crystal Luster seed beads over my entire art piece to create frost. 

Use a heat gun to pop your bubbles. Keep your heat moving at all times!

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