Two Hours of Pure Bliss

squirreled away in my studio!  First I tidied, I'm just so bad and dumping things on my desk when I'm too busy to put them away properly, and then I pay for it when I want to paint cos I have to tidy it all away before I can start!  Today my Glass Bead Gel and Self Leveling Gel arrived so I was anxious to play.  I have never used either of these mediums before but I recently saw a canvas and instantly knew that this is what they had used to achieve the wonderful textures.  I also recently bought some gorgeous fabric to make cushion covers for the lounge and Lovely Man has knocked a hole in the wall to make an archway into the 'new' dining room.  So I had this idea.  I love the colors and the flower pattern on my new cushion covers and thought that the design would lend itself perfectly to the canvas I had in mind, and if i painted it for the lounge it would all sort of co-ordinate.   So here is the cushion...

AND  here is the first stage of the canvas...

First I drew the pattern onto a 16"x16" canvas.  Then I painted the background with a nice  mocha shade in acrylic.  Tomorrow I will be starting on the outlines, first with a pale yellowy gold acrylic and then centre line of black bead gel to create a stain glass window effect.  Lastly the gray and blue petals will be done with self leveling gel which, I understand, will dry to a smooth High Gloss finish. Et Voila!