Week 3 - Tech Class #1

This week we are getting messy!!!!!!!!! So put the grandkids in the basement and come play!!

I love Gesso..... it is the best medium for altering stuff and provides a super base coat for painting!!

Today you will alter some chipboard or thickers type alphabet letters!

First.. gather your material....



- a piece of cardboard to adhere your stickers to. This works better than paper as the gesso may warp your paper.

- alphabet stickers (chipboard or foam, or whatever you have). I used letters that I had left over.. we al do!

- paint brush

- gesso

Once you have all these, adhere your alphabets to the cardboard in a random type fashion...



Once you have them down the way you want, aply a layer of Gesso over the whole thing.



The secret with Gesso is to let it dry!!! I left mine over night.

You may apply a second coat of Gesso if you want.... I did.

Once all the letters are covered, I applied a coat of blue acrylic paint over the whole thing... let it dry!



I then rubbed some white chalk over some of the letters to give it a bit of distressing.

Once it is completely dry.. use it on a card or layout...



You will have until July 25th to get this done for 5 points!

If you finish this before July 18 when I post the last week challenges, you will get 10 Brownie Points!
Have fun!

Hey! I did this for my puzzle piece..

clever!!!!

love that layout too

I love this. I can see waht I am doing this afternoon!!!

Great LO, too! Helen.

Thanks!!

It looks awesome!!

Very cool Helen.

Thanks!!

i hate random letters!!!! may i please use another shape?

love the technique though!!!

That's cool Helen! I love how you used it for your background!

course you would have to use a product I have NO idea what it is....hmph
but i do love the look of it....random letters are my speciality

oliebud wrote:

i hate random letters!!!! may i please use another shape?

I do too Cheryl!! LOL!!! You can use whatever shapes you want.. no problem!

I don't have gesso, but I looked it up and it basically sounds like a primer. I do have primer for painting walls. Can I use that?

For sure.. I don't see why that wouldn't work.

I know that gesso is a bit thicker, and is also used to add dimension, but the primer would work great for this challenge.. you just something as a base to paint over, or else all the colors show through.. (trust me! )

I haven't decided what I'll use it for, but here's mine.....I used a bunch of paint that I dried with the heat gun....it caused it to bubble which I thought was kinda cool.

That is cool Leslie

Wow that is great!

I am using clear gesso as a base with a newspaper background and naked chipboard buttons. I'm hoping to actually use a creamy colour and have some of the newspaper show through and then use ink to antique it. Not sure it is going to work out how I plan it in my head..but it will be interesting!!!

Sounds neat Lisa! Can't wait to see it!

Sounds very neat, Lisa!

Great Job with the letters, Leslie!

I can tell you not to use felt letters, they don't take the Gesso very well.

leslie wrote:

I haven't decided what I'll use it for, but here's mine.....I used a bunch of paint that I dried with the heat gun....it caused it to bubble which I thought was kinda cool.

LOVE the look of this Leslie... the bubbling looks awesome!


And Lisa, can't wait to see what happens....

And Colleen.. I wouldn't think felt would work too good either!!

That looks so neat Leslie!! Can't wait to see what you do with it!

Leslie, it is so neat! I love it...

Lisa, I can't wait to see what you do!!