Art Recipes and More: Born Bad - MM&A June Thematic Challenge

Hello everyone!

Once again with a car as a focal point!

I would like to share with you my version of “Christine”, the car from John Carpenter’s horror movie that was filmed in 1983.

I saw it three years later, in 1986, when I was 13 years old, but I will never forget it!

This is a mixed media project, created on a 12.5” x 12” piece of 300gsm Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolor paper. It is my entry to the Mixed Media & Art Thematic Challenge for June.

To create the background, first I glued two pieces of corrugated cardboard for garage doors and the beams above them. Then I roughly sketched the car inside the garage.

I applied a coat of Art Basics Heavy Gesso Black. Then, with a palette knife, I spread Pentart Stone Effect Paste, in three different colors, in order to create the floor and the brick wall. I also used a wall stencil by Stamperia.

While the pastes were still wet, I sprinkled Infusions Powder “Rusty Car” and spritzed with water. Then I let everything dry completely.

Didn’t have to wait so much, because it was one of those hot Greek summer days!

I rubbed with Distress Oxide ink pads – “Cracked Pistachio” and “Fossilized Amber” – directly on the corrugated cardboard and then spritzed with water to activate the ink. On top of that, I sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist “Verdigris”.