Be Reborn - Old Treasures YouTube Hop

Hello my dear friends and welcome to my blog!

I’m so happy to reveal today a very special project with which I participate in the most exciting mixed media event of this fall. 

This time an international team of 15 mixed media artists got together to celebrate Autumn, the season when Nature discards anything old and prepares to be reborn. 

Welcome to Old Treasures YouTube Hop! 

You will find a full list of materials and links to all the other videos, in the end of this post.

The symbolisms of this season are very strong and inspiring. Autumn is about cooling down from the summer heat. Evaluating our life, discarding anything unnecessary and setting new goals, finding our inner balance, and showing appreciation to what we chose to keep in our lives.

This time we pay dribute to the old treasures, the ones that we don’t want to throw away…but we love to keep and cherish. 

For this challenge I picked a couple of wooden fans that I had for ages hidden in a drawer. I had decluttered the particular drawer several times but always put back in those little fans. So now was the time to give a new life to them.  The idea of something dying in order to be reborn, reminded me the ancient Greek myth of the Phoenix, a bird that burns in its own flames and obtains new life by arising from its own ashes. As you can watch in the process video, I used the wooden fans as wings for my Phoenix.

With this project, I chose to show different ways of using stencils and also a variety of techniques that help create an interesting background. Lastly you can see how to combine different types of colors in order to give depth to your composition. I really hope you enjoy and get inspired.

In this event you will get the chance to win many wonderful gifts since our hop is sponsored by 22 well-known brands. So please read carefully the info in order to get an eligible entry. 

——— OUR fABULOUS SPONSORS ———

——— RULES FOR THE GIVEAWAYS ———

To enter the sponsors' giveaways you MUST:

• Watch and comment all 15 videos + add your country in the comments
• Subscribe to all 15 channels
• Not mandatory, but please share and tag your friends!
• You have until October 1st to watch, comment and subscribe.
• Winners will be randomly chosen among all eligible entries and will be announced on October 4th in our social media.

——— VIDEO LIST ———

These are the links to the other videos, but you can hop from one to the next one using the end screen you’ll find at the end of every video:

Heather - https://youtu.be/6QIZYdJb34I

Maria - https://youtu.be/c3rhOGpKirQ

Keren - https://youtu.be/d5xjVN-MIwk

Sunila- https://youtu.be/5eE86TrLl84

Aditi- https://youtu.be/6-8L-y8tjbM

Arantzazu - https://youtu.be/qMI_XtarvvY

Phoebe  - https://youtu.be/l3zVDGk5gOI

Nuneka - https://youtu.be/-uVi3cCyHWs

Aleksandra - https://youtu.be/zKeiDOjTLio

Preeti - https://youtu.be/s0JhaMcPs6M

Asia - https://youtu.be/y_KWtsYqZHw

Riddhi - https://youtu.be/-7YMJcCS9nk

Noura - https://youtu.be/vhjdRngvnwQ

Kate - https://youtu.be/DF6k0vSZ1DA

List of materials

Mediums

Finnabair Heavy Gesso Black

Finnabair Soft Gel Matte

Finnabair 3D Gloss Gel

Pentart Fiber Paste

Liquitex Matte Medium

Americana DECOR Soft-Touch Varnish

Paints

Tattered Angels

Glimmer Mist Merlot Gold

Baseboard Mist “Wave”

Baseboard Mist “Bittersweet”

Colorwash Paint “Brass-Faux Finish”

Finnabair Art Alchemy

Impasto Paint “Chocolate”

Impasto Paint “Crimson”

Impasto Paint “Pitch Black”

Impasto Paint “Jade”

Acrylic Paint Metallique “Rusty Red”

Acrylic Paint Metallique “Brass Hardware”

Acrylic Paint Metallique “Fresh Orange”

Acrylic Paint Metallique “Gold Rush”

DecoArt

Media Fluid Acrylic “Transparent White”

Media Fluid Acrylic “Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide”

Media Fluid Acrylic “Diarylide Yellow”

Stencils

Viva Décor #900206900 A4 “Wings”

DayKa #01023 A4

TCW #616 12x12 “Angels Wings”

Americana DECOR 12x12 “Old French Script”

DecoArt Americana 12x12 “Doily”

Fimo Air Light Clay

Stretched Deep Edge Canvas 19.5 x 27.5 inches (50 x 70 cm)