Here I have gathered all of my supplies so I'm not digging around looking for stuff while I work. Let's get started!
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Here is the canvas collaged with some bits of old book paper, water bills, junk mail, etc. adhered with gel medium.
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Using my fingers and a mixture of a few different shades of brown I created the ground the pumpkins will sit on. Just work the paint in with fingers and dabbing with paper towel to get texture
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I added some texture by mixing fiber paste with some paint. I know people wanted to see how this was done from my "laundry room decor" guide.
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Background is done. I just played around with inks, stencils, and different paints. Alcohol ink makes great splatters!
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Next I free handed some pumpkins into paper scraps and cut them out. I laid them into the canvas to make sure they all looked proportional.
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Here is pumpkin #1-a patchwork pumpkin made using patterned paper scraps punched into squares and adhered to the free handed pumpkin. Trimmed edges and rubbed with tea dye Distress ink
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Pumpkin #2-patterned paper covered in orange buttons and sprayed with ink
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Pumpkin#3-layered paper scraps, then go over top with tea dye ink
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Pumpkin #4-patterned paper with stencil and ink. Go over the top with tea dye ink
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Pumpkin # 5-cover your cut out with mod podge, then crumple a piece of paper. Smush it into the mod podge, creating a raised surface. Cover with paint and/or ink, then tea dye ink
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adhere all pumpkins to the canvas and use some green scraps of paper to create the stems. Attach those as well.
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