Making Venetian Masks - Decorating
After all the painting was completed each mask had a couple of layers of water based varnish applied. I decided to use water based varnish as I knew this wouldn't fill the classroom with varnish fumes.
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| Ostrich feathers...stardust glitter (very fine), placed on some patterns... |
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| Starting to add embellishments around the eyes... |
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| Stardust glitter applied.. |
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| Making a posy of feathers....held together with felt and some hot glue gun. Then placed inside the mask. |
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| Deciding where to place the feathers... |
Making Venetian Masks...Painting
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| Boxes of masks ready for painting.... |
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| First coats of paint on the left...on the right dry brushing technique. |
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| Paint patterns that you want to stand out first... |
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| On the left music notes, stuck on then coated with PVA glue. Then apply metallic gold paint and rub off. |
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| Dry brushing...apply a base coat of colour to your mask. Get a dry brush, apply a small amount of paint. Brush off on paper and then apply to the mask. This will show any texturing you've done to your mask.
Click here to see Making Venetian Masks Sessions 1 - 7.
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