I had seen these plastic Buddha wanddecorations in the store a few times, and I
kept thingking ther must be a way to make them look better. So I bought 3 different Buddha's and started to play with my Deco Art goodies.
This is the kind of Buddha deco I started with
I took a canvas, gessoed it and glued the plastic Buddha on. the Buddha was smaller than the canvas and to hide the edges I added Texture Crackle over the plastic edges and the the rest of the canvas. It was a thick layer of Crackle Texture, so let it dry overnight.
When dry I applied a layer of gesso the plastic Buddha. Let Dry again. Next layer was Lamp Black, painted the whole canvas black and made sure the black went into the cracks.
Then I started to add the other Americana Colors with a paint brush and a sponge to give it a bit of an aged look.
The Buddha was painted Indian Turquoise. When paint was dry I added the Metallic Lustre to the Buddha, started with Brillliant Turquoise, next was the Fab Fuchsia, onlu put on the raised parts.
Also added some on the crackle paste, just a bit to give it some shine.
The quote wass tamped on painted cardboard and glued to the canvas.
I like how it turned out.
