Get Your Grunge on...

Grungy Heart Shrine

...by creating your own grungy textured heart shrine.  When I created this grungy shrine I used the same color mixers as I did creating my Fly Away Torso Necklace and my Art Saves Torso Lamp

Supplies Used

Terri Sproul's Mixers 3D Crystal Lacquer Washi Paper Paper Clay Color Mists

Plain Canvas Stazon Ink Pad Metal Shrine Rusty Elements Key Hole

Textured Background Technique

Step 1: I started with a white blank blank canvas and painted it with *black gesso.  *I used gesso because I wanted a matte finish.	Step 2: Using a mixture of the, copper,  Bronze and the pearl green  Terri Sproul mixers I painted triangle sections on my canvas using a *plastic throw away brush. *Once the mixer dries it will harden and ruin your brush, it's better to use a cheap throw away brush.
Step 3:  I used a plastic comb to draw texture into the wet mixture.  Use whatever you have around.	Step 3a: Once you've combined the colors by combing through the wet mixture set aside to completely dry.
Step 4: Once again paint your mixture onto the dried canvas this time add dots of of the gold jewel effect.	Step 5: Using the end of  a paint brush or stick draw swirls into the wet mixture  blending the gold dots and allow to dry completely once again. Step 5A:  Once your canvas has dried completely add 1-3 layers of clear 3D Crystal Lacquer over the entire canvas.  This will fill in areas and give even more depth to your canvas.
Sides of Canvas
Step 6:  Add some layers of washi tape to the sides.	Step 7:  Paint the sides with more of your mixture and a couple of layers of clear then allow it to dry completely.
	Step 8: Now that the canvas is dry using a Stazon ink pad swipe it over the top and the sides of the canvas to give the piece a more grungy worn look.
Step 9: Draw an x on the backside of your canvas big enough to fit your shrine into.	Step 10: Cut an x into the canvas using an Xacto knife.
Step 11: Fit your shrine into the canvas.	Step 12: Glue the backside of the shrine, weight it and allow to dry.
Step 13: Next cut I cut some complementary Washi paper and glued it inside the shrine.	Step 14:  Using paper clay I created a heart and allowed it to dry.
Step 15: I then colored the heart using Copper Kettle Color Mists.	Step 16:  Next fit and adhere your heart inside your shrine.
Step 17.  add a rusty chain for a hanger.	Step 18:  And add a few rusty embellishments connected to chains so that they hang down from the base of the shrine.

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