Picture with Deer

December is almost here and as fun at home, with it begins "The season of holidays." Starting with St. Nicholas (6 December) and ends with St. Ivan’s Day (7 January), every week in our home, there is a holiday (including several birthdays).

This gave me no reason to make a picture. It is easy and can, if you liked, to do and you.

We need: a frame (I've already explained why and how, I do frame, if you miss can look at previous posts), paper with some decoration on it (Below I will describe how to make your own) silhouette of a deer and label "The Holiday Season".

First prepare your frame.

Then we need a paper basis. You can buy or make your own. I decided that my project will be very appropriate lacy print. That does not sell, or at least I could not find. This led me to the idea to make my own paper. If you choose to do own paper, you need slow-drying paint (oil or acrylic). I used oil. 

Mix the color you want. Dilute it with water or white spirit (oil was diluted with white spirit, acrylic paint with water). It is important that the mixture is not too rare.

Here is the moment to say a few very important things for those who for the first time used oil paint – it is very dirty, it is not washed, smells strongly, dry for two to three days (depending on the thickness) and white spirit corrodes plastic. For this, wear clothes that do not like a lot and make the mixture in a glass container, then can be cleaned with a very large amount of detergent and very hot water, work in a ventilated area and provided space for drying paper. The good news is that because of the slow drying need not hurry. Even if you do not get the desired effect from the first time you have time to try again, and the paint will be not dry. Acrylic dries much faster for 15 to 30 minutes.

Apologies for the deviation. After we finished with the mixture we put paper which will be stamped on board, hardboard or something. We have to prepare and the  lace. It should be the size of paper in my case 35 to 50 centimeters. Dip it into the mixture to wet evenly everywhere. 

Then, squeeze better, not to drip liquid. Feather lace on paper, put on her second piece of paper or newspaper and pressure with hand. We pass the entire paper as I try to do it evenly. Once ready remove the lace and leave the paper to dry very well.

After being dried glue it to the frame.

Of black paper cut the silhouette of a deer (I chose deer, I think it's very appropriate because of the association with Christmas and the reindeer of Santa Claus) and gluing  deer on the stamp paper.

Only Label left to do.  A piece of white paper, cut into interesting form, writes with an artistic handwriting "Season of holidays started."

 And stick it and we are ready.

I hope the article is not very long and I have not bored you.

But for me, I was very interesting to make the paper itself (and before I did graphic prints, but in the studio with professional tools), the challenge to do it yourself, at home, is huge and could not fail to gain this experience. I hope to bring you pleasure.