Bottle Cap Collage Mirror

Materials:

artist canvas stretched on a frame
acrylic paint
paintbrushes
digital camera
computer with photo editing software
color printer
paper (cover or card stock)
wood framed mirror
bottle caps
decoupage medium
paper copies of old family photographs (text weight)
two-part resin
scissors
glue gun and hot glue
plastic credit card
gesso
craft knife
picture hanger or wire

1. Select a subject from old family photographs for reference while painting the portrait.

2. Spread gesso with a plastic credit card over the canvas surface to prepare it for painting. Leave some areas raised for texture (figure A). Let dry. Paint the canvas with a background color by spreading the paint with the card (figure B).

3. Paint the selected portrait on canvas using acrylic paint. Begin with a black outline (figure C). Fill in with colors, spreading the colors with a plastic credit card (figure D). Let dry.

4. Photograph the finished painting with a digital camera.

5. Download the photo into the computer.

6. Change the colors of the painting with photo editing software into three different color ways.