OOoooh I would love to win Sue's art. I love texture and can't wait to try out her techniques. Let's see one way I enjoy adding texture is to apply a heavy acrylic (like Windsor Newton paint) really thickly and then I have fun moving it around the canvas. Sometimes I use one of those wedges with grooves, other times my fingers. Swirling the painting thickly just begs the viewer to touch my art.

Sue's art is just scrumptious!!  Thanks for sharing these tips, Sue  :)

I like to stamp into molding paste to add texture to my canvases, but this technique of Sue's looks too good not to try!

I love using handmade paper for texture in my work.  And if you make your own you can add as much textrue as you need.  Lay wet paper over big beads or stamp texture into wet paper and allow to dry.  Or just wrinkle it up before it dries.  Fun!

What a great use for Paperclay!  Thanks for sharing Sue's wonderful artwork.  

I like to save tiny bits of fabric from sewing projects, the scraps that you would normally throw away, and add them to my mixed media art with matte medium.  

I LOVE all these ideas...THANK YOU!

And, THANK YOU for the chance to win a Sue Original!!!

this makes me want to try some pariscraft as i've never used it before.  looks fun!  

my favorite ways to add texture are handmade papers or tissue paper, crackle pastes and mediums, apoxy clay or paperclay, molding paste, caulking, lace/fabric/threads (painted)... to name a few.  :)

Well, of course I'd like to win! It's a beautiful piece and great ideas. My favorite way to add texture is heavy modeling paste! (It's great for things like birds or other textured subjects!)

I use molding paste to add texture to my artwork. I love stamping and scribbling in it with random items.

Thanks for the chance to win such a lovely piece!

I would love to win some of this art!!  I'm pretty rookie at adding texture, but I love to add tulle or some other sheer fabric to a layered quilt, then quilt all over with thick and thin thread, then cut out some shapes from the sheer fabric so there are smooth and frayed areas.  I like to add beads, too.

The artwork is beautiful! Would love to win. I think I need to run out and get paper clay this week!

I like using scrunched up tissue paper to add texture since it is easy to manipulate. I've never really used paper caly I might need to try that out too.

Since I started to read Cloth, paper, scissors newsletter I just can't stop wandering how many different ways there is to make beautifull mixed media art. This article of Sue's made me even more surprised, as in my country (Latvia) I have never heard of paperclay and pariscraft (will google it right away :).

My favorite techniques is to use modeling paste with stencils and glue different materials, such as crumpled napkins (whic I often ink after they have dried) and cheesecloth arranged in different patterns.

What beautiful art work!  Would be wonderful to actually win one of Sue Pelletier's originals!  Since I quilt, my favorite way to add texture is to use yarn, beads, and felt buttons to my art quilts.  I've not tried working with paper clay, but it's very inviting!

Awesome!  I love it , now I am inspired to do some of these techniques!  Pick me!

I'd sure love to win, anything, that's for sure!  I love gel medium, papers, epoxy, encaustic medium, and anything else I think of...love texture, even if it's sometimes pictures of textural objects for the illusion of texture!

This is such an exciting how-to! I'm definitely going to try out these texture ideas as I needed something to jump start me creatively. This is perfect! Plus, I hope I win Sue's goregous art!! :)

I love the idea of using old pattern paper! Thin but the printing is substantial, and it can be used on so many textures too! Thanks for sharing.

Wow I haven't used paper clay in years and I don't even know what Pariscraft is?  My favorite way to add texture is with adding scupting medium and drawing in it as I posted about here:

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or with chipboard and foil as I posted about here:

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and here:

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I've been crazy about making journals lately.  I love using thick medium of some kind on the cover, then pressing with impression plates or embossing folders.  Also, stamping or painting the cover, then embossing with stamps, versamark and clear embossing powder, then sponging over with ink so you can see the original image/color under the embossed pattern is very cool.  Spraying with a clear acrylic helps preserve the colors/pattern of each layer so that you can build on top without smudging or muddying the total effect.

Hmmm, how I love this kind of multilayered technique! I would very much like to win this DVD. Thanks for offering the chance to do so!

Angelika

My favorite way to add texture to a collage background is to paint over it with crackle gel, brush on very liquid  puddles of acrylic paint and then drop "puffs" of corn starch into it. You get some really great paint textures that way. It's something I've been working on for some time and it's so much fun! messy, but fun!

At work I am known as the colour-texture teacher, I love playing with building up texture and have got tips from cloth paper scissor and its many contributures. My favorite texture at present is building up layers of tissue and PVA. To add interest I print onto the tissue by spray mounting it onto cartirdge paper then feeding it through an ink jet printer. On top then i apply colour washes and finally some pencil or charcoal to pick out the details in the surface. my motto ' keep on playing!!'

Excellent!! I am always looking for new ideas:) Thank you for sharing!

I add couched yarns or embossing powders to add texture.

I love mixed media but it scares me to death.  This article has inspired me to give it a go.  Thanks for the push...

BTW, this piece is awesome!

I have used several things, gel medium, pva glue, UTEE and paper clay, to name but a few but my absolute favourite is acrylic paint, which has a lovely buttery texture which just asks to be moulded into shape.   Love Sue's art, colours are gorgeous.

Who wouldn't love to win this! Stamp or write into dap caulk for really deep textures. Of course, the thicker the caulk (or gesso) the longer the drying time.

Just her tips are inspiring--imagine how inspired the lucky winner will be with a piece of Sue's art hanging in their art area/studio!

I love using spakling paste - I can spread it over a stencil - you can get lots of added texture with it.

I like to couch yarn, trim, bead or needle felt to many surfaces, I also add hand made papers. On a recent project I used old book pages, painted imaginary flowers and went back an embroidered and beaded them. You can see them on my blog wendyobrienmixedmediafibreart.blogspot.com

look under April's posts.

Texture is something that I am still working on in my pieces, but lately I have taken to sewing wire onto my pieces.  There is something about wire that I love.  You can use it as an accent or a center piece, but it always adds texture.  Thanks for this great opportunity!

Ohh my! I love her ideas. Can't wait to try them. I'm new to mixed media and I 'm learning soo much from your site.

I would love to win this piece of fascinating art!  I think you could look at it for years and never see the same thing twice.  And, when I see textures like that, I just want to touch it!

My favorite way to add texture right now is to hammer it!  I love the hammered look on metal and on paper.

Great textural art.  I have always loved adding texture to fabric.  This adds more options for quilting art.  

The tips are great!

LOVE these techniques, and the finished product is gorgeous!

I like putting something hard - behind something flexible...like a button, bead, stone, key, feather (the list is endless) with fabric, foil, tissue paper, tulle, cheese cloth (this list is enless too!)  Depending on what's on top & what's beneath you get VERY different - sometimes subtle & somtimes not - results!

I really love texture!  Lately, I have been trying all kinds of stuff, from bubble wrap to cutting up those textured rubber jar openers!  But my absolute favorite is using cheesecloth under paint.

Love this posting.  I am a middle school art teacher and use lots of these ideas.  Keep them coming!

preed@cr.k12.ia.us

My favourite way of adding texture to collage is using a variety of fabrics such as velvet, knits and also laces. Dimensional embroidery is nice too.

I love using spackling paste to my art - very versitile.  

Such fun ideas and possibilities from one of my favorite mixed-media artists. Texture is such an important element in art. Thanks for sharing!

Great ideas would love to win.

I primarily deal with fabric, so right now, I generally use manipulated fabric, buttons, pieces of straw hats, beads, etc. to my pieces to add texture. I'd like to learn more about other ways to add texture, though.  

I love working with plaster impregnated gauze! Thanks for the texture tips!

I use tissue paper, but I love all these ideas and techniques.

I'd love to win.  Thanks for the chance!

Wow....this is great!  I just went out today and bought some paper clay and modeling paste!  I have my first issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors and am all ready to start collaging!  I have done painting and scrapbook and stumbled onto your magazine...and now I am Collaging!  I have my piece base coated and can't wait to play!  In the past I have just used Acrylics heavily and or hand made papers!  BTW Sue's art work is beautiful!  Love this MAG!

Excited, amazed, envious, glad I have discovered mixed media!  I am just discovering the world of mixed media and textured art and I am just so excited!  I live in an area where there are not many opportunities or stores that offer the ideas, classes, or supplies.  I visited a quaint quilting store in Marquette, Mi (about two hours from my home) and saw some of their mixed media quilts and dolls.  I fell in love!  I would love to win the Sue Pelletier Original so that I can just sit and stare at it and hopefully, get inspired to try my hand at creating my own art - I just need the confidence to do my first piece!  Sherry

Thanks for giving away one of Sue Pelletier's whimsical works!  I like to use Golden's Fiber Paste among other pastes to provide texture.  It looks a bit like handmade paper and takes paint well.

I love texture but usually stick to stitching and heavy textured fabrics for mine. Thanks for these great ideas.

Liz

My favorite textural touch is Kelli Nina Perkin's "stitch paper" - muslin, tissue paper, scraps from magazine, glue and color - VIOLA!

Thanks for the opportunity to win a piece of Sue's art:)

jojo

I don't even have to go out and buy paper clay.  Have had some in  my stash wondering why I bought it.  NOW I know.  I use texture a lot in my work and one of my favorite is the crackle paste.  Also I use texture paste and after it dries cover it with paint and or foils.  Can't wait to try out my paper clay.  Maxine Custer

Great tips!  My latest favorite is using napkins.  I've now become addicted to searching for napkins will cool patterns on them. Would love to win Sue's art!

I do love adding texture to my collages, but would of never thought about using paperclay and pariscraft.  Thank you for sharing!  Your art is delicisously complex and wonderfully delightful in design.

I personally love to take a thought or line out of my journal.. often something I have been wrestling with and add it to the art.  I then can re-purpose the thought into a positive force.  It's renewal and rebirth of my energy.  It's like ARTFULLY changing the thought.  It's not visibal to anyone but me.. and it creates such a nice feeling to know I have altered my thinking!  Shh... it's a secret!  :)

What a great giveaway!

Sue makes it look so easy.

This is so beautiful , would love to win.

I like tissue paper for texture and dyed paper towel...adding rhinestone is another thing I like to do.

On any kind of artist endeavor, I like to use beads to add texture to my work!

My friends who quilt save threads (which I call "leavings") and thin, randomly cut scraps for me.  After prepping a page with color, I spread mod podge over the dried paint and place colors of fabric and threads I love.  After drying, I can begin my writing or adding more color.  My favorite pages have been very gypsy--frayed edges on fabric, bright colors--lime, purple, red and orange, and some metallic thrown in for pizazz!~~Pat (patpoints@charter.net)

I love to couch fabric rolls wrapped in wire, bits of yarn and metal on my art quilts!

I like to use stencils and caulk.  Place the stencil on your cardstock or canvas, smear a generous amount of caulk over the stencil.  Carefully lift the stencil and allow it to dry for a bit.  Then you can paint over it or leave it as it is.  The white on a colored background is beautiful.

I also just learned to use layers of wet tissue in polymer clay or resin molds.  I just use a paint brush and water.  After it dries, pop it out and you have a piece that looks like handmade paper.  It can be glued onto your canvas or other object.  You can paint it or add color to your water with watercolor paint.  I used a very small amount of acrylic paint mixed with the water, it just takes a little longer to dry.

My favorite added texture is using HEAVY gel medium, brushed on, stamped into, layered over lace or mesh and pulling that off, put into a squeeze bottle and drawing with it, are a few of my fav's

Fantastic ideas!  I have played with paper clay and love the end result, but haven't tried incorporating the clay into the base texture of the canvas.  In my book, this tutorial is a real winner!  (PS  I hope I am as well.)

One of the best techniques I've learned is from my friend Julie.  She glues raw polymer clay which has been stamped onto whatever the base media is (i.e. masonite etc.) with PVC glue and then bakes it in the oven.  She then adds color in a variety of ways.

I use a lot of the "usual suspects" -- molding paste, found objects, buttons and beads, but my absolute favorite is hand embroidery.  You can really build up with stitches and create some beautiful 3D effects!

Love the artwork and ideas - and, of course, I would love to win.  I am new to mixed-media art and have only tried a couple of texture techniques, but I think my favorite is using matte gel medium with gauze.  I love how it makes the canvas look and I can add items below it and above it due to its sheerness.  I'm getting ideas from the other ladies who have posted and am anxious to try some more techniques.  Thanks for a great magazine and blog.

Cyndi

I always enjoy Sue's ideas.  These were no exception!  Hope I win a piece of her work.  Thanks for the opportunity.

I have added texture to art work with paper fiber, scrunched cloth, charms, and through other techniques. I love the way Sue builds up her artwork.

MY current favorite is flexible modeling paste...colored it with acrylic paint and put it in a pastry decorating tube-  then "wrote" on the banner surface with the modeling paste...loved the dimension it gave the piece- and the bride and groom loved it too (this was a wedding banner, with a base of paper cloth)

love this concept!!

 I'd love to win Sue's gorgeous artwork!

 I like to layer all vintage pieces;  fabric, lace groupings, jewelry pieces, buttons, charms onto my felted purses and scarves, handmade books, collages, anything that I can!

RJ

My favorite way to add texture is to build layers with fabrics and papers and gel medium.  I love using all kinds of papers, from napkins to art papers.  Fabrics are also wonderful and I love the textures of tulle and cheesecloth, in addition to cottons and linens.

Thank you for the opportunity to win this wonderful artwork!

This is fabulous.  Collages are a new project that I am beginning this

fall.  Sue has such an artisitic eye and I can learn lots from here...

With the little bit of experimenting doing layers for collages, I enjoy

adding lovely papers with Mod Podge. I would be honored to win

Her Original...

Many thanks, Cindi

Love the PaperClay idea!  I am going to try it in my ART QUILTS!  Would love to win Sue's beautiful painting!!!  Wow...gorgeous!

I've never done this type of art before, but I have thought of doing some.  I would like to win this.

Great ideas from everyone! My favorite ways of adding texture lately are smearing molding paste on with a plastic spatula for a 'Venetian plaster' look--this works well even on something as light as cardstock--and painting over it with acrylics, or adhering lots of pieces of masking tape  and painting over them--or not!--I've done this with simple shapes, too, leaving the rough edges of the making tape exposed.

Sue Pelletier's frequent contributions to Cloth Paper Scissors have moved me to look for new textures for collage to "build 'em up", including experimenting with spackling, used to fill nail holes.  But, my latest, greatest material is gauze.  It's light-weight, inexpensive, versatility, has often resulted in pliable, heavy-weight texture.  Gesso it - gel it - shape it - or paint it and be surprised at what you've created.  I'd really be further inspired if I had a Sue Pelletier original on my art wall.

I am new at adding texture to my quiltart. I use mostly paints and stitching, but I woulod love to try other ways!

Recently I've enjoyed playing with flexible modeling paste and a similar product, ceramic stucco texture gel. I'd love to win!

I love using tissue papers. Scrunchy or smoothed, they can add color and texture. Love Sue's art!

As a quilter, I get lots of texture using different quilting stitches.  Using two battings for wall quilts and art quilts is one of my favorite techniques.

I also like embellishing with beads, embroidery, or whatever the quilt is callng for.

i happen to love texture and color.  most recently, i've been collaging with tissue paper.  i love the way it bunches up and gets all wrinkly when i'm adding it to pieces.  when i am finished, the wrinkles add a nice subtle texture.  in fact, tissue paper is royally a pain to keep smooth in a collage.  so, it's easier to just let it do what it does.

Thick layer of gesso with a palette knife, then mash down a giant sheet of bubble wrap and pull up quickly.

Lately I've been using tissue paper or old book text to add texture. Something about scrunching it up and forming it on my canvas is very satisfying.  I'm also in love with adding fabric with gel medium. I'm gonna try some Paperclay next. :)

What a clever use of Pariscraft.  I remember 30+ years ago playing with a similar product - rolls sold at medical supply stores for making casts!   Those who have marketed it as a craft supply are also clever.  

Right now I am using scrap pieces of leftover copper.  We covered our entry door in copper and made copper pipe pillars for our porch.  So, I have a lot of scrap copper.  

I love this site! I use crumpled tissue paper to add texture to my paintings.

I will have to check out that pariscraft stuff you mentioned, Sue! I Love your work.

One way I like to add texture is newspaper and wallpaper paste...sort of a paper mache thing.

This looks like a wonderful DVD!

Like a few other posters, I too love using crumpled tissue paper for texture. I paint the surface with one colour, then dry brush with a metallic paint, catching only the high points of the texture.

I already love Sue' style and to see the clip of her video is wonderful incentive to buy her workshop!!!

I love molding paste and I press old lace into the paste sometimes leaving it to peek out form under but most often removing it and leaving the impression of it in the paste.  It leaves a unique texture every time.  This is also fun to do with trims that have shaps to them like flowers and ric-rac!

I love the piece!  I like to add spackle for texture and scrunched up fabric.

Pat

This piece is amazing - I would love to have it hanging in my studio for inspiration!  Texture is one of my favorite things in collage.

I love to add fabric to my collage - and if you stitch a piece of fabric unevenly to a piece of paper - the ridges made by the stitches are great.  I also like to add found objects; buttons, gems, etc., but instead of having them on the top layer - I like to layer more over them with gel medium and then push the paper or the fabric down into the shape so you get a "shadow" feel.

Thanks Sue for the great ideas - can't wait to get home and start creating!

Machine zigzagging over heavy cord, string, yarn, or ribbon (couching) has been my favorite way to add texture. I have also zigzagged heavy cord together in a circular or oval form, much like sewing together a braided rug, until it is the size I want, and then applique it to a collage.

Valerie Bockman

Tucson, AZ

 I would so love to win a Sue Pelletier original!!

Being a jewelry artisan, I add texture to a piece by hammering or chemical etching. Also different chains and types of beads add a certain texture. A few of my pieces also have some fiber.

Thanks for a great giveaway

~Sharon~

Thanks for the great hints.  I'm off to get some Pariscraft, since I've not tried it.  My favorite texture medium is gesso, glopped on the canvas,

then combing through or scrunching tissue paper into it.  Also you can use kitchen tools like potato mashers(thanks to Melanie Testa from her inspirational soy wax class at CREATE), or bubble wrap, nylon netting from produce.  I just look around and see what's handy.  Obviously, we are not using the same tools for cooking.

My favorite item to add texture is drywall "mud" or joint compound.  It can be applied thinly or very thick and sanded when dry and painted.  Although if applied thickly it must be on a sturdy surface because it gets very heavy!  Thanks for the chance to win this whimsical painting from Sue Pelletier!

Thanks for Sue Pelletier's texture technique and easy to follow directions. Plaster cloth, crumpled paper, and 3-D glaze pens are my favorite ways of adding texture.

This is the first time I've ever written a "comment", and did so because I would so enjoy winning Sue's beautiful art!

My favorite ways of adding texture include stitch, crumpled paper, gesso texture, and paper layering. I also like adding strips or odd pieces of lace to almost everything!

Two of my favorite ways to add texture are stitching and layered papers. I'll have to try paperclay next...

And - I would love to have a piece of original Pelletier art.

So Beautiful!!  And as for adding dimension- Fiber, fiber and more fiber!! Fabric, felt, loose fibers add them all!

Thank you for sharing a few tips. This looks like a DVD that will show me a whole new world in creating textures since I'm newer to mix media arts. I also appreciate the chance to win a piece of Sue's art...I'll keep my fingers crossed :)

Great techniques! I like to use fabric paper to add texture. I love eto try new things.

As an avid birdie lover and watcher of all the variety of birdies that visit my yard, I'm REALLY diggin' this birdie cage artwork. And, it would certainly look lovely in my studio here.

Currently my FAV mode of texture is all my variety of Golden grounds/pastes. I created a tree and ground area on canvas the other day with G Crackle Paste and Molding Paste. Fixin' to go rub Fluid Acrylics into the crevices right now.

Great , "who knew" ideas from Sue. My favorite texture "tool" is plastic needlepoint canvas. Comes in many shapes (hearts, stars) plus rectangular sheets. I  have purchased all of mine from thrift shops/garage sales. None has worn out. Just be sure to scrub the "holes" soon after using. My favorite way to use it is as a stamp. Unless you want all the squares to show, I like it best when it varies in distinct lines and faded suggestions of the grid. Thanks for the information.

I crumple tissue paper and adhere with gel medium ... or use moulding paste ... or fiber paste ... or...

Okay I am a texture junkie!

Sue's art and teaching are so inspiring! Stencil paste and spackle are my favorite mediums for adding texture. You can do so many things with them: use with stencils (!), apply with a palette knife to get ridges or patterns, spread and press just about anything into it, add color before applying or paint after it dries, squeeze through cake decorating tips. The spackle tends to crack after drying, especially on a non-rigid surface, but I like that look, too. Love CPS!

would definitely do a happy dance if i won a pies of sue's art. i recently ordered the video but have not yet been able to watch it. i am live-in caretaker for my disabled 87 yr old mother who got shingles a couple of weeks ago and is quite ill. don't have any creative time right now. but sue's video is sitting out waiting to be popped into the dvd player as soon as i have time to watch it. thank you for the chance to win.

I loved meeting Sue at CREATE and would love to give one of her art pieces a home in Santa Fe!! She and her work are life affirming, inspiring, whimsical wonders! Thanks, Sue! And thanks to CPS for such a great magazine and creative retreat.

Love all this texture and to win would be lovely . . .

I have purchased 3 DVDs and may have to get this one. I love them.

I would love to win Sue's art piece. its all about the layers!

I so love and admire Sue's work.  I like to use scraps of fabric and yarn.  I save all my scraps of fabric and I like to crochet so I always have a nice selection of yarn in many different weights and colors.  I have used the paperclay and I like to press it into a mold such as a decorative shallow candy dish and when dry I will clean up the sides a little and put the rised side up on my project.  I use eyeshadows and blush to color in the details with a fine, pointed brush.  Comes out really cute and three dementional.  But Sue is far more creative than I am and I would totally love to have one of her works of art.

Great techniques. I can't wait to try and combine them. My favorite ways to add texture are modeling paste. Great results every time and so easy and versatile.

Hi- would love to win any of the giveaways.

I don't know if this counts as a way to add texture but I love trapunto..

I like to rip thin paper, attach it with spray adhesive, and rub charcoal over it.  All the little wrinkles and ripped edges pick up the charcoal. I'm enjoying reading everyone's techniques and would love to win Sue's art.

This is a beautiful work of art!  I like to add texture by adding a thick layer of gesso to my surface.  You can play with gesso - make designs with it, free form it, or whatever comes into mind, and then cover it with with plastic wrap.  Let it dry over night.  When it is dry you can use paint (watercolors or acrylics) to paint it.  Finish you art work with papers, cloth,   or whatever you were planning to do.

My favorite way to add texture is tissue paper - it's also great for adding another layer of imagery.

Thanks to CPS, Sue, and all the other comments today for inspiring so many other techniques. I'll be lost for days now trying for a new second favorite!

Great ideas, can't wait to try them.

I am in love with gesso. putting it on heavy and then impressing a stamp into it. :) then once dry its raised and hard and impressed, i can build upon that with paint and gold leafing. its great fun!

ANg

I have admired Sue's artwork for years and would love the chance to win one of her originals! I just love all the various textures. I've never worked with Paris Craft and I think it's time to pull out the paper clay again and play.

xo

jeanne

Love your work, Sue!! I like tissue paper and other found materials to add texture in my paintings.

www.juliamevans.us

I feel so humble! I am anxious to try these techniques! My forte has been embellishing with thread painting and beading . .  now I have a hundred new ideas! Thank you for the chance to win. . . although just reading the tips is a prize in itself!

I love to add texture using dryer lint. I would love to win this giveaway. It would really make me happier. Thanks.

Love the mags, blogs, emails, ideas and freebies!

KUDOS!

I would love to win this!  The way I usually add texture to something is to emboss it with an embossing tool,  or add something with texture- like burlap, leaves, string, thread, sticks, to name a few....

Oh, I love texture on my canvases.  I've cut shapes out of my canvas and inserted a box and even a plastic dish from my grandson's junior meals....I've made a great addition with mod podge poured out in whatever shape you want and added beads, of several sizes. When dry and clear you can glue onto your canvas. I've printed on fabric on my printer then glued it onto a canvas....the ideas are endless!

I would love to have an original piece of Sue's art!  I want to go play with a new canvas!!!

Love Sues work!  Do I win?  ;)

I wrote a comment but did not see that it got added. Will try again. I like to use lots of texture in my work. Cheese cloth, crackle paint, acrylic and gesso for texture. I also discovered that since mod podge dries clear and stay pliable, I add different sized beads while it is wet and opaque...makes a wonderful addition to a canvas.  I like to cut into my canvas and insert a box bottom, and even used one of my grandson's plastic tray dishes from his junior meals!  I would love an origianl of Sue's work!!!   I wanna go play on a new canvas!!!

Thanks for this great idea on playing with texture.  I am always trying new things in my own artwork.  Thanks!

I love using found materials like bottle caps or string to add texture...sometimes leaves and sticks... I've even been found collecting different types of sand and dirt on vacation. My family has learned not to ask!! LOL!  Sue's work always inspires me!

My favorite way to add texture to my art quilts is by making my "own" fabric. I plop all kinds of thread clippings and teeny bits of fabric onto water soluable Solvy, then put another piece of Solvy on top, topstitch the "heck" out of it,then dissolve the Solvy.  It makes really neat "fabric" to layer on top of my art quilts.

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I would love to win this original.  I am afraid that I am just a beginner when it comes to texture.  My way has been just to layer different papers.  I am now beginning to delve into other more exciting ways.  Paper clay could be in my future.

Wow! Very unique and creative....Going out to purchase some of the supplies...I use a lot of Fabric paper to add Texture...Would love to have a piece.

Would so love to win this beautiful art!!!! I have so many favourite ways of adding texture - but perhaps the best is using texture paste over the top of stencils to create raised imprints, i also have a roll of vintage textured wallpaper which is always a winner - and after a recent trip to Bali I discovered adding sawdust to my paint for a great effect..... too many ideas now my head is spinning!!!!!

I've learned so much from Sue's DVD and would love to own a piece of her wonderful art!

I like to add strips of masking tape, sheet rock tape and/or corragated cardboard to the pice for texture and then paint, ink and draw over it. Chance for a Sue Pelletier Original whahoo!!!

Llaurie Dorrrell

Mainly a quilter, my latest fun is altering National Geo pages with Citracel, then using it interweaved with an appropriate fabric. Next to do is add something gauzy, crinkled up, to my current UFO. Another way to alter (not recommended for Junior high age!) is painting Vodka, whiskey or gin onto the back of a print from the printer, transferring to fabric, then using watercolor pencil shavings/spray bottle of water to keep playing...told my husband not to worry re: 100 proof Vodka-unless he saw me headed to the studio with ice and orange juice!

When I add texture it is not so much using paste, clay or wet medium, but I use layers of paper, color and embellishments. Things that have reference to my life or for the person I am giving it to. Whether it be charms, hand sewn objects, beads, glass slides whatever the piece needs.

I forgot to add my name in last post

Aletha Riter

I add texture by adding fibers.  That is my favorite thing to do.

I am a very tactile person by nature and love adding texture to my pieces. One of the pieces I am working on now utilizes tissue paper painted on with watered-down glue to make elephant skin. You can view her here: www.renmeleon.com

Looking forward to seeing more of Sue's work, hopefully in person!

I like to add texture by using a big, coarse brush and thicker paste, and dragging or tapping it , or applying a thick paste and then drawing upon it with the wooden tip of a brush .

I like to make my own paper, which gives me a chance to vary textures.

I like to use crumpled tissue paper to add texture to canvas.  I am a big fan of Sue's art and would be thrilled to win!

I like to add texture to my collage art by using molding paste to adhere either items found on walks around my property such as dried leaves, pods, sticks, twigs, feathers, etc.

I also like using garage sweepings embeded in molding paste,  as my husbands hobby leaves bits of wire, tape, nuts, bolts, screws,  washers, sand paper bits, etc.

Sue's art is eye candy, I have just the empty spot on my craft room wall!

I love textures, especially in art! I like to use different papers, found objects, and pretty much anything to make the surface stand out and make you want to touch it.

:) Michelle

What great ideas! I add the texture the boring way, crumpled cheesecloth and tissue paper. Or thick gesso. But I love the paperclay idea. Fabulous.

i like to use fabric and lots of stitch detail.

It would be a honor to add her artwork to my small collection of works.  Her techniques are very inspiring.  The gears in my brain are in overdrive.

Love Sue and her art!

Great idea using paperclay for texture. I've been using several texture pastes without much success, so this is a welcome technique. Thanks for thinking outside the box and sharing!

Love Sue and her art! I like to add texture by using stencils with light molding paste.

I'd love to win an art piece by Sue! I love her creations from snowmen to hearts!

I add texture many ways. Two of my favorites are:

- painting paper towels, then adding them to my art when they are dry. I sometimes form flowers from them to add to my mixed media.

- painting on my canvas with a substantial layer of white house paint, then heating the paint before it dries. It will bubble up into the most beautiful textures, perfect for tree bark, rocks, cobblestones, roads and distant mountains.

wow! i am reading all your comments and blown away by your enthusiasm and your amazing texture ideas! fear a blank canvas no more!  glob, scrape, doodle away! awesome

xxoo sue awesome!

I haven't done much yet with dimension, but like to use my acrylic paints thickly and then stick things like tissue paper or cheesecloth into the paint.

I love texture and so anything is great!  I especially like to use raised paint and scraps of fabric to create interesting textures.

Wow, so many great comments and inspirations!

Right now I just love using lace!  Lace with a floral motif embellished in it...netting between the floral motifs...the open netting allows whatever is underneath to peak through in a grand way; the floral motif adds a dimensional layer to the piece, and I usually try to "frame " the floral motif with the paint layer underneath...I have started dry brushing the floral motif to add another dimension of color and layering...

I love adding tissue paper to my artwork, it wrinkles and gives an interesting effect when painted over and dried.

You think I'm stooopid??? Who WOULDN'T want one of Sue's art pieces? Pick me, pick me!!!

I love texture in everything! I love to do ATCs, but some people don't like mine - they NEVER fit in a pocket!

Cyndi

I have just started making altered art projects in the last few months and I love adding texture to my work.  I was excited to see the samples from Sue as she inspired me to make my own versions of her Snowmen featured in the November/December 2008 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors.  I am a Halloween freak so my little bottle characters have been witches, a cat and an owl.  Would love to win a creation by Sue!

I LOVE Sue's work!  There isn't an art medium that I haven't tried, but I think collage is one of my favorites and texture makes it even more fun.

One of my "go to" ways to create texture is to layer used dryer sheets on my collages.  It's paintable, you can sand it, you can ink it, and sometimes you can see through it (depending on how broken down it is).  It's also eco-friendly because the used dryer sheet doesn't make it to the garbage!  

Nice collage, I have some paperclay and blank canvas on hand,  I'm going to try this in the AM.  Thanks for sharing with us.

WOW... wonderful post... I love all the collage ideas.  I need to pull out my paper clay again! THANKS for the great giveaway!

The idea is great. The color combination is taken care of. I would like to try this work.

Please keep posting such ideas.

my favorite way to add 3-D type of textural elements is to use toilet tissue!  Yep, it is so easy to take 3-6 squares and layer them one on top of the other.  Dampen the toilet paper squares and press them onto a bold rubber stamp shape.  Let the paper rest on the stamp and dry for 6-8 hours.  By removing the paper squares from the rubber stamp surface and trimming off the excess I can then apply color via chalk, ink, paint, or any other colorant that I can think of trying!  These are very light weight and jolly good fun to make!

Susana

I would love to win Sue's art. The way I add texture now is with gesso and various mark making tools, but I sure will try some of Sue's ideas.

I love mixed media, but I'm a novice...collecting materials and getting inspired to jump in!  I've applied fabric fusing material with a heat gun, and it makes a beautiful webbing on paper.  Add in some ink and metallic powder or embossing powders for a dramatic effect.  Thank you for all the inspiration!  I love my Cloth Paper Scissors!  I would love to win this beautiful piece of art by Sue!  Thanks for the opportunity!

I love mixed media, but I'm a novice...collecting materials and getting inspired to jump in!  I've applied fabric fusing material with a heat gun, and it makes a beautiful webbing on paper.  Add in some ink and metallic powder or embossing powders for a dramatic effect.  Thank you for all the inspiration!  I love my Cloth Paper Scissors!  I would love to win this beautiful piece of art by Sue!  Thanks for the opportunity!

I am so happy you mentioned Paperclay - I need to try that on one of my collages!

My 2 favorite ways to add texture are used dryer sheets, (rinsed in hot water to remove the softner left behind) and used Dryel sheets(home dry cleaning in a bag). The Dryel sheets have wonderful wide holes that can be painted through like a stencil or glued on using gel medium.

When I want texture for my paper making I add dried flowers (usually crushing them with me hands), or I use dryer lint ... I also use bubble wrap for some of the forms, it just gives a different look to the pages and a fun effect on the bowls or boxes.  

Hopefully this isn't a double posting (maybe I should use my modem to add texture for effect).  When I am making my paper bowls and pages I add dried flowers to the mix, I try to use sea grass, bubble wrap and kelp on my molds for different looks and have been known to add a dandelion or two for luck.  Everyone's suggestions are great for a lot of projects, so thanks to everyone for the wonderful tips.

I just love texture and have to have it in my art work. Very often I use a gel with stencils to give a raised pattern, or if you use gesso it will really make your work 'pop' , once it has dried I put on a wash of acrylic paint and let it sink into all the crevases.

I have never heard of PAPERCLAY or PARISCRAFT- I must go and scour the local craft shops here in UK - can't let this technique get away!!

Thank you for this chance to win a piece of Sue's art work.

Cloth, paper, scissors is a fantastic concept! I never really read a magazine because i live in Portugal and i never saw it on sale. Altough Sue Pelletier really catch my attention with her original works: the technique, the texture and the final results are excellent! Congratulations to your magazine and to Sue Pelletier works!

I have been working with paper clay sculpting dolls, I never thought of using it on canvas! Great idea!

Oh such beautiful work!  

I love adding fabric and paper scraps to my work, and BEADS!!!  They add textrure, color and a little bit of sparkle!  

I just started keeping an art journal and I like to play with gesso to add texture to my pages.

Im going to use these layer techs. for my next project. they look great!!! I love adding texture to canvas. Usually I would use sand and shells and sometimes pieces for dries leaves or other plants,but I have to say the more scrapebooking paper I find ,the more ideas I get for layering. Thanks. love the work

Thanks for the opportunity to win such beautiful art! I like to scrunch up tissue paper on canvas and apply an acrylic medium to secure it. After it's dry, then I add color or sparkle to it.

I use hot glue to draw scribbles and dots, I also use sheet rock mud and stencils to add texture...my favorite is to use wet toilet paper and push it into silicone molds..when dry you can glue to your canvas and paint or color or just leave plain...it is so much fun to texture.

Mary Jesse

I've got some Paperc;lay! I am off to try it now! Hope I win Sue's art, looks yummy!

I need to branch out...I can see that from Sue's wonderful work.  I mainly use thread, yarn, bottle caps and found objects for texture. I would love to win one of Sue's artworks!

What an amazing list of ideas!

I love to add texture with tissue paper: smooth or wrinkled, colored or painted, printed Christmas tissue with a color wash is a great background for greeting cards. I apply with gel medium, Mod Pod or for extra texture use a thick application of Gesso and gently push the tissue into the Gesso distorting the tissue and adding more texture.

I would love to win a gorgeous piece of Sue's art!  Love to learn new techniques here as well.  

My favorite way to add texture to a piece is to take a simple line drawing and sew around it with my sewing machine or even embroidery floss or twine and then attach to my art with a heavy acrylic medium.  I also love to put down a simple base of scrunched up tissue paper with medium and let it dry with all the cracks and bumps.  

Thanks for the great ideas and the wonderful information!

Beautiful piece by Sue ... would love to have it in my art studio as inspiration and a 'lovely' to gaze upon. Meditatively.

I like to add texture with glass bead gel - love the texture, and love the glassy 'sparkle' it brings.  

I also like to BUILD layers of texture using fabric / lace / tulle (adhered with gel medium), and using photos, rubber stamping, etc to 'build' up texture.

Great article, great Sue art, and great giveaway !!!

I had no Idea I was such a textural  ( is that possible?) person - until my husband and I totally rebuilt a 1940's house - tearing out everything from the studs in..and taking the roof off..while we rebuilt I spent hours looking at tiles and finishes and fabrics - and never went for the smooth shiny stuff - if it didnt have texture I was not interested...so.....of course I love this piece and it would fit right in..I have the perfect spot for it ..

My favorite is cheesecloth...next is textured plain wallpaper that I have metallic rubbed, also I like to do ice with plaid clear dimensional gel and then sprinle with some diamond dust. I would love to win this book so I can explore more technicques and try some of yours. Thanks for the opportunity and I  enjoyed your video. Hugs,Ina

My favorite is cheesecloth...next is textured plain wallpaper that I have metallic rubbed, also I like to do ice with plaid clear dimensional gel and then sprinle with some diamond dust. I would love to win this book so I can explore more technicques and try some of yours. Thanks for the opportunity and I  enjoyed your video. Hugs,Ina

What a thought-provoking posting, and what an opportunity!  I am a rank beginner, have only used gesso, modeling paste, layers of papers, and what I call "rough fabrics" (like burlap, yarns, boucles, etc., preferably at least somewhat unraveled) to add texture to my art. I had thought of rather smashed-up wood shavings but had not done this - yet.  And of course I love to run "texture tools" through the gesso, modeling paste, etc......Thanks again for giving me new ideas!

Kathleen in IL

I like to create "visual" texture and depth in my paintings and travel journals.  One technique I discovered is with wax paper.  Rip the wax paper into desired shapes and sizes.  Next paint the wax paper.  The paint will bead on the surface or if you continue, it will begin to create larger beads of paint.  At any point, flip the wax paper onto your surface and lightly press to transfer the paint.  I usually use this technique as a final layer as it creates a subtle texture.

my fave way to add texture is to layer fabrics and yarns.

I love the texture of the fabrics I use, but to make my collages interesting i love to use stones and twigs or glass that I find on the banks of the Potomac River. I love the colors and the shapes of the stones and the texture the twigs add to the fabric.  By the way, I love giveaways, and i love your work!

What wonderful work from Sue!  Thanks for sharing.  I enjoy adding textures in layers to my work. Whether it's stitching on another layer of paper, or dried leaves or possibly fabric, beads and buttons. It's all good.

I would love to win of course!  I like to add strings, the dust from sanded gesso mixed with diamond glaze and the onion bag mesh.  I also like toilet paper dropped in paint and dried, then painted over again next day.  

I use shredded paper and water in a blender.  Throw out the paper mess on the back patio in mounds or flat really any shape you want.  Once dry I use medium gel and go from there.  It's kind of like paper mache.

I love Sue's work! I use creased up tissue paper & bits of lace painted over then highlighted with gold all the time, would be grreat to try something different.

The opportunity to win something as lovely as this cannot be resisted.  I haven't used Pariscraft, but would love to know more about it.  My favourite is to stitch quite densely with machine and hand using different weights of fibres, then to paint over them.  The texture seems to stand out when the colour is added.  

Golden crackle paste rocks!

edie

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I like to apply gel medium in different thickness.I then can write in it or use combs etc to create texture.

sure am interested in winning!

My favorite way to add texture is with tissue papers of all kinds.  Even regular tissues.  If I add them on top of something with glue, they become transparent and just give a rough feel to the surface.  Because you can see underneath with one or two layers, you can add  highlights to your work.  I like to take tissues also and make textural embellishments by layering them over some form, and using a brush and water, or very thinned down paint for subsequent layers (so as to add color, allow for adhesion, and not mess up the original), I can capture the shape of the item.  A couple layers of paper is all it takes to peel it off the original and apply it to something else. That way, I don't need to make any molds, though I've used tissues in them as well.   Tissues make a great base, great addition, and great finish to any of my art.  

My favorite way of adding texture is tissue paper.  When I glue it on top of art, it becomes transparent and adds a textural element, plus you can see what's underneath which allows you to  highlight with more paint and whatever.  I like to aslo use it to make copies of 3D items, like fancy moldings and such.  I apply the tissue with water on a brush, pouncing on it to get the paper into the crevices.  I can make it as fragile or sturdy as I want depending on the layers of paper and after the first layer of paper, I'll use watered down paint to aid in adhesion of the layers.  I won't do that for the first layer unless I don't care if it becomes painted.  A few layers of paper dried this way peels off easily and is a copy of the original.  Kind of a mold in reverse, though I've used tissues in molds as well.  It's just a great base, a great addition, and great way to finish off a piece of art.

Your Bird and cage is perfect  size to hang in my kitchen!

Marthanf

Terrific, Sue!  Thanks for sharing. I also love to use Paperclay, and I often dye it before it dries. I also stick found objects into it, such as interesting river stones for the eyes on a face.

I've formed shapes in modeling paste on canvas, let it dry, carved it, then painted it.  The carving adds alot of work, but I like the result.  The result is obvious when holding the work, but more difficult to see in photos.

How can you choose just one technique as your favourite? That's like choosing one child as a favourite!!!

There are SOOOOOOO MANY fun techniques!!!

Love the art piece!!! It's beautiful!!!

I am VERy intrigued by Sue's work.  I add texture to my canvas work with molding paste.  I think I am dire need of learning some new techniques, the video might be just what the art doctor ordered!

I love to use raw edge fabric

I JUST LOVE NEW WAYS TO ADD TEXTURE TO MY PROJECTS, MY FAVORITE WAYS TO ADD TEXTURE ARE USING MY FAV. FABRICS AND IRON ON FUSIBLE WEB, FUSE THE PARTS OF THE FABRIC DESIGN YOU WANT TO USE AS AN APPLIQUE, FUSE AND CUT OUT, THEN SIMPLY PEEL THE BACKING OFF PLACE AND FUSE TO YOUR PROJECT, THEN ZIG-ZAG AROUND THE EDGE TO KEEP IN PLACE; ALSO FABRIC YO-YO'S ARE FUN AND CAN BE A VERY CREATIVE WAY TO DECORATE PROJECTS WITH VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF SEWING!!

I'm so inspired. My favorite method is always a surprise. After a few layers of paint, I adhere a piece of fabric or heavy paper over a section of the canvas. Then I keep adding layers of paint, pencil marks, and charcoal smudges. After the paint has dried, I rip off the fabric or paper (sometimes I have to chisel it off with a palette knife). I am always excited and a little nervous to see what colors peek through. I also love the way the fabric leaves fibers and portions of the paper stick to the canvas. Once I get this result, I either stop and call the piece complete. Or I just keep on adding and taking color away. So much fun!

I like to build up textures on my collages with both fabric and paper scraps.  I haven't tried pariscraft but sounds great.  

Thanks for the inspiration!

First of all, I've been meaning to thank Jen Mason for the wonderful material we're now seeing in regular emails. Ms. Mason, your ever-lively writing style and many creative suggestions have revitalized your informational and marketing materials, not to mention the magazine itself.  Fervent thanks and a hearty "Bravo"!

I've also enjoyed Sue Pelletier's suggestions for ingenious use of various art supplies to add texture to mixed-media collage, e.g., overlaying Paperclay sculpture with Pariscraft wet "plaster bandages."

Here are a few of my own favorite methods of adding texture:

(1) For organic forms, particularly in a collage with a nature-based theme, combine spackle or gel medium (dyed or painted an appropriate color if you like) with sand, sawdust, or another "texturizer" of your choice; apply to your support with a palette knife. (You can purchase molding pastes which already incorporate various textural substances, but I also find it fun to mix up my own customized version.) Alternatively, you can sometimes integrate sandpaper quite effectively into a nature collage, gluing it down like any other paper..

(2) Use wax crayons or oil pastel sticks to make colorful rubbings from items such as screen material, rubber stamps, small stencils,  needlepoint canvas, even some embossed scrapbook papers -- the possibilities are limited only by your imagination. You can paint over the rubbing in one or more colors of your favorite acrylics, letting the crayoned portion of the page act as a resist, then incorporate favorite sections in a mixed-media collage.

(3) Think of how you might recycle all kinds of small, stray items or household supplies in a fanciful mixed-media piece. On one canvas, I "planted" a stylized tree in "ground" suggested by lengths of ordinary brown household string which I glued down horizontally. I formed the lower trunk with short cardboard strips of varying thicknesses, painted and "glittered" in two different values of the same hue. for additional textural interest. The major portion of the tree was laid out in a circular shape, entirely filled in with multicolored "blooms": metallic buttons; hardware washers buillt up with additional, glued-on buttons, then covered with silver leafing; and numerous multi-colored handmade beads fashioned out of Tyvek in the same way that beads are made from rolled paper. (See  "Dipped & Delightful: Taking Paper Beads from Common to Extraordinary" by Kelli Perkins, Cloth Paper Scissors, July/August 2007, p. 66.)

(4) Time and again, for scratching or imprinting designs into wet gesso, acrylic paint or medium, and other amenable surfaces, I come back to the same "old reliables": my orange rubber four-sided "paint comb" (sold in most paint departments at hardware and home improvement stores), bubble wrap (save any envelope you may receive that is "bubble-lined," cut the seams open, and use the "bubbles" without trying to detach them from the paper portion of the envelope), and remnants of plastic shelf-lining material -- the translucent kind with scored lines in it to keep your china or glassware from moving around.

Best,

Elizabeth

Sue's work is so inspiring! I want to try so many new things now.

I usually add texture using any combination of gesso, papers, fibers, stitching, etc.  LOVE the pariscraft idea!

i love to crumple tissue paper, dip it in glue and layer it over gravel, tiny beads, etc. great giveaway!

i love to crumple tissue paper, dip it in glue and layer it over gravel, tiny beads, etc. great giveaway!

On a budget, I improvise with what I have....favorites are just thick gesso allowed to dry, and I love using my handmade papers I make from salvaged office trash.  Sometimes I emboss the papers with leaves, buttons, dried flowers or punched shapes, add them to the substrate and add a wash with acrylics or just add more gesso.

I've watched and loved Sue's works since discovering her "beach babes".  They still make me smile!

great ideas everyone.

when I was on vacation last year I "made do" with watercolors painted over kleenex, tissue paper, and dryer sheets that I glued onto paper with yogart....

there are so many ways to change the surface!

hope I win.

thanks,

pam

Hello,

I would LOVE to have such an original beauty in my house !

I've been busy in a round robin "about love" and my favorite way of adding something with texture was a tiny crocheted heart or several hearts.

It's lovely to combine paper with another medium or technique like crocheting.

greetings from Belgium

Inge

I love adding fabric to anything...not just what I normally consider mixed media.  My absolute favorite is to cut up my treasured old clothes (when they are really so bad I cannot wear them!) and hand embroider, paint, machine stitch,etc. on swatches, then adhere them to cards, notebook covers, shadow boxes, etc.  Journaling in a book covered in a piece of an adored old dress is priceless.

I am a very tactile person and purposely create texture in my work because I want people to want to touch it. I guess I rebel against the idea that art is for looking and not touching! My favorite method of adding texture? I use whatever I have around me at the time- which is usually some kind of found object (sand, shells, stones, pretty pieces I have picked up here and there) embedded in whatever medium I am using to adhere other materials to my mixed media work. That could be gel medium, decoupage, weld bond, modeling paste or Judykins diamond glaze, to name a few of my faves. My favorite piece of my work to date is a mosaic I have taken to a few shows that always draws people to ask the question "Is it okay if I touch it?". What a compliment! Get yer texture on, people! What a great article, thanks for sharing your ideas Sue!

Very inspiring! I'm still a newbie to adding texture but my favorite so far is using tissue paper. I can layer it easily, adding more where I think I need it. If I use the colored tissue paper I get an added bonus!

Texture is my favorite thing in art.  I add texture with stencils and thick paint or with stamping in thick paint and letting it dry before I continue.  I love to care and buy textures of all kinds from placemats to napkin rings and beyond.  What fun and variety - even use nature like bark or young pine cones.

Denise

I wish I could do that - well, maybe I could but I'm so inspirationally challenged that I need something like Sue's art to get me going.  So, please, pretty please with paper clay on top, can it be me?

I've just discovered celluclay recently which I believe is similar to paperclay.  You can mold it like clay by adding water to the dry form.  I enjoy adding paint drips and splatters on top of messy painted backgrounds and then collage over parts of that.  Thanks for the fun giveaway opportunity! ~Andrea

Sue's work is FAB!

One of my fave ways to add texture is to place fibers, feathers or found objects in the work and decoupage thin white tissue paper over it - I love the way it softens the edges and mutes the colors without completely obscuring the item.

Pick me! Pick me!

My favorite way of adding texture may be "old" but I still like it, I add scrunched up tissue paper and tissue patterns to my surfaces and then paint over them.

I love these pieces - thanks for sharing the techniques. One way I add texture to a piece is to stick wrinkled tissue paper onto it suing matte medium.

I loved the Fast and Furious Collage DVD that I bought through Cloth Paper Scissors recently and thought the collage techniques were fantastic.  Would love to receive a Sue Pelletier original to learn more about different types of textures used in art. Warm regards, Diana O'Cobhthaigh.

Sue's art is wonderful - how I'd love to own a piece! For texture I love to add crumpled book pages and sewing pattern pieces to my backgrounds before painting, gessoing, stamping etc.

Susan

I like to add texture by doing sketchy stitching to painted canvas before adding it on to background.

I'm just gettin started in mixed media and love the freedom it gives me in creating art.  Obviously, I just need a few more supplies!

I bet I'm too late for the drawing, but I am going to give it a try anyway, this is too adorable! Thanks for the tut!!

congratulations to chinacapri !!!   lucky you :-)

Congratulation to the winner Chinacapri....lucky = )