This is a picture of the canvas I started last year at the CREATE art retreat in Chicago. I took a class from a wonderful instructor named Cheryl Darrow from Ten Seconds Studio. The class was actually teaching metal embossing but she provided these canvasses with a niche in them to put our metal creations. I painted my canvas and then spent the rest of the class embossing metal. The barely started project sat in my studio until about a month ago when I decided I needed to actually finish the darn thing. This is the first mixed media canvas project I have done. I think monkeys are fun so I used some of the monkey related ephemera I have in my “treasure bag” of clippings. Mainly I used things I like on this project. Flowers, rhinestones, snakeskin origami paper, ribbon, painted chipboard, mists and paint and glaze, fleur de lis. I am looking forward to doing another mixed media canvas project as soon as I buy another canvas.
These days I am enjoying working on this and that and experimenting with techniques I’ve never tried. I have been working hard on not judging myself too harshly regarding my art escapades. A crazy designer on television named Christopher Lowell once said, “Where there is fear there is no creativity.” Works for me. Thanks for looking.
Adios.
ArtOutWithYourHeArtOut 
Oooo metal embossing… Fun!
it looks so amazing, love this project of yours very well !