Altered Calendar challenge with Darcy

Evening everyone, I hope all of you are doing okay, and that you enjoyed your Sunday. This morning I went swimming, 360mtr which is 20 lengths at my  local pool. I Then cut my OH's hair before I had time to play; but once I played I enjoyed myself so much, thanks for the challenge Darcy.

Darcy has started a new 'just for fun challenge' using a calendar which you alter to the prompts each month. You can read all about here.

Here is the first month of my calendar 

You had to leave some of original picture showing, add crackle and paper. Like Darcy I started with a thin layer of Matt Medium. 

I set about blocking in some of the picture with black Gesso

I sprayed DecoArt Media spray in Red and Shimmer mister  Yellow letting it drip. On the black the colours aren't  as vibrant but this what I hoped to achieve as I didn't want it taking over.

I loved how the spray caught the face which I had whitened with Translcent white Media Fluids also from DecoArt. I then used  Hansa Yellow and Quinacridone Gold, which I applied with my finger rubbing the colours in here and there. 

I needed to add some crackle so applied Weathered Wood in several areas and dried it with a heat tool.

I wanted to keep the same colour theme and so thought I'd experiment by spraying the Media sprays randomly over the glaze I was amazed how fantastic this turned out.

Next I added some book script to the skirt and painted it in Plum Fresco Paint from Paper Artsy . I didn't like how it looked so added some rough lines by using Grunge Paste also from Paper Artsy Once dry I gave the skirt another coat of the Plum. 

I used a Fude Pen which Dina Wakley recommends to add some details. 

And here is my finished piece.

I really enjoyed creating this page and I hope you like it too. Thanks for your visit.

Take care Debsxxx