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Mixed Media Deer Head

September 4, 2015 by Albion

I have always had such a fascination with mixed media and altered art. It was always one of those skills that I envied in others but never felt like I could pull off myself. I’m getting braver in my old age, though, and have decided to just go for projects that I’ve thought about trying. When I was given the chance to join an Altered Animal Collaboration, I jumped at it even though I knew that I would be the odd person out since I was a beginner. But, that didn’t stop this from being one of the most fun projects I’ve finished in a long time! I hope you like my Mixed Media Deer Head as much as I do!

Mixed Media Deer Head

Altered Animal Collaboration

I will start off by saying that my animal head isn’t paper mache. I bought a deer head

I started slowly with some flowers from one of my favorite Hazel & Ruby papers–Newsprint Floral. I cut a bunch of flowers out and glued them onto the head with decoupage.

paper

flowers

decoupage

flower

flowers

flowers

flowers

I recently worked at Scrapbook Expo in Schaumburg. While I was there, I was able to wander for a bit and stopped by the Art Anthology booth. They had such fun paints that I couldn’t help myself and left with a big bag of colors. I pulled out some Glimmer Mist, too, and was ready to get messy.

colors

Now, I wish I could tell you exactly how to recreate this head, but I can’t. I started painting and was having so much fun that I didn’t take step by step photos. What I did was start painting and layering and just having fun with it.

paint

paint

I added some beads that I had bought from a beads

beads

Antlers scream out for a bit of yarn wrapping. I added some hand-dyed yarn to the base of the antlers.

yarn

I decided to paint the antlers an orange that already had a bit of glitter in it.

antler

antlers

I finished my mixed media deer head off with bits of glitter here and there. You knew that glitter would make an appearance somewhere! I added some gold flakes and gold glitter to the antlers and some green glitter to the ears.

glitter

gold flakes

This is one of those projects that I didn’t want to end. I kept layering and playing until I hit my deadline. It was such a relaxing and fun project to make. I’m definitely on a mixed media kick now!

Mixed Media Deer Head

Mixed Media Deer Head

Mixed Media Deer Head

Mixed Media Deer Head

Mixed Media Deer Head

Mixed Media Deer Head

Make sure you check out the rest of the animal heads in this hop. These women are amazing and I’m honored to be a part of this collaboration.

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Mixed Media Deer Head

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Category: makeTag: altered art, Art Anthology, deer head, glitter, Hazel & Ruby, Hazel and Ruby, mixed media

About Albion

I’ve wanted to be an archaeologist, in theatre, a judge and to run a museum. I’m now in my mid-30s and have no idea what I want to be when I grow up.

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  1. Laura

    September 4, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Fabulous! Love the layers.

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  2. Tina Walker

    September 4, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    This turned out beautiful Albion! Gorgeous texture and layers! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Mitra Pratt

    September 10, 2015 at 8:04 pm

    aughghhg! I so want to do a head JUST LIKE THIS! Super funky! Love the colors and the microbeads! Super cool that we got to hang out making these animals! Hugs!

    Reply

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