Nancy and Audrie brought us a wonderful Etsy site, "Vintage Atmosphere", for our inspiration. I chose item #1 that brought back memories of young childhood, catching fireflies with neighbor children on a warm summer's evening. (When I think about it now, that was rather cruel.) I really don't see that many fireflies these days and wonder if I, my friends and children like us are to blame. ; )
I started with a dark blue shimmer CS since I knew it would be hard to create a bg as dark as I wanted. I used my MS bottle acrylics knowing that watercolors would never work. The acrylics worked well and I got the effect I hoped for. IRL the shimmer of the CS adds something, but my poor photography skills never captured it. : (
TFL
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2014 GMT Views: 4998
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Mon, Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:03 PM
Had to stop back at this one! It STILL boggles my mind on how you colored that jar and achieved the effect of the glowing lightening bugs! You told me how you did it but doing it is a WHOLE different ballgame(grin). Amazing!