Altered bottle: Tutorial

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 Dear All

I wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR...

 Cant believe another year passed so quickly!lets start our new year with a new tutorial! as you know altered art is one of my favorite subject

you can see my other altered projects  here.

lets start..

take a bottle of your choice .Wash it .you may remove the lebel,in this case I did not remove it.get a piece of cloth and soak  it in  PVA glue.and wrap around the bottle .Create drama when wrapping around-it should have some pockets and crevices ...let it dry for a night...it should become pretty hard..

 on the next day sprinkle sands at the bottom portion of the bottle( apply PVA glue ,then sprinkle) ...I borrowed this sand from construction side.
After it dries up ,gently shake off the excess sands..

after applying gesso

 next its time to apply putty...I am using just ASIAN PAINTS putty ..get a spatula or a palette knife and apply putty to the areas where there is no fabric..the idea is to create as much as texture as possible....

now get a piece of newspaper -crumple it --wrap a plastic sheet over it --use it as a tool to create texture with it on the putty which you have just applied.. it will add a weavy effect on the putty ( we dont want putty-portion look just plain)

here at this point you have to fix all the sea-shells at the neck of the bottle....just stick those in the putty
these are available at any craft store
let it dry over night ..it may depend on the weather condition..then apply gesso..again let it dry

TIPS: when ever you work with this type of textured projects make sure you apply gesso/colour very carefully -it should go in to every dent or crevices..because people tend to twirl bottles in their hands hence ,no portion should be done poorly..check second time always..

make a star fish of m-seal and stick it.
and at the neck the coral is real!!

after 1 coat of high gloss enamel paint

 after this  high gloss enamel paints should be applied all over the bottle ..gesso helps enamel paint to adhere greatly..this picture was taken after 1 coat...I applied 2 coats .

let it dry ..it took 2 days in my case....

after it was dried --get your old brushes..here I used 2 brushes so I can apply  paints in every corner... dont forget to keep a rag handy

now apply oil paints as per your choice -and wipe off with the rag ...here how it looks

Enjoy