Altered Checkerboard

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Project by Beth Cote (above)

Materials:

Board cut to 17" x 17"
Legacy papers: 0600 Dominoes, 0599 Vintage Cards, 0598 Game Cards, 0597 Fortune Cards
regular gel matte
Golden Paints: Burnt Sienna, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Quinacridone Gold, Burnt Umber Light
Golden Glaze: Asphalt, Ivory Black, Raw Umber, Violet Earth, Burnt Sienna
Delta Instant Age varnish
Memories Black and Art Print Brown
Stamps: Lost Coast Design- Chess Set
Oxford Impressions Snap
Uptown Design Company-Dream Game Ornamentum
Inkadinkado- 5237-P Pocket Watch, 8478- Shoe
Stumpers anonymous-G208 Hand w/card p5-821 Chess Pieces
Paper Inspirations- Moon Face
Stupendous C120 Button Cluster
Renaissance Art Stamp B9901 small face

Steps:

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

Figure D

Figure E

Figure F

1. Cut a piece of composite board 17" x 17"; this will give you a board that has 1-1/2-inch squares and a border. If you want bigger squares, you will need to cut your board bigger. You can router the edge of your board for a decorative touch. Gesso the board and let dry. Draw out your checker board. There is a 1-1/2-inch border and eight rows of eight squares; each square is 1-1/2 inches (Figure A).
2. Cut the Legacy paper into 1-1/2-inch squares (Figure B). You will need a total of 31 squares plus a couple extras in case of mistakes. I used parts of four different papers for a varied look.
3. Glue the paper squares on the board with gel medium. Roll the square with a brayer to get a good seal. Be sure to skip every other square as you glue to make the checkerboard (Figure C).
4. Stamp around the edge of the board with various stamps and Memories ink or Stazon. You can stamp inside the blank squares as well with a little stamp (Figure D). Heat set.
5. Use a flat brush and paint the empty squares with Quinacridone Gold Fluid Acrylic (Figure E). Leave some of the squares white.
6. To get the rich deep color over the entire board, layer the color: let it dry then add more color and wipe it off if needed. This is a kind of slow process. Keep a damp rag next to you. I used the following colors in fluid acrylics mixed with a little glaze: Burnt Sienna, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, and Burnt Umber Light in that order. To lighten the color, add more glaze medium (Figure F). To darken the edges and pull in more color in places, I used the following glazes: Asphalt, Ivory Black, Raw Umber and Burnt Sienna. Let dry.
7. Varnish the board with Delta Instant Age Varnish.

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