A Wing is a Wing... or is it?

​Let's play again with a new product that "clearly" looks like it is just right to be used for Fairy Wings.

​​First, I tried a couple of different types of paints on the Clearly for Art modeling film to see how they would react with it.  The cool thing with this product is that with hot air, the modeling film becomes flexible  and can be molded and bent.  As it cools, it will stay in the shape it was formed.  Since the clear film can bend, I also needed a paint that bent as well without chipping or peeling.

​Now I am ready to start.  I cut a paper pattern and then traced it on to the film.  A heated blade (much like a wood burner type of tool) was used to cut out the pattern as the clear film is very stiff and difficult to cut with a normal razor. I had also tried cutting this product with scissors and didn't like the results as much.

​I then painted the lines of my wings on the film with the pattern underneath.  Now here is the "Secret"... after all, fairies do love sharing secrets.

​I added a secret ingredient to the acrylic paint to make the paint appear dimensional, to give it the illusion of stained glass and to have it stick better to the film....
​                          TAH DAH!
It is Aleene's Tacky Glue.

​I painted the wings with a couple of different colors.  Another secret is that ALL of the paints need to be mixed with the glue.  If not, then when any other color is applied, it will simply wipe off the color below it.  By applying different colors, I get a shading effect that one doesn't always get with stained glass.  

​​The modeling film is going to be a product that has a lot of potential down the road *smiling*.

​Here are my wings with some metallic gold and some green glitter added.  After all, no descent fairy wings can lack "fairy dust"... or in other words,  glitter.  A final application of clear fingernail polish is applied to seal the paint from minor scratches over the dried paint.  I now can't rub off the paint, but it can be scratched off.  The nail polish reduces this possibility.

​And finally... 

​TAH DAH!

​Here are the wings on the Shadow King (aka Hunter) whom you will be seeing more of in the future.