Today, I will teach you how to make a beautiful LOVE Canvas for Valentines Day, or just for fun. I made mine for my sister.
To start, you will need a canvas or heavyweight paper. The canvas I used was 7"x5". You will also need pink, red and blue shimmer shine acrylic paints, painting tape, and a "fan" style of paint brush.
First, you need to make your colors. If you have all of those colors, then skip this step. I didn't have purple. Squirt some pink paint onto a paper plate, some red paint, and a separate pile of red paint. Then, squirt blue paint into one of the red piles and mix with a toothpick to make purple. Once you have pink, purple and red, all your paints are ready.
Then, you will need to make the love sign on the canvas. Take your painting tape and scissors and cut your letters. For example, use the scissors to cut straight lines, and cut one piece of tape, then cut it in half long ways, put one's corner on top of the other's corner and there you have an L. Just do it whatever way you want until it looks how you like it. Also, I made my O into a heart, so be creative and do whatever you want.
Once you have all of your letters cut out and stuck on the canvas, you may start painting. Dip your fan brush into one of the colors, then paint over the corner of the canvas so that the color is more natural coming onto the words. Keep changing colors often. Also, be sure to go over the letters with paint, so when you take the tape off, it will have a cooler effect on it. Once I like the amount of decoration on the canvas, stop and let it dry for like a half hour while you can clean up.
Then take the tape off, and you have a beautiful LOVE canvas. If you make a love canvas, tag it with the #creativitylovecanvas
Happy crafting!
To start, you will need a canvas or heavyweight paper. The canvas I used was 7"x5". You will also need pink, red and blue shimmer shine acrylic paints, painting tape, and a "fan" style of paint brush.
First, you need to make your colors. If you have all of those colors, then skip this step. I didn't have purple. Squirt some pink paint onto a paper plate, some red paint, and a separate pile of red paint. Then, squirt blue paint into one of the red piles and mix with a toothpick to make purple. Once you have pink, purple and red, all your paints are ready.
Then, you will need to make the love sign on the canvas. Take your painting tape and scissors and cut your letters. For example, use the scissors to cut straight lines, and cut one piece of tape, then cut it in half long ways, put one's corner on top of the other's corner and there you have an L. Just do it whatever way you want until it looks how you like it. Also, I made my O into a heart, so be creative and do whatever you want.
Once you have all of your letters cut out and stuck on the canvas, you may start painting. Dip your fan brush into one of the colors, then paint over the corner of the canvas so that the color is more natural coming onto the words. Keep changing colors often. Also, be sure to go over the letters with paint, so when you take the tape off, it will have a cooler effect on it. Once I like the amount of decoration on the canvas, stop and let it dry for like a half hour while you can clean up.
Then take the tape off, and you have a beautiful LOVE canvas. If you make a love canvas, tag it with the #creativitylovecanvas
Happy crafting!
